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Preface 8 Acknowledgements 12 Contents 14 Part I: Rainbows, Light and Optics 16 Chapter 1: Unity and Symmetry in the De Luce of Robert Grosseteste 17 1.1 Introduction 17 1.2 Unity and Breakdown of Complex Problems into Testable Components 18 1.2.1 Symmetry and Tests of Refraction 18 1.3 Spherical Symmetry of the Universe Arising from Light as the First Form 21 1.3.1 Unity of Celestial and Terrestrial Matter 26 1.4 Symmetry and the Number of Celestial Spheres 27 1.4.1 Modern Analogues 31 References 33 Chapter 2: Grosseteste ́s Meteorological Optics: Explications of the Phenomenon of the Rainbow After Ibn al-Haytham 35 2.1 The Meteorological Optics of Robert Grosseteste 35 2.2 The Rainbow 38 2.3 Colour 41 2.4 The Tradition of Ibn al-Haytham 43 References 51 Manuscripts 53 Chapter 3: Robert Grosseteste and the Pursuit of Learning in the Thirteenth Century 54 3.1 Avicebron, the Fons vitae and Robert Grosseteste 54 3.2 The School of Chartres and the Problem of Pantheism 56 3.3 David of Dinant 60 3.4 The Amalricians 62 3.5 Backlash and Accommodation 64 3.6 Robert Grosseteste and the Pursuit of Learning in the Thirteenth Century 67 References 69 Edited Primary Sources 70 Chapter 4: All th

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Cunningham, Jack P.; Hocknull, Mark;

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