Edward Grant

Professor Edward Grant is the Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University. Before arriving to begin his teaching career in the History Department of Indiana University in the fall of 1959, Professor Grant taught at the University of Maine and in the history of science program at Harvard University. At the beginning of his second year (fall of 1960), he became a member of a new department, History and Logic of Science (changed a few years later to History and Philosophy of Science). He has published more than ninety articles and twelve books, including "Physical Science in the Middle Ages" (1971), which has been translated into nine languages; "Much Ado About Nothing: Theories of Space and Vacuum from the Middle Ages to the Scientific Revolution" (1981); "Planets, Stars, & Orbs: The Medieval Cosmos, 1200-1687" (1994); "The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages" (1996); "God and Reason in the Middle Ages" (2001); "Science and Religion: From Aristotle to Copernicus 400 BC - AD 1550" (2004); and "A History of Natural Philosophy From the Ancient World to the Nineteenth Century" (2007). He was President of the History of Science Society (1985-86) and was awarded the George Sarton Medal in 1992, the most prestigious award given by the History of Science Society that "recognizes those whose entire careers have been devoted to the field and whose scholarship is exceptional."