David C. Lindberg

3.0k total citations
54 papers, 993 citations indexed

About

David C. Lindberg is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, David C. Lindberg has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 993 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 13 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 9 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in David C. Lindberg's work include Historical Astronomy and Related Studies (12 papers), History of Science and Medicine (12 papers) and Historical Philosophy and Science (10 papers). David C. Lindberg is often cited by papers focused on Historical Astronomy and Related Studies (12 papers), History of Science and Medicine (12 papers) and Historical Philosophy and Science (10 papers). David C. Lindberg collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. David C. Lindberg's co-authors include Ronald L. Numbers, Bruce S. Eastwood, Robert S. Westman, Roger Bacon, Samuel Y. Edgerton, Geoffrey Cantor, Roger H. Stuewer, Michael Shank, Jonathan R. Topham and Simon Conway Morris and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physics Today and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

David C. Lindberg

46 papers receiving 712 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David C. Lindberg United States 16 330 200 159 111 111 54 993
Richard S. Westfall United States 21 643 1.9× 159 0.8× 101 0.6× 153 1.4× 125 1.1× 85 1.5k
Ernst Cassirer Brazil 21 356 1.1× 387 1.9× 114 0.7× 59 0.5× 313 2.8× 119 1.4k
Edward Grant United States 13 260 0.8× 195 1.0× 66 0.4× 92 0.8× 66 0.6× 56 707
Stephen Gaukroger Australia 18 582 1.8× 359 1.8× 140 0.9× 30 0.3× 116 1.0× 66 1.1k
Alexandre Koyré France 16 342 1.0× 184 0.9× 29 0.2× 89 0.8× 124 1.1× 57 891
John North United Kingdom 13 205 0.6× 138 0.7× 70 0.4× 135 1.2× 64 0.6× 51 658
Geoffrey Cantor United Kingdom 16 290 0.9× 108 0.5× 95 0.6× 46 0.4× 112 1.0× 72 648
Daniel Gärber United States 15 499 1.5× 417 2.1× 78 0.5× 35 0.3× 66 0.6× 71 891
John W. Yolton Canada 18 350 1.1× 385 1.9× 100 0.6× 17 0.2× 188 1.7× 92 1.3k
James G. Lennox United States 13 265 0.8× 273 1.4× 22 0.1× 49 0.4× 92 0.8× 61 641

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David C. Lindberg

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lindberg, David C.. (2020). Science in the Middle Ages. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research).
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Lindberg, David C. & Michael Shank. (2013). The Cambridge History of Science. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
3.
Lindberg, David C. & Ronald L. Numbers. (2005). When science & Christianity meet. Journal of the History of Biology. 38(1). 5 indexed citations
4.
Lindberg, David C.. (2003). MEDIEVAL SCIENCE AND RELIGION. 320–329. 2 indexed citations
5.
Lindberg, David C., et al.. (1993). Reappraisals of the Scientific Revolution. Technology and Culture. 34(3). 677–677. 5 indexed citations
6.
Lindberg, David C.. (1992). The Beginnings of Western Science. 67 indexed citations
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Lindberg, David C., et al.. (1987). Auge und Licht im Mittelalter : die Entwicklung der Optik von Alkindi bis Kepler. Suhrkamp eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Lindberg, David C. & Ronald L. Numbers. (1986). God and nature : historical essays on the encounter between Christianity and science. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 87 indexed citations
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Lindberg, David C., et al.. (1985). The discourse of light from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment : papers read at a Clark Library seminar, 24 April, 1982.
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Bacon, Roger & David C. Lindberg. (1983). Roger Bacon's philosophy of nature : a critical edition, with English translation, introduction, and notes, of De multiplicatione specierum and De speculis comburentibus. Tijdschrift voor Philosophie. 48(3). 19 indexed citations
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Lindberg, David C.. (1983). Science and the Early Christian Church. Isis. 74(4). 509–530. 8 indexed citations
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Westman, Robert S. & David C. Lindberg. (1981). Science in the Middle Ages. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 11(3). 520–520. 44 indexed citations
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Lindberg, David C., et al.. (1977). Theories of Vision from Al-Kindi to Kepler. The American Journal of Psychology. 90(1). 178–178. 47 indexed citations
14.
Lindberg, David C., et al.. (1972). Tractatus de perspectiva. 2 indexed citations
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Lindberg, David C. & Roger H. Stuewer. (1972). John Pecham and the Science of Optics. Physics Today. 25(1). 67–68. 8 indexed citations
16.
Lindberg, David C.. (1971). Alkindi's Critique of Euclid's Theory of Vision. Isis. 62(4). 469–489. 10 indexed citations
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Lindberg, David C.. (1971). Lines of Influence in Thirteenth-Century Optics: Bacon, Witelo, and Pecham. Speculum. 46(1). 66–83. 10 indexed citations
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Lindberg, David C.. (1970). The theory of Pinhole images in the fourteenth century. Archive for History of Exact Sciences. 6(4). 299–325. 18 indexed citations
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Lindberg, David C.. (1967). Alhazen's Theory of Vision and Its Reception in the West. Isis. 58(3). 321–341. 35 indexed citations
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Lindberg, David C.. (1966). Roger Bacon's Theory of the Rainbow: Progress or Regress?. Isis. 57(2). 235–248. 6 indexed citations

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