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Eamon, William

 
9780691026022: Science and the Secrets of Nature
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0691026025 ISBN 13 : 9780691026022
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1996

Synopsis

By explaining how to sire multicolored horses, produce nuts without shells, and create an egg the size of a human head, Giambattista Della Porta's Natural Magic (1559) conveys a fascination with tricks and illusions that makes it a work difficult for historians of science to take seriously. Yet, according to William Eamon, it is in the "how-to" books written by medieval alchemists, magicians, and artisans that modern science has its roots. These compilations of recipes on everything from parlor tricks through medical remedies to wool-dyeing fascinated medieval intellectuals because they promised access to esoteric "secrets of nature." In closely examining this rich but little-known source of literature, Eamon reveals that printing technology and popular culture had as great, if not stronger, an impact on early modern science as did the traditional academic disciplines.

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À propos de l'auteur

William Eamon is Professor of History at New Mexico State University.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691026025
ISBN 13 
9780691026022
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
512
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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