Science and the Secrets of Nature - Couverture souple

Eamon, William

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• 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
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