Science and the Secrets of Nature (ePub)
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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.
- Autor: William Eamon
- 2020, 512 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Severn House
- ISBN-10: 0691214611
- ISBN-13: 9780691214610
- Erscheinungsdatum: 30.06.2020
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- Größe: 9.44 MB
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