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Cover: 9780691026022 | Science and the Secrets of Nature | William Eamon | Taschenbuch | 1996
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Science and the Secrets of Nature
Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
Taschenbuch von William Eamon
Sprache: Englisch

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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.
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.
Über den Autor
William Eamon is Professor of History at New Mexico State University.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780691026022
ISBN-10: 0691026025
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Eamon, William
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Maße: 234 x 156 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: William Eamon
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.06.1996
Gewicht: 0,766 kg
Artikel-ID: 123698266
Über den Autor
William Eamon is Professor of History at New Mexico State University.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780691026022
ISBN-10: 0691026025
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Eamon, William
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Maße: 234 x 156 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: William Eamon
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.06.1996
Gewicht: 0,766 kg
Artikel-ID: 123698266
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