Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture - Hardcover
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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'sNatural 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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William Eamon is Professor of History at New Mexico State University.
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Science and the Secrets of Nature : Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture / William Eamon
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1st edition. Very good gilt-blocked cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; (490 pages). Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES ON CONVENTIONS AND USAGE -- INTRODUCTION Printing, Popular Culture, and the Scientific Revolution -- PART ONE: THE LITERATURE OF SECRETS -- ONE The Literature of Secrets in the Middle Ages -- TWO Knowledge and Power -- PART TWO: THE SECRETS OF NATURE IN THE AGE OF PRINTING -- THREE Arcana Disclosed -- FOUR The Professors of Secrets and Their Books -- FIVE Leonardo Fioravanti, Vendor of Secrets -- SIX Natural Magic and the Secrets of Nature -- SEVEN The Secrets of Nature in Popular Culture -- PART THREE: THE "NEW PHILOSOPHY" -- EIGHT Science as a Venatio -- NINE The Virtuosi and the Secrets of Nature -- TEN From the Secrets of Nature to Public Knowledge -- Conclusion -- Appendix Secreti Italiani: Italian Booklets of Secrets, ca. 1520-1643 -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. Subjectss; Science History. Science Experiments History. Medieval. Science Social aspects History. Science Philosophy History. Science Experiments. Science, Medieval. Science Philosophy. Science Social aspects. History of Medicine, Early Modern. Magic. Science Sociology History. Science Philosophy History. History, Early Modern 1451-1600. Jervis, Robert. Kennan, George F. Leahy, William D. Marshall, George. Molotov, Vyacheslav. Nisbett, Richard E. Pendergast, Thomas. Potsdam Conference. Reston, James. Rumania. Stalin, Joseph. Teheran Conference. United Nations. Yalta Conference. Atomic weapons. Attribution theory. Containment. Alchemy. Magic and magical apparatus. Natural history. Science History. Superstitions. 3 Kg. Artikel-Nr. 395520
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