ISBN: 9780521338363 - occult & scientific mentalities in the renaissance (9 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Occult & Scientific Mentalities in the Renaissance This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.…

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Soft cover. Zustand: Good. front cover is creased. Summary:The essays in this volume present a collective study of one of the major problems in the recent history of science: To what extent did the occult 'sciences' (alchemy, astrology, numerology, and natural magic) contribute to the scientific revolution of the late Renaissance.…

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Taschenbuch. 424 Seiten, Auf den ersten Seiten und der Innenseite des hinteren Buchdeckels nummeriertes Buch aus Privatbibliothek mit Vorbesitzerstempel auf der Titelei. Einige Unterstreichungen und Bemerkungen sowie Notizen auf dem letzten Blatt hinten. Untere Ecken der ersten Seiten bis zum Inhaltsverzeichnis abgeschnitten, ebenso die unteren Ecken des Registers hinten. Schnitte und Seitenränder altersbedingt nachgedunkelt. Sonstiger Zustand stabil und gepflegt. Als Arbeitsexemplar geeignet. 9780521338363 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 707.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The essays in this volume present a collective study of one of the major problems in the recent history of science: To what extent did the occult 'sciences' (alchemy, astrology, numerology, and natural magic) contribute to the scientific revolution of the late Renaissance These studies of major scientists (Kepler, Bacon, Mersenne, and Newton) and of occultists (Dee, Fludd, and Cardano), complemented by analyses of contemporary official and unofficial studies at Cambridge and Oxford and discussions of the language of science, combine to suggest that hitherto the relationship has been too crudely stated as a movement 'from magic to science'. In fact, two separate mentalities can be traced, the occult and the scientific, each having different assumptions, goals, and methodologies. The contributors call into question many of the received ideas on this topic, showing that the issue has been wrongly defined and based on inadequate historical evidence. They outline new ways of approaching and understanding a situation in which two radically different and, to modern eyes, incompatible ways of describing reality persisted side-by-side until the demise of the occult in the late seventeenth century. Their work, accordingly, sets the whole issue in a new light.…

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