Author: Sir Hugh PlatPublisher:
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Languages : en
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The Jewell House of Art and Nature
The Jewell House of Art and Nature
Author: Sir Hugh PlattPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
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The Jewel House
Author: Deborah E. HarknessPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300185758
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of A Discovery of Witchesexamines the real-life history of the scientific community of Elizabethan London. Travel to the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London, where a boisterous and diverse group of men and women shared a keen interest in the study of nature. These assorted merchants, gardeners, barber-surgeons, midwives, instrument makers, mathematics teachers, engineers, alchemists, and other experimenters formed a patchwork scientific community whose practices set the stage for the Scientific Revolution. While Francis Bacon has been widely regarded as the father of modern science, scores of his London contemporaries also deserve a share in this distinction. It was their collaborative, yet often contentious, ethos that helped to develop the ideals of modern scientific research. The book examines six particularly fascinating episodes of scientific inquiry and dispute in sixteenth-century London, bringing to life the individuals involved and the challenges they faced. These men and women experimented and invented, argued and competed, waged wars in the press, and struggled to understand the complexities of the natural world. Together their stories illuminate the blind alleys and surprising twists and turns taken as medieval philosophy gave way to the empirical, experimental culture that became a hallmark of the Scientific Revolution. “Elegant and erudite.” —Anthony Grafton, American Scientist “A truly wonderful book, deeply researched, full of original material, and exhilarating to read.” —John Carey, Sunday Times “Widely accessible.” —Ian Archer, Oxford University “Vivid, compelling, and panoramic, this revelatory work will force us to revise everything we thought we knew about Renaissance science.” —Adrian Johns, author of The Nature Book
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Author: Hugh Plat (Sir).)The Jewell House of Art and Nature
Author: Sir Hugh PlatPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages :
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Jewell House of Art and Nature
Author: Hugh Plat (Sir)Publisher:
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Category : Electronic book
Languages : en
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The Jewell House of Art and Nature
Author: Hugh PlattWriting Matter
Author: Jonathan GoldbergPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804719582
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
A Stanford University Press classic.
The jewell house of art and nature
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Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)Publisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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