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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.Produktkennzeichnungen
ISBN-100691026025
ISBN-139780691026022
eBay Product ID (ePID)3041415088
Produkt Hauptmerkmale
VerlagPrinceton University Press
Erscheinungsjahr1996
Anzahl der Seiten510 Seiten
PublikationsnameScience And The Secrets of Nature
SpracheEnglisch
ProduktartLehrbuch
AutorWilliam Eamon
FormatTaschenbuch
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HörbuchNo
InhaltsbeschreibungPaperback
Item Height2cm
Item Length23cm
Item Weight766g
Item Width15cm