Science and the Secrets of Nature 在线电子书 图书标签: 科学史 自然魔法 科技史 早期现代 EarlyModern STS EarlyModernEurope 蒙田
发表于2024-12-23
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ambitious and provocative; an important piece of scholarship in the 1990s.
评分ambitious and provocative; an important piece of scholarship in the 1990s.
评分ambitious and provocative; an important piece of scholarship in the 1990s.
评分ambitious and provocative; an important piece of scholarship in the 1990s.
评分ambitious and provocative; an important piece of scholarship in the 1990s.
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.
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Science and the Secrets of Nature 在线电子书 pdf 下载 txt下载 epub 下载 mobi 下载 2024