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Sidereus Nuncius & Stella Polaris: The Scientific Relations Between Italy and Sweden in Early Modern History (Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Vol 24) - Hardcover
A dozen essays from a December 1995 symposium at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences explore what about natural science belongs to a particular culture and what can be expressed in ways comprehensible to scientists in others. The topics include Galileo in Sweden, Ulisse Aldrovandi as a source of Olof Rudbeck's Book of Birds , Swedenbourg and Italian Science, Linnaeus and Italian culture, and Swedish and Italian geology in the 18th century. Illustrated in color and black and white. No subject index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Sidereus Nuncius & Stellar Polaris is a history of the scientific relations between Italy and Sweden in early modern history. Insightful essays comprising this scholarly tome include: Marco Beretta's Galileo in Sweden; Clericuzio & Conforti's Christina's Patronage of Italian Science; Marie-Louise Roden's Cesare Macchiati, Queen Cristina's First Italian Physician; Allan Ellenius' Ulisse Aldrovandi as a Source of Olof Rudbeck's "Book of Birds"; Guiseppe Olmi's Sweden in the Travel Journals of Lorenzo Magalotti and Francesco Negri; Marta Cavazza's Swedish Science in Bologna During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; Inge Jonsson's Swedenborg and Italian Science; Gunnar Broberg's Italian Sources in Linnaeus's Scientific Works; Ferdinando Abbri's Linneaeus and Italian Culture; Seven Widmalm's Professor Celsius and Don Adnrea; Tore Frangsmyr's Swedish and Italian Geology in the Eighteenth Century; and Antonella Alimento's The Abbe Domenico Michelessi in Sweden. "Notes on the Contributors" and an "Index of Names" further enhances the value of this benchmark work. -- Midwest Book Review
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- PublisherScience History Pubns
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0881351881
- ISBN 13 9780881351880
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages168
- EditorBeretta Marco, Frangsmyr Tore
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