Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
Language: English
Published by Princeton University Press, 1994
Series: Book 1 of 1 - Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
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- Hardcover
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Condition:FINE. Minor bumps at edges and corners of dust jacket. . Hard board very good. Pages as new and unread.
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- Title
- Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
- Author
- Eamon, William
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Publication year
- 1994
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0691034028
- ISBN 13
- 9780691034027
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Series
- Book 1 of 1: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
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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