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Science And The Secrets Of Nature Books Of Secrets In Medieval And Early Modern Culture William Eamon

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Science And The Secrets Of Nature Books Of Secrets In Medieval And Early Modern Culture William Eamon
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Science And The Secrets Of Nature Books Of Secrets In Medieval And Early Modern Culture William Eamon instant download after payment.

Publisher: Princeton University Press
File Extension: PDF
File size: 57.39 MB
Pages: 512
Author: William Eamon
ISBN: 9780691214610, 0691214611
Language: English
Year: 2020

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Science And The Secrets Of Nature Books Of Secrets In Medieval And Early Modern Culture William Eamon by William Eamon 9780691214610, 0691214611 instant download after payment.

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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