Science and the Secrets of Nature

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  • Science and the Secrets of Nature Book Detail

  • Author : William Eamon
  • Release Date : 2020-06-30
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Genre : Science
  • Pages : 508
  • ISBN 13 : 0691214611
  • File Size : 65,65 MB
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Science and the Secrets of Nature by William Eamon PDF Summary

Book Description: 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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