Inside the stargazer's palace : the transformation of science in 16th-century Northern Europe
Moller, Violet2024
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In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the Earth revolved around the Sun, overturning centuries of scholastic presumption. A new age was coming into view - one guided by observation, technology and logic. But omens and elixirs did not disappear from the sixteenth-century laboratory. Charms and potions could still be found nestled between glistening brass instruments and leather-bound tomes. The line between the natural and supernatural remained porous, yet to be defined. From the icy Danish observatory of Tycho Brahe, to the smoky, sulphur-stained workshop of John Dee, Violet Moller tours the intellectual heart of early European science.
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Author:
Moller, Violet, author
Imprint:
London : Oneworld, 2024.
Collation:
304 pages ; 24 cm
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780861547524 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2713506