The Jewel house : Elizabethan London and the scientific revolution
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New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.
Physical Desc
xviii, 349 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
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Moab Library - Adult Non-fiction Book
942.05 HARKNESS
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LC Subjects
London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 16th century.
London (England) -- Social conditions -- 16th century.
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 16th century.
Natural history -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.
Science -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.
Science, Renaissance.
London (England) -- Social conditions -- 16th century.
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 16th century.
Natural history -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.
Science -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.
Science, Renaissance.
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-329) and index.
Description
This book explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London where a boisterous and diverse group of men and women shared a keen interest in the study of nature. These assorted merchants, gardeners, barber-surgeons, midwives, instrument makers, mathematics teachers, engineers, alchemists, and other experimenters formed a patchwork scientific community whose practices set the stage for the Scientific Revolution, Deborah Harkness contends. While Francis Bacon has been widely regarded as the father of modern science, scores of his London contemporaries also deserve a share in this distinction. It was their collaborative, yet often contentious, ethos that helped to develop the ideals of modern scientific research.The book examines six particularly fascinating episodes of scientific inquiry and dispute in sixteenth-century London, bringing to life the individuals involved and the challenges they faced. These men and women experimented and invented, argued and competed, waged wars in the press, and struggled to understand the complexities of the natural world. Together their stories illuminate the blind alleys and surprising twists and turns taken as medieval philosophy gave way to the empirical, experimental culture that became a hallmark of the Scientific Revolution.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Harkness, D. E. (2007). The Jewel house: Elizabethan London and the scientific revolution . Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Harkness, Deborah E., 1965-. 2007. The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution. Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Harkness, Deborah E., 1965-. The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution Yale University Press, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Harkness, Deborah E. The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution Yale University Press, 2007.
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