11-26-2024, 02:46 PM
epub | 9.56 MB | English| Isbn:9781639368389 | Author: Violet Moller | Year: 2020
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Quote:Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories.Category:Science & Technology, Biography, History, History & Philosophy of Science, Scientists, Inventors, & Naturalists, Scientists - Biography, World History, General & Miscellaneous World History, History of Science, Scientists - General & Miscellaneous - Biography, World History - General & Miscellaneous
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. Exploring its rich, multidisciplinary culture, Inside the Stargazer's Palace reveals a dazzling forgotten world, where all knowledge, no matter how arcane, could be pursued in good faith.