The Jewel house : Elizabethan London and the scientific revolution /
Harkness, Deborah E., 1965-
The Jewel house : Elizabethan London and the scientific revolution / Deborah E. Harkness. - New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2007. - 1 online resource (xviii, 349 pages) : illustrations, map
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-329) and index.
London, 1600 : the view from somewhere -- Living on Lime street : "English" natural history and the European republic of letters -- The contest over medical authority : Valentine Russwurin and the barber-surgeons -- Educating Icarus and displaying Daedalus : mathematics and instrumentation in Elizabethan London -- "Big science" in Elizabethan London -- Clement Draper's prison notebooks : reading, writing, and doing science -- From the Jewel house to Salomon's house : Hugh Plat, Francis Bacon, and the social foundations of the scientific revolution -- Toward an ethnography of early modern science.
"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, Deborah Harkness contends, formed a patchwork scientific community whose practices set the stage for the Scientific Revolution. 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 the London of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, 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."--Jacket
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013810797 Uk
1500-1599
Science--History--England--London--16th century.
Natural history--History--England--London--16th century.
Science, Renaissance.
Sciences--Histoire--Angleterre--Londres--16e siècle.
Sciences naturelles--Histoire--Angleterre--Londres--16e siècle.
Sciences de la Renaissance.
SCIENCE--History.
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
Intellectual life.
Manners and customs.
Natural history.
Science.
Science, Renaissance.
Social conditions
Lebensbedingungen
Wissenschaft
Natur
Vetenskap--historia--England--London--1500-talet.
Naturvetenskap--historia--England--London--1500-talet.
London (England)--Social conditions--16th century.
London (England)--Social life and customs--16th century.
London (England)--Intellectual life--16th century.
Londres (Angleterre)--Mœurs et coutumes--16e siècle.
Londres (Angleterre)--Vie intellectuelle--16e siècle.
England--London.
London
England
London--sociala förhållanden--historia--1500-talet.
London--vardagsliv och traditioner--historia--1500-talet.
London--intellektuellt liv--historia--1500-talet.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Q127.G4 / H37 2007eb
509.421/09031
The Jewel house : Elizabethan London and the scientific revolution / Deborah E. Harkness. - New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2007. - 1 online resource (xviii, 349 pages) : illustrations, map
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-329) and index.
London, 1600 : the view from somewhere -- Living on Lime street : "English" natural history and the European republic of letters -- The contest over medical authority : Valentine Russwurin and the barber-surgeons -- Educating Icarus and displaying Daedalus : mathematics and instrumentation in Elizabethan London -- "Big science" in Elizabethan London -- Clement Draper's prison notebooks : reading, writing, and doing science -- From the Jewel house to Salomon's house : Hugh Plat, Francis Bacon, and the social foundations of the scientific revolution -- Toward an ethnography of early modern science.
"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, Deborah Harkness contends, formed a patchwork scientific community whose practices set the stage for the Scientific Revolution. 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 the London of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, 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."--Jacket
9780300185751 (electronic bk.) 0300185758 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt2zzpz9 JSTOR 7DF5D781-BA64-4800-A925-3AEBFA3F630E OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
GBA761626 bnb
013810797 Uk
1500-1599
Science--History--England--London--16th century.
Natural history--History--England--London--16th century.
Science, Renaissance.
Sciences--Histoire--Angleterre--Londres--16e siècle.
Sciences naturelles--Histoire--Angleterre--Londres--16e siècle.
Sciences de la Renaissance.
SCIENCE--History.
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
Intellectual life.
Manners and customs.
Natural history.
Science.
Science, Renaissance.
Social conditions
Lebensbedingungen
Wissenschaft
Natur
Vetenskap--historia--England--London--1500-talet.
Naturvetenskap--historia--England--London--1500-talet.
London (England)--Social conditions--16th century.
London (England)--Social life and customs--16th century.
London (England)--Intellectual life--16th century.
Londres (Angleterre)--Mœurs et coutumes--16e siècle.
Londres (Angleterre)--Vie intellectuelle--16e siècle.
England--London.
London
England
London--sociala förhållanden--historia--1500-talet.
London--vardagsliv och traditioner--historia--1500-talet.
London--intellektuellt liv--historia--1500-talet.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Q127.G4 / H37 2007eb
509.421/09031