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Man and Nature in the Renaissance

Door Allen George Debus

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#294004
Titel	Man and Nature in the Renaissance
Auteur	Debus, Allen George
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Cambridge University Press
Jaar van uitgave	1978
ISBN10	0521293286
ISBN13	9780521293280
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Cambridge Studies in the History of Science.
Samenvatting	Man and Nature in the Renaissance offers an introduction to science and medicine during the earlier phases of the scientific revolution, from the mid-fifteenth century to the mid-seventeenth century. Renaissance science has frequently been approached in terms of the progress of the exact sciences of mathematics and astronomy, to the neglect of the broader intellectual context of the period. Conversely, those authors who have emphasized the latter frequently play down the importance of the technical scientific developments. In this book, Professor Debus amalgamates these approaches: The exact sciences of the period are discussed in detail, but reference is constantly made to religious and philosophical concepts that play little part in the science of our own time. Thus, the renewed intere... (Lees verder)st in mystical texts and the subsequent impact of alchemy, astrology, and natural magic on the development of modern science and medicine are central to the account. Major themes that are followed throughout the book include the effects of humanism, the search for a new method of science, and the dialogue between proponents of the mystical-occult world view and the mathematical-observational approach to nature.
Pagina's	159
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 8,00

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