The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the scientific revolution
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Bestselling author Deborah E. Harkness 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, she contends, formed a patchwork scientific community whose practices set the stage for the Scientific Revolution. It was their collaborative, yet often contentious, ethos that helped to develop the ideals of modern scientific research. The Jewel House 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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Harkness, D. E., & Reading, K. (2014). The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the scientific revolution. Unabridged. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Harkness, Deborah E. and Kate, Reading. 2014. The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Harkness, Deborah E. and Kate, Reading, The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Harkness, Deborah E., and Kate Reading. The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution. Unabridged. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc, 2014.
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