A magical world : superstition and science from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment / Derek K. Wilson.
2018
BL245 .W68 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
A magical world : superstition and science from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment / Derek K. Wilson.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
ISBN
9781681776453 (hardcover)
1681776456 (hardcover)
1681776456 (hardcover)
Published
New York : Pegasus Books, 2018.
Language
English
Description
x, 310 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
BL245 .W68 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
201/.65
Summary
Spanning some of the most vibrant and fascinating eras in European history, Cambridge historian Derek Wilson reveals a society filled with an ardent desire for knowledge and astounding discoveries and the fantastic discoveries that flowered from it. There was the discovery of the movement of blood around the body; the movement of the earth around the sun; the velocity of falling objects (and why those objects fell).
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-297) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: '42'
New wine and old wineskins
A magical world
Re-evaluation
Heavens above?
Medicine men
Seeing may be believing
Confusion
I think-so what?
The religion of doctors
Spreading the word
Day star of the Enlightenment
Avant le deluge.
New wine and old wineskins
A magical world
Re-evaluation
Heavens above?
Medicine men
Seeing may be believing
Confusion
I think-so what?
The religion of doctors
Spreading the word
Day star of the Enlightenment
Avant le deluge.