Science in the age of Baroque / Ofer Gal, Raz Chen-Morris, editors.
| Other author | Gal, Ofer, editor. |
| Other author | Chen-Morris, Raz editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2013. |
| Description | vi, 313 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Archives internationales d'histoire des idées = International archives of the history of ideas, 0066-6610 ; 208 Archives internationales d'histoire des idées 208. ^A494673 |
| Contents | Baroque modes and the production of knowledge / Ofer Gal and Raz Chen-Morris -- pt. 1. Order. What was the relation of baroque culture to the trajectory of early modern natural philosophy? / John A. Schuster -- "Bent and directed towards him": a stylistic analysis of Kircher's Sunflower Clock / Koen Vermeir -- From divine order to human approximation: mathematics in Baroque science / Ofer Gal -- pt. 2. Vision. "The quality of nothing:" Shakespearean mirrors and Kepler's visual economy of science / Raz Chen-Morris -- Agostino Scilla: a baroque painter in pursuit of science / Paula Findlen -- What exactly was Torricelli's "barometer?" / J.B. Shank -- William Harvey and the way of the artisan / Alan Salter -- pt. 3. Excess. Crossing the pillars of Hercules: Francis Bacon, the Scientific Revolution and the New World / John Gascoigne -- The hive and the pendulum: universal metrology and Baroque science / Nicholas Dew -- Chymical philosophy and Boyle's incongruous philosophical chymistery / Victor D. Boantza -- The simulation of nature and the dissimulation of the law on a Baroque stage: Galileo and the Church revisited / Rivka Feldhay -- Name index -- Subject index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN | 9789400748064 |
| ISBN | 940074806X |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | Q127 .E85 S26 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |