Natural particulars nature and the disciplines in Renaissance Europe / edited by Anthony Grafton and Nancy Siraisi
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| Subjects: | Electronic books Nature--Congresses Life sciences--Europe--History--Congresses Science, Renaissance--Congresses |
| Formats: | Electronic Resource, Remote |
| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: | Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1999 |
| Series: | Dibner Institute studies in the history of science and technology |
| LC Classification: | Q, QH |
| Table of Contents: | Preface Contributors Introduction / Anthony Grafton, Nancy Siraisi 1 1. Number, Shape, and Meaning in Pico's Christian Cabala: The Upright Tsade, the Closed Mem, and the Gaping Jaws of Azazel / Brian P. Copenhaver 25 2. The Study of the Timaeus in Early Renaissance Italy / James Hankins 77 3. Marsilio Ficino: Daemonic Mathematics and the Hypotenuse of the Spirit / Michael J. B. Allen 121 4. Space, Light, and Soul in Francesco Patrizi's Nova de Universis Philosophia (1591) / Luc Deitz 139 5. The Problemata as A Natural Philosophical Genre / Ann Blair 171 6. The Pseudo-Aristotelian Problemata and Aristotle's De animalibus in the Renaissance / John Monfasani 205 7. Epistemological Problems in Giovanni Mainardi's Commentary on Galen's Ars parva / Daniela Mugnai Carrara 251 8. "A Diet for Barbarians": Introducing Renaissance Medicine to Tudor England / Vivian Nutton 275 9. From the Laboratory to the Library: Alchemy According to Guglielmo Fabri / Chiara Crisciani 295 10. The Homunculus and His Forebears: Wonders of Art and Nature / William Newman 321 11. Natural Particulars: Medical Epistemology, Practice, and the Literature of Healing Springs / Katharine Park 347 12. The Formation of a Scientific Community: Natural History in Sixteenth-Century Italy / Paula Findlen 369 13. Empiricism and Community in Early Modern Science and Art: Some Comments on Baths, Plants, and Courts / Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann 401 Index 419 |
| Alternate Titles: | Issued in other form: Original (DLC) 99030932 (OCoLC)41211656 |
| Additional Authors: | Grafton, Anthony Siraisi, Nancy G NetLibrary, Inc |
| Notes: | Invalid LCCN: 99030932 ISBN: 0585292388 (electronic bk.) :$50.26 ISBN: 0262071932 (hc. : alk. paper) Based on papers from a workshop held at Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology, May 5-6, 1995 Includes bibliographical references and index Reproduction notes: Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2000. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries |
| Physical Description: | xi, 426 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 45733507 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0585292388 0262071932 |