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Inside the Stargazer's Palace: The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century Europe
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Author: Violet Moller
Title: Inside the Stargazer's Palace: The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century Europe
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 304
Release Date: 2025-03-04
Details: Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories.
In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the earth revolved around the Sun, overturning centuries of scholastic presumption. A new age was coming into view - one guided by observation, technology and logic.
But omens and elixirs did not disappear from the sixteenth-century laboratory. Charms and potions could still be found nestled between glistening brass instruments and leather-bound tomes. The line between the natural and supernatural remained porous, yet to be defined.
From the icy Danish observatory of Tycho Brahe, to the smoky, sulphur-stained workshop of John Dee, Violet Moller tours the intellectual heart of early European science. Exploring its rich, multidisciplinary culture, Inside the Stargazer's Palace reveals a dazzling forgotten world, where all knowledge, no matter how arcane, could be pursued in good faith.
EAN: 9781639368372
Package Dimensions: Weight: 1.10010668738 Pounds
Languages: en
