Ingenious Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolution - Rilegato

Jardine, Lisa

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ISBN 10: 0385493258 ISBN 13: 9780385493253

Casa editrice: Doubleday, 1999

Riassunto

The author of the critically acclaimed Worldly Goods presents a thoughtful reassessment of the Renaissance in terms of its influence on the history of science, relating the era's imaginative, artistic endeavors to the creative inspiration behind the scientific discoveries of the period. 15,000 first printing.

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"Lisa Jardine is a new star on [the] literary and historical scene...She has the gift, which so few historians possess, of making the past seem relevant to our own times...Ingenious Pursuits is a delightful and illuminating work...Jardine writes like an angel."
--Paul Johnson, The Literary Review (London)

Praise for Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance:

"Fascinating...Jardine's attention to the material side of things is an important explanatory complement to the many histories of the period that have dwelt on the sublime works of art...Real history is in the details, the small stories, of which Worldly Goods is a treasure house."
--Richard Bernstein, New York Times

"Bountifully illustrated and entirely readable...A savvy, street-smart history of the Renaissance."
--Dan Cryer, Newsday

"In her fascinating study Jardine homes in on the bottom line of the period, and examines the complex commercial factors underpinning its intellectual advances. Jardine's Renaissance is not so much a cultural 'rebirth' as an economic miracle."
--Charles Nicholl, Sunday Times (London)

L'autore

Lisa Jardine is author of the highly acclaimed Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance. She is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, and Honorary Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.

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• Editore: Doubleday
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0385493258
• ISBN 13: 9780385493253
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 444