03638nam 2200649Ia 450 991045237610332120200520144314.01-4945-0598-31-299-46361-40-300-18575-810.12987/9780300185751(CKB)2550000001019301(EBL)3421182(SSID)ssj0001101170(PQKBManifestationID)11633179(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001101170(PQKBWorkID)11067430(PQKB)11589779(MiAaPQ)EBC3421182(DE-B1597)486249(OCoLC)842264728(DE-B1597)9780300185751(Au-PeEL)EBL3421182(CaPaEBR)ebr10687934(CaONFJC)MIL477611(OCoLC)923603008(EXLCZ)99255000000101930120120516d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe jewel house[electronic resource] Elizabethan London and the scientific revolution /Deborah E. HarknessNew Haven ;London Yale University Press20071 online resource (384 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-300-11196-7 0-300-14316-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-329) and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONVENTIONS -- A NOTE ABOUT "SCIENCE" -- PRELUDE -- 1. LIVING ON LIME STREET -- 2. THE CONTEST OVER MEDICAL AUTHORITY -- 3. EDUCATING ICARUS AND DISPLAYING DAEDALUS -- 4. "BIG SCIENCE" IN ELIZABETHAN LONDON -- 5. CLEMENT DRAPER'S PRISON NOTEBOOKS -- 6. FROM THE JEWEL HOUSE TO SALOMON'S HOUSE -- CODA -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEXThis book explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London, where a boisterous and diverse group of men and women shared a keen interest in the study of nature. These assorted merchants, gardeners, barber-surgeons, midwives, instrument makers, mathematics teachers, engineers, alchemists, and other experimenters Deborah Harkness contends formed a patchwork scientific community whose practices set the stage for the Scientific Revolution. While Francis Bacon has been widely regarded as the father of modern science, scores of his London contemporaries also deserve a share in this distinction. It was their collaborative, yet often contentious, ethos that helped to develop the ideals of modern scientific research. The book examines six particularly fascinating episodes of scientific inquiry and dispute in sixteenth-century London, bringing to life the individuals involved and the challenges they faced. These men and women experimented and invented, argued and competed, waged wars in the press, and struggled to understand the complexities of the natural world. Together their stories illuminate the blind alleys and surprising twists and turns taken as medieval philosophy gave way to the empirical, experimental culture that became a hallmark of the Scientific Revolution. ScienceGreat BritainHistoryNatural historyGreat BritainElectronic books.ScienceHistory.Natural history509.421/09031AK 17304rvkHarkness Deborah E1027519MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452376103321The jewel house2443008UNINA