History / Renaissance

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Investigations of Nature

Investigations of Nature

Europe in a Global World, 1450-1780
Join Domenico Bertoloni Meli on a detailed journey through the understanding and investigations of nature, when profound changes transformed the intellectual landscape and the beginning of European expansion and colonialism. His book takes us on a guided tour through history, when the religious unity of Europe was broken with huge ...
Galileo’s Fame

Galileo’s Fame

Science, Credibility, and Memory in the Seventeenth Century
From the beginning of Galileo’s career, well before the publication of the Sidereus Nuncius, his contemporaries took pains to shape his reputation and fame. They were fully aware that their efforts would shape the course of his career; they also knew that they would profit from helping him. With ...

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