Deborah E. Harkness is associate professor of history, University of Southern California, and the author of John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature.
." . . a delight to read . . . convinces as good historical
discussions should: through the overwhelming weight of meticulously
assembled evidence. . . . essential reading for any student of
premodern science. It makes valuable and timely contributions to
the history of science . . ." Frank Klaasen, Canadian Journal of
History--Frank Klaasen "Canadian Journal of History ""
The Jewel House of Art and Nature is by far the finest exploration
ever undertaken of scientific culture in an early modern
metropolis. Vivid, compelling, and panoramic, this revelatory work
will force us to revise everything we thought we knew about
Renaissance science. Adrian Johns, author of The Nature of the
Book
--Adrian Johns"
"This is a wonderful book, full of fascinating detail and stories
from a lost world. It will have wide circulation among historians
of science and technology, historians of England, and cultural
historians in general." Pamela Smith, Columbia University
--Pamela Smith"
"The Jewel House of Art and Nature" is by far the finest
exploration ever undertaken of scientific culture in an early
modern metropolis. Vivid, compelling, and panoramic, this
revelatory work will force us to revise everything we thought we
knew about Renaissance science. Adrian Johns, author of "The Nature
of the Book "
--Adrian Johns"
""The Jewel House of Art and Nature" is by far the finest
exploration ever undertaken of scientific culture in an early
modern metropolis. Vivid, compelling, and panoramic, this
revelatory work will force us to revise everything we thought we
knew about Renaissance science."--Adrian Johns, author of "The
Nature of the Book "
--Adrian Johns
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