Author:

Newman, William R. 1955-  Search this

Grafton, Anthony  Search this

Physical description:

443 p. : ill. (1 col.) ; 23 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Europe

Date:

2001

Contents:

Introduction: the problematic status of astrology and alchemy in premodern Europe / William R. Newman and Anthony Grafton -- "Veritatis amor dulcissimus": aspects of Cardano's astrology / Germana Ernst -- Between the election and my hopes: Girolamo Cardano and medical astrology / Anthony Grafton and Nancy Siraisi -- Celestial offerings: astrological motifs in the dedicatory letters of Kepler's Astronomia nova and Galileo's Sidereus nuncios / H. Darrel Rutkin -- Astronomia inferior: legacies of Johanes Trithemius and John Dee / N.H. Clulee -- The Rosicrucian hoax in France (1623-24) / Didier Kahn -- "The food of angels": Simon Forman's alchemical medicine / Lauren Kassell -- Some problems with the historiography of alchemy / Lawrence M. Principe and William R. Newman

Topic:

Astrology, European--History  Search this

Alchemy--History  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

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