Bibliograph

A magical world, superstition and science from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, Derek K. Wilson

Type

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A magical world, superstition and science from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, Derek K. Wilson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-297) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A magical world

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

992573879

Responsibility statement

Derek K. Wilson

Sub title

superstition and science from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment

Summary

Spanning some of the most vibrant and fascinating eras in European history, Cambridge historian Derek Wilson reveals a society filled with an ardent desire for knowledge and astounding discoveries and the fantastic discoveries that flowered from it. There was the discovery of the movement of blood around the body; the movement of the earth around the sun; the velocity of falling objects (and why those objects fell)

Table Of Contents

Introduction : '42' -- New wine and old wineskins -- A magical world -- Re-evaluation -- Heavens above? -- Medicine men -- Seeing may be believing -- Confusion -- I think--so what? -- The religion of doctors -- Spreading the word -- Day star of the Enlightenment -- Avant le deluge

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