| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (14hr., 13 min.)) : digital |
| Performer |
Read by Kate Reading. |
| Summary |
Bestselling author Deborah E. Harkness 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, she contends, formed a patchwork scientific community whose practices set the stage for the Scientific Revolution. It was their collaborative, yet often contentious, ethos that helped to develop the ideals of modern scientific research. The Jewel House 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. |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Science -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.
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Natural history -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.
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Science, Renaissance.
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London (England) -- Social conditions -- 16th century.
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London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 16th century.
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London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 16th century.
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| Added Author |
Reading, Kate.
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| Added Title |
hoopla (Digital media service)
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| ISBN |
9781494525989 (sound recording) (hoopla Audio Book) |
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1494525984 (sound recording) (hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11195862 |
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