Minerva Meets Vulcan: Scientific and Technological Literature 14501750

Autor*innen

• Wolfgang Lefèvre

Parameter

• 208 Seiten
• 8 Lesestunden

• Kunst & Kultur
• Natur
• Natur, Tiere
• Über Literatur

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Focusing on the technological literature of the early modern period, this book explores the co-evolution of scientific and technological texts from 1450 to 1750. It delves into six key areas: Architecture, Chemistry, Gunnery, Mechanical Engineering, Mining, and Practical Mathematics, highlighting their interrelations and interactions with scholarly knowledge. Through this lens, the work provides a comprehensive examination of how these fields of advanced knowledge developed and influenced each other during a transformative era in history.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Einband: Hardcover