| Transmitting Knowledge: Words, Images, and Instruments in Early Modern Europe Contributor(s): Kusukawa, Sachiko (Editor), MacLean, Ian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 019928878X ISBN-13: 9780199288786 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $289.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: Based on new research, a distinguished international team studies the forms in which scientific knowledge was transmitted in the late medieval and early modern period, the ways they interacted, and the people to whom the knowledge was directed. Among the famous authors whose work is examined here are Fuchs, Vesalius, Tycho Brahe, and Descartes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | History - History | Europe - General - Science | Scientific Instruments |
| Dewey: 509.4 |
| LCCN: 2005027342 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.14 lbs) 296 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Based on new research, a distinguished international team studies the forms in which scientific knowledge was transmitted in the late medieval and early modern period, the ways they interacted, and the people to whom the knowledge was directed. Among the famous authors whose work is examined here are Fuchs, Vesalius, Tycho Brahe, and Descartes. |