
Inside the Stargazer's Palace
The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century Europe
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About this book
Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the earth revolved around the Sun, overturning centuries of scholastic presumption. A new age was coming into view – one guided by observation, technology and logic. But omens and elixirs did not disappear from the sixteenth-century laboratory. Charms and potions could still be found nestled between glistening brass instruments and leather-bound tomes. The line between the natural and supernatural remained porous, yet to be defined. From the icy Danish observatory of Tycho Brahe, to the smoky, sulphur-stained workshop of John Dee, Violet Moller tours the intellectual heart of early European science. Exploring its rich, multidisciplinary culture, Inside the Stargazer's Palace reveals a dazzling forgotten world, where all knowledge, no matter how arcane, could be pursued in good faith.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Prologue: Before
- Chapter 1: Nuremberg: City of Invention
- Chapter 2: Louvain: The Wonders of the Workshop
- Chapter 3: Mortlake: The Universal Library
- Chapter 4: Kassel: Balconies and Gardens
- Chapter 5: Hven: Island of Urania
- Chapter 6: Prague: The City at the Centre of the World
- Chapter 7: Atlantis: A Vision of the Future
- Epilogue: Beyond
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright