Alisha Rankin

Secrets and Knowledge in Medicine and Science, 1500-1800

Herausgeber: Leong, Elaine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Secrets played a central role in transformations in medical, alchemical, natural philosophical and commercial knowledge in early modern Europe. This volume brings together international scholars from a variety of fields to offer insights and new interpretations into the role played by secrets in their area of specialization.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 648g
• ISBN-13: 9780754668541
• ISBN-10: 0754668541
• Artikelnr.: 41248313

Autorenporträt

Elaine Leong, University of Cambridge, UK, and Alisha Rankin, Tufts University, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Secrets and Knowledge, Elaine Leong, Alisha Rankin
Part I Defining Secrets
Chapter 1a How to Read a Book of Secrets, William Eamon
Chapter 2 What is a Secret? Secrets and Craft Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, Pamela H. Smith
Part II Secrecy and Openness
Chapter 3 The Secrets of Sir Hugh Platt, Ayesha Mukherjee
Chapter 4 Robert Boyle and Secrecy, Michael Hunter
Chapter 5 Openness vs. Secrecy in the Hartlib Circle: Revisiting 'Democratic Baconianism' in Interregnum England, Michelle DiMeo
Part III Illicit Secrets
Chapter 6 Anna Zieglerin's Alchemical Revelations, Tara Nummedal
Chapter 7 Face Waters, Oils, Love Magic and Poison: Making and Selling Secrets in Early Modern Rome, Tessa Storey
Part IV Secrets and Health
Chapter 8 Keeping Beauty Secrets in Early Modern Iberia, Montserrat CabrÃ(c)
Chapter 9 Secrets to Healthy Living: The Revival of the Preventive Paradigm in Late Renaissance Italy, Sandra Cavallo
Chapter 10 Secrets of Place: The Medical Casebooks of Vivant-Augustin Ganiare, Lisa Wynne Smith