An edition of Secrets of nature
(2001)
Secrets of nature
astrology and alchemy in early modern Europe
by William R. Newman and Anthony Grafton
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Secrets of nature: astrology and alchemy in early modern Europe
2001, MIT Press
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0585435758 9780585435756
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Table of Contents
Introduction: the problematic status of astrology and alchemy in premodern Europe / William R. Newman and Anthony Grafton
"Veritatis amor dulcissimus": aspects of Cardano's astrology / Germana Ernst
Between the election and my hopes: Girolamo Cardano and medical astrology / Anthony Grafton and Nancy Siraisi
Celestial offerings: astrological motifs in the dedicatory letters of Kepler's Astronomia nova and Galileo's Sidereus nuncios / H. Darrel Rutkin
Astronomia inferior: legacies of Johanes Trithemius and John Dee / N.H. Clulee
The Rosicrucian hoax in France (1623-24) / Didier Kahn
"The food of angels": Simon Forman's alchemical medicine / Lauren Kassell
Some problems with the historiography of alchemy / Lawrence M. Principe and William R. Newman.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic access restricted to subscribers.
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Electronic data. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2003.
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