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The Queen's Conjuror de Benjamin Woolley

The Queen's Conjuror: Science and Magic of Dr Dee

Autor Benjamin Woolley
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 mar 2002

A spellbinding portrait of Queen Elizabeth s conjuror the great philosopher, scientist and magician, Dr John Dee (1527 1608) and a history of Renaissance science that could well be the next Longitude .

John Dee was one of the most influential philosophers of the Elizabethan Age. A close confidant of Queen Elizabeth, he helped to introduce mathematics to England, promoted the idea of maths as the basis of science, anticipated the invention of the telescope, charted the New World, and created one of the most magnificent libraries in Europe. At the height of his fame, Dee was poised to become one of the greats of the Renaissance. Yet he died in poverty and obscurity his crime was to dabble in magic.

Based on Dee s secret diaries which record in fine detail his experiments with the occult, Woolley s bestselling book is a rich brew of Elizabethan court intrigue, science, intellectual exploration, discovery and misfortune. And it tells the story of one man s epic but very personal struggle to come to terms with the fundamental dichotomy of the scientific age at the point it arose: the choice between ancient wisdom and modern science as the path to truth."

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780006552024
ISBN-10: 0006552021
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: FLAMINGO
Seria Science and Magic of Dr Dee

Locul publicării:United Kingdom

Recenzii

'Fresh and original...Woolley thinks and writes beautifully. This is a distinguished and rather brilliant book - it's also a rattling good story.' Lisa Jardine 'A fascinating, brilliant account of the Renaissance world picture...' Kathryn Hughes, New Statesman 'Woolley handsomely captures a society torn between rationality and romance, cynicism and hero worship.' New Scientist 'An informative and enlightening book. It offers concise and lucid explanations of Dee's more abstruse and arcane theories. And it is immensely enjoyable, its narrative exciting and inexorable. I have not read as stimulating a study of the Elizabethan period since Charles Nicholl's book on Marlowe, "The Reckoning".' Thomas Wright, Daily Telegraph Praise for 'The Herbalist': 'The research is superb - rich, detailed, and original - and the lives Benjamin Woolley describes are as passionate as the great events of the English Civil War around which they orbit.' Adam Nicolson

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John Dee was one of the most influential philosophers of the Elizabethan Age. A close confidant of Queen Elizabeth, he helped to introduce mathematics to England, promoted the idea of maths as the basis of science, anticipated the invention of the telescope, charted the New World, and created one of the most magnificent libraries in Europe. At the height of his fame, Dee was poised to become one of the greats of the Renaissance. Yet he died in poverty and obscurity - his crime was to dabble in magic.

Based on Dee's secret diaries which record in fine detail his experiments with the occult, Woolley's best selling book is a rich brew of Elizabethan court intrigue, science, intellectual exploration, discovery and misfortune. And it tells the story of one man's epic but very personal struggle to come to terms with the fundamental dichotomy of the scientific age at the point it arose: the choice between ancient wisdom and modern science as the path to truth.

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