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The Jewel House
The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution | Deborah E. Harkness
This book explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London, where a boisterous and diverse group of men and women shared a keen interest in the study of nature. These assorted merchants, gardeners, barber-surgeons, midwives, instrument makers, mathematics teachers, engineers, alchemists, and other experimenters Deborah Harkness contends formed a patchwork scientific community whose practices set the stage for the Scientific Revolution. While Francis Bacon has been widely regarded as the father of modern science, scores of his London contemporaries also deserve a share in this distinction. It was their collaborative, yet often contentious, ethos that helped to develop the ideals of modern scientific research. The book examines six particularly fascinating episodes of scientific inquiry and dispute in sixteenth-century London, bringing to life the individuals involved and the challenges they faced. These men and women experimented and invented, argued and competed, waged wars in the press, and struggled to understand the complexities of the natural world. Together their stories illuminate the blind alleys and surprising twists and turns taken as medieval philosophy gave way to the empirical, experimental culture that became a hallmark of the Scientific Revolution.
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So I did a little Kindle e-book deal shopping this morning despite my massive #TBR stacks. 📚📚📚📚📚 They were $1.99 each so I can‘t feel too guilty! 😉

The tagged book I got because it sounded so interesting —science in Elizabethan London by Deborah Harkness.🤓

The other two (tagged below) I may use to finally get back on track for #foodandlit in June & July as Owls of the Eastern Ice is set in Russia & Tangerine is set in Morocco.

Butterfinger Wow. Thanks for sharing. 3y
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Crazeedi The tagged book sounds really interesting!! Adding 3y
Texreader I just bought them all. 😳 3y
Crazeedi @Texreader you just couldn't resist, right? Way to go girl!! 3y
DebinHawaii @Crazeedi @Texreader I‘d say I‘m sorry, but I love the overbuying books company! 😉😂😂 3y
Texreader @Crazeedi She got me in a weak moment. 😂 3y
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