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| a history of magic and experimental science: A history of magic and experimental science.. Lynn Thorndike, 1934 |
| a history of magic and experimental science: A History of Magic and Experimental Science: Fourteenth and fifteenth centuries Lynn Thorndike, 1934 |
| a history of magic and experimental science: A History of Magic and Experimental Science: & 4. Fourteenth and fifteenth centuries Lynn Thorndike, 1923 |
| a history of magic and experimental science: A History of Magic and Experimental Science Lynn Thorndike, 1929 |
| a history of magic and experimental science: A History of Magic and Experimental Science During the First Thirteen Centuries of Our Era Lynn Thorndike, 1923 |
| a history of magic and experimental science: A History of Magic and Experimental Science: The first thirteen centuries of our era Lynn Thorndike, 1923 |
| a history of magic and experimental science: The Transformations of Magic Frank Klaassen, 2013 Explores two principal genres of illicit learned magic in late Medieval manuscripts: image magic, which could be interpreted and justified in scholastic terms, and ritual magic, which could not--Provided by publisher. |
| a history of magic and experimental science: A History of Magic and Experimental Science - During the First Thirteen Centuries of Our Era - Lynn Thorndike, 2019-06-12 This the second of three volumes of Lynn Thorndike's A History of Magic and Experimental Science, which explores the history of magic and traces the development of related ideas throughout history and different cultures. Contents include: The Early Scholastics: Peter Abelard and Hugh of St. Victor, Adelard of Bath, William of Conches, Some Twelfth Century Translators, Chiefly of Astrology from the Arabic, Bernard Silvester; Astrology and Geomancy, Saint Hildegard of Bingen, John of Salisbury, Daniel of Morley and Roger of Hereford, Moses Maimonides, Hermetic Books in the Middle Ages, etc. This vintage book will appeal to those with an interest in magic and its history, and it would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork. |
| a history of magic and experimental science: The Place of Magic in the Intellectual History of Europe Lynn Thorndike, 2018-09-07 There is a considerable amount of interesting and somewhat recondite, not to say uncanny, information contained in the initial number of the twenty-fourth volume of the Columbia University Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law. The Place of Magic in the Intellectual History of Europe is a theme which in the hands of a William Draper, Henry Lea, or an Andrew White, would yield unfathomed depths of storied wickedness, ignorance, and superstition, all flowing out of the Catholic Church. In the hands of Mr. Thorndike, however, it unfolds no such legend. The term magic lends itself to no process of rigid defining, and so the author allows it to cover beliefs in auguries, omens, divinations, sorcery, necromancy, astrology, alchemy, and other such occult agencies which our wiser age has found to be on the whole highly superstitious and absurd. That such beliefs have existed semper et ubique everybody knows. -- The Ecclesiastical Review, Vol. 34 |
| a history of magic and experimental science: A History of Magic and Experimental Science: The first thirteen centuries of our era Lynn Thorndike, 1923 Vols. 1-2 concern the first 13 centuries of the Christian era; vols. 3-4, the 14th and 15th centuries, vols. 5-6, the 16th century, and vols. 7-8, the 17th century. |
| a history of magic and experimental science: Magic in Western Culture Brian P. Copenhaver, 2015-09-09 The story of the beliefs and practices called 'magic' starts in ancient Iran, Greece, and Rome, before entering its crucial Christian phase in the Middle Ages. Centering on the Renaissance and Marsilio Ficino, this richly illustrated and groundbreaking book treats magic as a classical tradition with foundations that were distinctly philosophical. |
| a history of magic and experimental science: A History of Magic Richard Cavendish, 1977 |
| a history of magic and experimental science: Curiosity Philip Ball, 2014-09-17 Looking closely at the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, Ball vividly brings to life the age when modern science began, a time that spans the lives of Galileo and Isaac Newton. In this entertaining and illuminating account of the rise of science as we know it, Ball tells of scientists both legendary and lesser known, from Copernicus and Kepler to Robert Boyle, as well as the inventions and technologies that were inspired by curiosity itself, such as the telescope and the microscope. The so-called Scientific Revolution is often told as a story of great geniuses illuminating the world with flashes of inspiration. But Curiosity reveals a more complex story, in which the liberation--and subsequent taming--of curiosity was linked to magic, religion, literature, travel, trade, and empire. Ball also asks what has become of curiosity today: how it functions in science, how it is spun and packaged for consumption, how well it is being sustained, and how the changing shape of science influences the kinds of questions it may continue to ask--OCLC |
| a history of magic and experimental science: A History of Magic and Experimental Science: Fourteenth and fifteenth centuries Lynn Thorndike, 1934 |
| a history of magic and experimental science: The Experimental Fire Jennifer M. Rampling, 2020-12-11 “Presents the largely uncharted history of English alchemy from its medieval roots until the end of the seventeenth century . . . an astounding eye for detail.” —Annals of Science In medieval and early modern Europe, the practice of alchemy promised extraordinary physical transformations. Who would not be amazed to see base metals turned into silver and gold, hard iron into soft water, and deadly poison into elixirs that could heal the human body? To defend such claims, alchemists turned to the past, scouring ancient books for evidence of a lost alchemical heritage and seeking to translate their secret language and obscure imagery into replicable, practical effects. Tracing the development of alchemy in England over four hundred years, from the beginning of the fourteenth century to the end of the seventeenth, Jennifer M. Rampling illuminates the role of alchemical reading and experimental practice in the broader context of national and scientific history. Using new manuscript sources, she shows how practitioners like George Ripley, John Dee, and Edward Kelley, as well as many previously unknown alchemists, devised new practical approaches to alchemy while seeking the support of English monarchs. By reconstructing their alchemical ideas, practices, and disputes, Rampling reveals how English alchemy was continually reinvented over the space of four centuries, resulting in changes to the science itself. In so doing, The Experimental Fire bridges the intellectual history of chemistry and the wider worlds of early modern patronage, medicine, and science. “An engaging piece of scholarly work . . . it humanizes the alchemist, showing him or her to be a historical personage caught up in the circumstances of the era and seeking to survive the upheavals and challenges of historical reality . . . bound to make an important contribution to the history of science, social history, history of scholarship, and the history of the book.” —Early Science and Medicine |
| a history of magic and experimental science: A Faith that Enquires Sir Henry Jones, 1922 |
| a history of magic and experimental science: A History of the Senses Robert Jütte, 2005 This path-breaking book examines our attitudes to the senses from antiquity through to the present day. Robert Jutte explores a wealth of different traditions, images, metaphors and ideas that have survived through time and describes how sensual impressions change the way in which we experience the world. Throughout history, societies have been both intrigued or unsettled by the five senses. The author looks at the way in which the social world conditions our perception and traces the 'rediscovery' of sensual pleasure in the twentieth century, paying attention to experiences as varied as fast food, deoderization, and extra-sensory perception. He concludes by exploring technological change and cyberspace, reflecting on how developments in these fields will affect our relationship with the senses in the future. |
| a history of magic and experimental science: Magic Science Religion Ira Livingston, 2018-01-09 Magic Science Religion explores surprising intersections among the three meaning-making and world-making practices named in the title. Through colorful examples, the book reveals circuitous ways that social, cultural and natural systems connect, enabling real kinds of magic to operate. Among the many case studies are accounts of how an eighteenth-century actor gave his audience goosebumps; how painters, poets, and pool sharks use nonlinearity in working their magics; how the first vertebrates gained consciousness; how plants fine-tuned human color vision; and the necessarily magical element of activism that builds on the conviction that another future is possible while working to push self-fulfilling prophecy into political action. |
| a history of magic and experimental science: History of Magic and Experimental Science (Vol. 1&2) Lynn Thorndike, 2023-11-26 History of Magic and Experimental Science is a two-volume study by Lynn Thorndike, American historian of medieval science and alchemy. The book covers a period from antique until the thirteen century. Thorndike writes about magic and science in medieval times with the goal of finding a historical truth. Table of Contents: Volume 1: Book I. The Roman Empire Book II. Early Christian Thought Book III. The Early Middle Ages Volume 2: Book IV. The Twelfth Century Book V. The Thirteenth Century |
| a history of magic and experimental science: The History of Science Massimo Mazzotti, 2015 Science is one of the main features of the contemporary world, and shapes our lives to an extent that has no precedents in history. Yet science as we know it today is the outcome of contingent social processes, and its global success is far from self-explanatory. How did it happen? How did science emerge in history and became the most authoritative source of knowledge available in late modern societies? This set of volumes addresses these crucial questions through a selection of exemplary publications spanning antiquity to the present day. The reader will find an effective survey of the best scholarship in this rapidly growing field, and a map of the main revolutions as well as the long-term continuities that have characterized our understanding the world and our attempts to control it. The collection brings together areas of inquiry that have become increasingly distant and specialized, such as the history of antique science or Cold War studies, within broader narratives of the making of the modern world. They also reassess the traditional assumption of the exclusively Greek and Western origins of modern science, situating relevant knowledge, practices, and artefacts within the global networks that sustained them: in ancient as well as in modern times. The gathered materials address key historiographical issues, such as the relationship between science, magic, and religion; the role of science in nation-building processes; and the relationship between science and technology. |
| a history of magic and experimental science: Blood Rush Jan Verplaetse, 2020-03-16 As a young man, Jan Verplaetse saw a hare suspended from a meat hook, skinned and gutted. What struck him so forcefully at the time was not the animal itself, but the blood gently dripping from its mouth. His reaction prompted the start of a quest he undertakes in this book: to investigate our fascination with blood, the most vital of fluids. Blood Rush shows how, throughout history, blood has had the capacity to intoxicate us, to the point that we lose ourselves, whether in violence, through hunting, fighting, or killing, or in the vicarious thrill of watching sporting events, horror films, or video games. Are these feelings physical, or in our imagination? Where does the magic of blood come from? In his deeply researched and provocative narrative, Verplaetse moves from antiquity to the present, from magic to experimental psychology, from philosophy to religion and scientific discoveries, to demonstrate why blood at once attracts and repels us. |
| a history of magic and experimental science: Companion to the History of Modern Science G N Cantor, G.N. Cantor, J.R.R. Christie, M.J.S. Hodge, R.C. Olby, 2020-10-07 The 67 chapters of this book describe and analyse the development of Western science from 1500 to the present day. Divided into two major sections - 'The Study of the History of Science' and 'Selected Writings in the History of Science' - the volume describes the methods and problems of research in the field and then applies these techniques to a wide range of fields. Areas covered include: * the Copernican Revolution * Genetics * Science and Imperialism * the History of Anthropology * Science and Religion * Magic and Science. The companion is an indispensable resource for students and professionals in History, Philosophy, Sociology and the Sciences as well as the History of Science. It will also appeal to the general reader interested in an introduction to the subject. |
| a history of magic and experimental science: The History of Medieval Europe Lynn Thorndike, 1917 |
| a history of magic and experimental science: A History of Magic and Experimental Science During the First Thirtheen Centuries of Our Era Lynn Thorndike, 1958 |
| a history of magic and experimental science: Knowledge is Power (Icon Science) John Henry, 2017-11-02 Francis Bacon - a leading figure in the history of science - never made a major discovery, provided a lasting explanation of any physical phenomena or revealed any hidden laws of nature. How then can he rank as he does alongside Newton? Bacon was the first major thinker to describe how science should be done, and to explain why. Scientific knowledge should not be gathered for its own sake but for practical benefit to mankind. And Bacon promoted experimentation, coming to outline and define the rigorous procedures of the 'scientific method' that today from the very bedrock of modern scientific progress. John Henry gives a dramatic account of the background to Bacon's innovations and the sometimes unconventional sources for his ideas. Why was he was so concerned to revolutionize the attitude to scientific knowledge - and why do his ideas for reform still resonate today? |
| a history of magic and experimental science: The History of Magic Chris Gosden, 2020-07-16 A remarkable, unprecedented account of the role of magic in cultures both ancient and modern -- from the first known horoscope to the power of tattoos. 'Fascinating, original, excellent' Simon Sebag Montefiore ______________________ Three great strands of practice and belief run through human history: science, religion and magic. But magic - the idea that we have a connection with the universe - has developed a bad reputation. It has been with us for millennia - from the curses and charms of ancient Greek, Roman and Jewish magic, to the shamanistic traditions of Eurasia, indigenous America and Africa, and even quantum physics today. Even today seventy-five per cent of the Western world holds some belief in magic, whether snapping wishbones, buying lottery tickets or giving names to inanimate objects. Drawing on his decades of research, with incredible breadth and authority, Professor Chris Gosden provides a timely history of human thought and the role it has played in shaping civilization, and how we might use magic to rethink our understanding of the world. ______________________ 'This is an extraordinary work of learning, written with an exhilarating lightness of touch . . . It is essential reading.' Francis Pryor, author of Britain BC, Britain AD and The Fens 'Without an unfascinating page' Scotsman 'Chris Gosden shows how magic explores the connections between human beings and the universe in ways different from religion or science, yet deserving of respect' Professor John Barton, author of A History of The Bible |
| a history of magic and experimental science: A History of Magic and Experimental Science Lynn Thorndike, 1923 |
| a history of magic and experimental science: Magic and Alchemy Robert Michael Place, 2009 The word 'magic' evokes many ideas, from a stage magician performing illusions to the pyrotechnics of witches and wizards depicted in movies and on television. This book covers the history, practices, and philosophies of magic and alchemy in Western history. It also looks at the tools used by magicians and alchemists. |
| a history of magic and experimental science: A History of Magic and Experimental Science Lynn Thorndike, 1980 |
| a history of magic and experimental science: The Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution David Marshall Miller, Dana Jalobeanu, 2022-01-06 A collection of cutting-edge scholarship on the close interaction of philosophy with science at the birth of the modern age. |
| a history of magic and experimental science: Transforming Matter Trevor H. Levere, 2003-04-30 Chemistry explores the way atoms interact, the constitution of the stars, and the human genome. Knowledge of chemistry makes it possible for us to manufacture dyes and antibiotics, metallic alloys, and other materials that contribute to the necessities and luxuries of human life. In Transforming Matter, noted historian Trevor H. Levere emphasizes that understanding the history of these developments helps us to appreciate the achievements of generations of chemists. Levere examines the dynamic rise of chemistry from the study of alchemy in the seventeenth century to the development of organic and inorganic chemistry in the age of government-funded research and corporate giants. In the past two centuries, he points out, the number of known elements has quadrupled. And because of synthesis, chemistry has increasingly become a science that creates much of what it studies. Throughout the book, Levere follows a number of recurring themes: theories about the elements, the need for classification, the status of chemical science, and the relationship between practice and theory. He illustrates these themes by concentrating on some of chemistry's most influential and innovative practitioners. Transforming Matter provides an accessible and clearly written introduction to the history of chemistry, telling the story of how the discipline has developed over the years. |
| a history of magic and experimental science: A History of Magic and Experimental Science Lynn Thorndike, 1976 |
| a history of magic and experimental science: A History of Magic and Experimental Science Lynn Thorndike, 1958 |
| a history of magic and experimental science: The Jewel House Deborah E. Harkness, 2007-10-24 The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of A Discovery of Witchesexamines the real-life history of the scientific community of Elizabethan London. Travel to 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 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. “Elegant and erudite.” —Anthony Grafton, American Scientist “A truly wonderful book, deeply researched, full of original material, and exhilarating to read.” —John Carey, Sunday Times “Widely accessible.” —Ian Archer, Oxford University “Vivid, compelling, and panoramic, this revelatory work will force us to revise everything we thought we knew about Renaissance science.” —Adrian Johns, author of The Nature Book |
| a history of magic and experimental science: Magic, Science, and Religion in Early Modern Europe Mark A. Waddell, 2021-01-28 An accessible new exploration of the vibrant world of early modern Europe through a focus on magic, science, and religion. |
| a history of magic and experimental science: The Occult Sciences Eusèbe Salverte, 1847 |
| a history of magic and experimental science: Experiments in Knowing Ann Oakley, 2000-04-14 Experiments in Knowing explores the history, ideology and implications of different 'ways of knowing'. |
| a history of magic and experimental science: Experiencing the Impossible Gustav Kuhn, 2019-03-12 How the scientific study of magic reveals intriguing—and often unsettling—insights into the mysteries of the human mind. What do we see when we watch a magician pull a rabbit out of a hat or read a person's mind? We are captivated by an illusion; we applaud the fact that we have been fooled. Why do we enjoy experiencing what seems clearly impossible, or at least beyond our powers of explanation? In Experiencing the Impossible, Gustav Kuhn examines the psychological processes that underpin our experience of magic. Kuhn, a psychologist and a magician, reveals the intriguing—and often unsettling—insights into the human mind that the scientific study of magic provides.Magic, Kuhn explains, creates a cognitive conflict between what we believe to be true (for example, a rabbit could not be in that hat) and what we experience (a rabbit has just come out of that hat!). Drawing on the latest psychological, neurological, and philosophical research, he suggests that misdirection is at the heart of all magic tricks, and he offers a scientific theory of misdirection. He explores, among other topics, our propensity for magical thinking, the malleability of our perceptual experiences, forgetting and misremembering, free will and mind control, and how magic is applied outside entertaiment—the use of illusion in human-computer interaction, politics, warfare, and elsewhere. We may be surprised to learn how little of the world we actually perceive, how little we can trust what we see and remember, and how little we are in charge of our thoughts and actions. Exploring magic, Kuhn illuminates the complex—and almost magical—mechanisms underlying our daily activities. |
| a history of magic and experimental science: John Dee's Conversations with Angels Deborah E. Harkness, 1999-11-13 John Dee's angel conversations have been an enigmatic facet of Elizabethan England's most famous natural philosopher's life and work. Professor Harkness contextualizes Dee's angel conversations within the natural philosophical, religious and social contexts of his time philosophy, and the apocalypse, and argues that they represent a continuing development of John Dee's earlier concerns and interests. These conversations include discussions of the natural world, the practice of natural philosophy, and the apocalypse. |
| a history of magic and experimental science: A History of Magic and Experimental Science Lynn Thorndike, 1923 |
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