Thomas Harriot and His World

Thomas Harriot and His World

Mathematics, Exploration, and Natural Philosophy in Early Modern England

Fox, Robert

Taylor & Francis Ltd

06/2012

274

Dura

Inglês

9780754669609

15 a 20 dias

670

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Contents: Preface; Thomas Harriot Lectures 1990-2009; Introduction; the many worlds of Thomas Harriot, Robert Fox; Thomas Harriot and the great mathematical tradition, Jon V. Pepper; Chymicorum in morem: refraction, matter theory, and secrecy in the Harriot-Kepler correspondence, Robert Goulding; Reconstructing Thomas Harriot's treatise on equations, Jacqueline Stedall; Harriot on combinations, Ian Maclean; Thomas Harriot as an English Galileo: the force of shared knowledge in early modern mechanics, Matthias Schemmel; Why Thomas Harriot was not the English Galilieo, John Henry; Patronizing, publishing, and perishing: Harriot's lost opportunities and his lost work 'Arcticon', Stephen Pumfrey; Last act? 1618 and the shaping of Sir Walter Ralegh's reputation, Mark Nicholls; Thomas Harriot and the mariner's culture on board a transatlantic ship in 1585, Pascal Brioist; Appendices: The 'perfect' Harriot/de Bry: cautionary notes on identifying an authentic copy of the deBry edition of Thomas Hariot's A Brief and True Report (1590), Larry E. Tise; Harriot's Latin, Charles Fantazzi; The portrait of Thomas Harriot, Diccon Swan; A bibliography of secondary sources relating to the work and life of Thomas Harriot, published since 2000, Daniel Jon Mitchell; Index.
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