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Focusing on the technological literature of the early modern period, this book explores the co-evolution of scientific and technological texts from 1450 to 1750. It delves into six key areas: Architecture, Chemistry, Gunnery, Mechanical Engineering, Mining, and Practical Mathematics, highlighting their interrelations and interactions with scholarly knowledge. Through this lens, the work provides a comprehensive examination of how these fields of advanced knowledge developed and influenced each other during a transformative era in history.
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Minerva Meets Vulcan: Scientific and Technological Literature 14501750, Wolfgang Lefèvre
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- Minerva Meets Vulcan: Scientific and Technological Literature 14501750
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Wolfgang Lefèvre
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN13
- 9783030730840
- Category
- About Literature, Nature in general
- Description
- Focusing on the technological literature of the early modern period, this book explores the co-evolution of scientific and technological texts from 1450 to 1750. It delves into six key areas: Architecture, Chemistry, Gunnery, Mechanical Engineering, Mining, and Practical Mathematics, highlighting their interrelations and interactions with scholarly knowledge. Through this lens, the work provides a comprehensive examination of how these fields of advanced knowledge developed and influenced each other during a transformative era in history.