Minerva Meets Vulcan: Scientific and Technological Literature 14501750

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.