Inside the Stargazer's Palace

Inside the Stargazer's Palace
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 269
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ISBN-10 : 9780861547531
ISBN-13 : 0861547535
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Book Synopsis Inside the Stargazer's Palace by : Violet Moller

Download or read book Inside the Stargazer's Palace written by Violet Moller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-06-13 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories 'A scintillating journey into a world where discoveries rip through doctrine like meteors. There is magic in these pages.' Daisy Dunn, author of The Missing Thread In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the earth revolved around the Sun, overturning centuries of scholastic presumption. A new age was coming into view – one guided by observation, technology and logic. But omens and elixirs did not disappear from the sixteenth-century laboratory. Charms and potions could still be found nestled between glistening brass instruments and leather-bound tomes. The line between the natural and supernatural remained porous, yet to be defined. From the icy Danish observatory of Tycho Brahe, to the smoky, sulphur-stained workshop of John Dee, Violet Moller tours the intellectual heart of early European science. Exploring its rich, multidisciplinary culture, Inside the Stargazer’s Palace reveals a dazzling forgotten world, where all knowledge, no matter how arcane, could be pursued in good faith.


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