The De subtilitate of Girolamo Cardano
By: edited by John M. Forrester ; with an Introduction by John Henry and John M. Forrester
Contributors: Forrester, J. M. (John M.)
Series: Medieval and Renaissance texts and studies -- volume 436; Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series) -- v. 436.
Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Tempe, Arizona
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1058
ISBN-13: 9780866984843
Subjects: Science; Early works to 1800
Work titles: De subtilitate libri XXI
Table of contents: title: On subtlety, in 21 books by Jerome Cardano, physician of Milan; title: Book I. The principles, matter, form, the vacuum, the resistance of bodies, natural motion, and position; title: Book II: The elements, and their movements and actions; title: Book III: On heaven; title: Book IV: On light and illumination; title: Book V: On mixture, and incomplete or metallic mixed things; title: Book VI: On metals; title: Book VII: On stones; title: Book VIII: On plants; title: Book IX: On animals that are generated from decay; title: Book X: On perfect animals; title: Book XI: On the necessity and form of man; title: Book XII: On man's nature and temperament; title: Book XIII: On the senses, what can be sensed, and pleasure; title: Book XIV: On the soul and the intellect; title: Book XV: On useless subtleties; title: Book XVI: On the sciences; title: Book XVII: On the arts and artefacts; title: Book XVIII: On marvels, and the way to represent diverse things beyond belief; title: Book XIX: On demons; title: Book XX: On primary substances or lives; title: Book XXI: On God and the universe.