A magical world
Subtitle: superstition and science from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
By: Derek K. Wilson
Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: Pegasus Books, Ltd.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781681776453
Subjects: Religion and science; History
Description: Spanning some of the most vibrant and fascinating eras in European history, Cambridge historian Derek Wilson reveals a society filled with an ardent desire for knowledge and astounding discoveries and the fantastic discoveries that flowered from it. There was the discovery of the movement of blood around the body; the movement of the earth around the sun; the velocity of falling objects (and why those objects fell).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-297) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: '42'; title: New wine and old wineskins; title: A magical world; title: Re-evaluation; title: Heavens above?; title: Medicine men; title: See may be believing; title: Confusion; title: I think; title: so what?; title: The religion of doctors; title: Spreading the word; title: Day star of the Enlightenment; title: Avant le deluge.