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Science and the Marketplace in Early Modern Italy
Brendan (Edi Dooley
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In this book, Brendan Dooley examines Italian scientific communications in early modern history. He demonstrates that Italian science between the age of Galileo and the age of Galvani and Volta underwent two revolutions. While the methodological innovations of the time have received copious attention, Dooley is concerned with the revolution in published communicatons, which has hardly been studied at all. What his innovative research shows, in sum, is that the accomplishments of Galvani and Volta were not based upon a cultural void, but rather a century and a half of fervid activity aiming to consolidate the accomplishments of Galileo, reinforce ... Read more
In this book, Brendan Dooley examines Italian scientific communications in early modern history. He demonstrates that Italian science between the age of Galileo and the age of Galvani and Volta underwent two revolutions. While the methodological innovations of the time have received copious attention, Dooley is concerned with the revolution in published communicatons, which has hardly been studied at all. What his innovative research shows, in sum, is that the accomplishments of Galvani and Volta were not based upon a cultural void, but rather a century and a half of fervid activity aiming to consolidate the accomplishments of Galileo, reinforce ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739102329
SKU
V9780739102329
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Ref
99-15
About Brendan (Edi Dooley
Brendan Dooley is Associate Professor of History and Social Studies at Harvard University. He is the author of Italy in the Baroque: Selected Readings(1995), and Science, Politics, and Society in Eighteenth-Century Italy(1991).
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