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Instruments and the Imagination
Thomas L. Hankins
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Description for Instruments and the Imagination
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 352 pages, 90 halftones. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1085.
Thomas Hankins and Robert Silverman investigate an array of instruments from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century that seem at first to be marginal to science--magnetic clocks that were said to operate by the movements of sunflower seeds, magic lanterns, ocular harpsichords (machines that played different colored lights in harmonious mixtures), Aeolian harps (a form of wind chime), and other instruments of natural magic designed to produce wondrous effects. By looking at these and the first recording instruments, the stereoscope, and speaking machines, the authors show that scientific instruments first made their appearance as devices used ... Read more
Thomas Hankins and Robert Silverman investigate an array of instruments from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century that seem at first to be marginal to science--magnetic clocks that were said to operate by the movements of sunflower seeds, magic lanterns, ocular harpsichords (machines that played different colored lights in harmonious mixtures), Aeolian harps (a form of wind chime), and other instruments of natural magic designed to produce wondrous effects. By looking at these and the first recording instruments, the stereoscope, and speaking machines, the authors show that scientific instruments first made their appearance as devices used ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691635200
SKU
V9780691635200
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Reviews for Instruments and the Imagination
[A] surprising and instructive book... A salutary perspective on a tale that is usually told very differently.
A. C. Grayling, Financial Times Hankins and Silverman illuminate not only the tools of science, but the changing character of the enterprise itself.
Stephen Johnston, New Scientist This imaginative and intellectually stimulating book reminds us that artifacts have an intellectual context, ... Read more
A. C. Grayling, Financial Times Hankins and Silverman illuminate not only the tools of science, but the changing character of the enterprise itself.
Stephen Johnston, New Scientist This imaginative and intellectually stimulating book reminds us that artifacts have an intellectual context, ... Read more