Science And The Secrets Of Nature
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| Originally published | 1994 |
| Authors | William Eamon |
| Editors | William Eamon |
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| ID | 1038928 |
About Science And The Secrets Of Nature
By explaining how to sire multicolored horses, produce nuts without shells, and create an egg the size of a human head, Giambattista Della Porta's Natural Magic (1559) conveys a fascination with tricks and illusions that makes it a work difficult for historians of science to take seriously. . . .