Shakespeare and science : a dictionary / by Walker, Katherine

Subjects: “…Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Knowledge Science Dictionaries.…”
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Wonder and science : imagining worlds in early modern Europe / by Campbell, Mary B., 1954-

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Ships and science : the birth of naval architecture in the scientific revolution, 1600-1800 / by Ferreiro, Larrie D.

“…Transformations: studies in the history of science and technology…”

The science of Shakespeare : a new look at the playwright's universe / by Falk, Dan

Table of Contents: “…"Arise, fair sun-- " : a brief history of cosmology -- "He that is giddy thinks the world turns round-- " : Nicolaus Copernicus, the reluctant reformer -- "This majestical roof fretted with golden fire-- " : Tycho Brahe and Thomas Digges -- "These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights-- " : the shadow of Copernicus and the dawn of science -- " --sorrow's eye, glazed with blinding tears-- " : the rise of English science and the question of the Tudor telescope -- "Who is it that can tell me who I am?" …”

Bachelors of science : seventeenth-century identity, then and now / by Zack, Naomi, 1944-

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Wonder & science : imagining worlds in early modern Europe / by Campbell, Mary B., 1954-

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Ships and science : the birth of naval architecture in the scientific revolution, 1600-1800 / by Ferreiro, Larrie D.

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Spaces of Enlightenment science /

Table of Contents: “…Levere -- The public space of knowledge and the public sphere of science / Marie Thébaud-Sorger -- The space between : James Dinwiddie and the transit of science, 1760-1815 / Larry Stewart -- "Both by sea and land" : William Whiston, longitude, and the measurement of space / Simon Werrett.…”
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Fairy-tale science : monstrous generation in the tales of Straparola and Basile / by Magnanini, Suzanne

Table of Contents: “…Introduction. Science Fictions -- 1. Facts and Favole -- 2. Wonder Tales in the Age of the Marvellous -- 3. …”
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Science in the vanished Arcadia : knowledge of nature in the Jesuit missions of Paraguay and Río de la Plata / by Asúa, Miguel de

Table of Contents: “…1 Juárez's Vatican Garden of the Indies1.1 The Osservazioni; 1.2 Juárez's Botanical Outlook; 2 Spiders and Electric Fish; 2.1 Jesuits and Electric Fish; 2.2 The Immediate Background of Termeyer's Experiments; 2.3 A Fishy Anatomy; 2.4 Experiments among the Mocoví; 2.5 A Fluid Discussion; 2.6 An American Postscript; 3 Looking at the Heavens through Someone Else's Eyes; 3.1 The Cádiz Quadrant; 4 The Cultural Transplant; Chapter 6 A Last Word; 1 Empirical Reference; 2 Science and Religion; 3 Science and Native Lore on Nature; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Humanism in an age of science : the Amsterdam Athenaeum in the golden age, 1632-1704 / by Miert, Dirk van

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Part I -- A History -- Introduction -- The university that was never founded -- The myth of the wise merchant -- A scarcity of sources -- The historiography of Athenaeum and University -- Research question -- Structure of this book -- Editorial principles -- Chapter One -- Higher Education in the Low Countries -- Foundations -- A nursery for the state -- A nursery for the church -- Advantages for the city -- Advantages for the parents -- The specific function of an illustrious school -- The practical utility of knowledge -- The controversial start of the Amsterdam Athenaeum -- Chapter Two -- An Amsterdam Cortege -- The inauguration of the Illustrious School -- The first period: "The illustrious beginning" -- The second period -- The third period -- Conclusion -- Part II -- Teaching Practices -- Chapter Three -- Private teaching -- Introduction -- Variables in private teaching -- Regular and non-regular students -- Regular and non-regular teachers -- Conclusion -- Chapter Four -- Public teaching -- Introduction -- The lectio publica -- Praelectiones and lectiones publicae -- Audience composition -- Conclusions -- Chapter Five -- Semi-public teaching -- Introduction -- The disputation -- The practice oration -- Practical education -- Conclusion -- Chapter Six -- Holidays, timetables and absences -- Introduction -- The academic year -- Series Lectionum -- Absences -- Conclusion -- Part III -- The Contents of Teaching -- Chapter Seven -- The arts I: the rhetorical subjects -- Introduction -- History and eloquence -- Oriental languages -- Conclusions -- Chapter Eight -- The arts II: the philosophical subjects -- General introduction -- Three periods: Barlaeus, Senguerdius and De Raei -- Logic -- Physics and mathematics -- Moral philosophy -- Philosophy at the Athenaeum: conclusion -- Chapter Nine -- The teaching of law -- Introduction -- The first period -- The second period -- The third period -- Conclusion -- Chapter Ten -- The teaching of medicine -- Introduction -- Developments in medicine -- The Amsterdam medical world -- Premature plans -- Senguerdius (16488211;1667) -- Blasius (16608211;1685) -- Bernagie (16928211;1699) -- Conclusion -- Chapter Eleven -- The teaching of theology -- Introduction -- The Athenaeum and the Remonstrant Seminary -- The Athenaeum and the other religious denominations -- Theological ideas in teaching prior to Van Leeuwen -- Gerbrandus van Leeuwen -- Conclusion -- Part IV -- Conclusion and Appendices -- Chapter Twelve -- Conclusion -- Introduction -- The Athenaeum as a traditional institute of higher education -- The Athenaeum as a city venture -- The Athenaeum in the academic landscape -- The Athenaeum: humanism in an age of science -- Appendix 1: Timeline of professors -- Appendix 2: Geographical origins of students defending disputations, 16508211;1670 -- Appendix 3: Easter and Pentecost holidays at the Athenaeum -- Sources -- Unpublished sources -- Municipal archives and state archives -- University Libraries (manuscript letters) -- Published sources.…”
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Quakers, Jews, and Science : Religious Responses to Modernity and the Sciences in Britain, 1650-1900. by Cantor, Geoffrey

Table of Contents: “…List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations and Conventions; A Note on Dates; 1 Introduction: Science in 'Dissenting' Religious Communities; 1.1 Scope of this study; 2 Two Communities; 2.1 The Quaker community; 2.2 The Anglo-Jewish community; 3 Education and Careers; 3.1 Schools; 3.2 Medical education; 3.3 The University of London; 3.4 Cambridge and Oxford; 3.5 Scientific and science-related careers; 4 Scientific Institutions; 4.1 Quakers and Jews in the Royal Society; 4.2 The British Association for the Advancement of Science.…”
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Science without leisure : practical naturalism in Istanbul, 1660-1732 / by Küçük, Harun

Subjects: “…Science Turkey Istanbul History.…”
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Science without leisure : practical naturalism in Istanbul, 1660-1732 / by Küçük, Harun

Subjects: “…Science Turkey Istanbul History.…”
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Melancholic habits : Burton's anatomy & the mind sciences / by Radden, Jennifer

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Translating early modern science /

Subjects: “…Science Europe History 16th century.…”
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Architecture and the crisis of modern science / by Pérez Gómez, Alberto, 1949-

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New science, new world / by Albanese, Denise

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Four Augustan science poets : Abraham Cowley, James Thomson, Henry Brooke, Erasmus Darwin / by Hillyer, Richard

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The Uses of Science in the Age of Newton by Burke, John G.

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