Occult Scientific Mentalities,Vickers Brian

Occult Scientific Mentalities in the Renaissance\nby Brian Vickers\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Brian Vickers\nTitle: Occult Scientific Mentalities in the Renaissance\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History of science\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nPublication year: 1986\nISBN-13: 9780521338363\nISBN-10: 0521338360\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe essays in this volume present a collective study of one of the major problems in the recent history of science: To what extent did the occult 'sciences' (alchemy, astrology, numerology, and natural magic) contribute to the scientific revolution of the late Renaissance? These studies of major scientists (Kepler, Baco.