Daughters of Alchemy by Meredith K. Ray (Hardback Book)

Harvard University Press

The era of the Scientific Revolution has long been epitomized by Galileo. Yet many women were at its vanguard, deeply invested in empirical culture. They experimented with medicine and practical alchemy at home, at court, and through collaborative networks of practitioners. In academies, salons, and correspondence, they debated cosmological discoveries; in their literary production, they used their knowledge of natural philosophy to argue for their intellectual equality to men.\nMeredith Ray restores the work of these women to our understanding of early modern scientific culture. Her study begins with Caterina Sforza\u2019s alchemical recipes; examines the sixteenth-century vogue for \u201Cbooks of secrets\u201D; and looks at narratives of science in works by Moderata Fonte and Lucrezia Marinella. It\n\nDaughters of Alchemy\nWomen and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tra;