Clock and the mirror, the: girolamo cardano and renaissance medicine
Auteur :
Siraisi, Nancy G.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691628103
Date de publication :
8 déc. 2015
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
526 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Girolamo Cardano (1501-1576), renowned as a mathematician, encyclopedist, astrologer, and autobiographer, was by profession a medical practitioner. His copious writings on medicine reflect both the complexity and diversity of the Renaissance medical world and the breadth of his own interests. In this book, Nancy Siraisi draws on selected themes in