Main entry:

Thorndike, Lynn, 1882-1965.

Title & Author:

A history of magic and experimental science / by Lynn Thorndike.

Publication:

Description:

8 volumes ; 23 cm

Notes:
Vols. 3-6 originally published as History of Science Society publications, new ser., 4.
Vols. 1-6 are reprint of original 1923-1958 ed., of which v. 1-2 were published by Macmillan, New York.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
v. 1-2. During the first thirteen centuries of our era -- v. 3-4. Fourteenth and fifteenth centuries -- v. 5-6. The sixteenth century -- v. 7-8. The seventeenth century.
Vol. I. Book I. The Roman Empire. Pliny's natural history -- Seneca and Ptolemy : natural divination and astrology -- Galen -- Ancient applied science and magic : Vitruvius, hero, and the Greek alchemists -- Plutarch's essays -- Apuleius of Madura -- Philostratus’s life of Apollonius of Tyana -- Literary and philosophical attacks upon superstition : Cicero, Favorinus, Sextus Empiricus, Lucian -- Spurious mystic writings of Hermes, Orpheus, and Zoroaster -- Neo-Platonism and its relations to astrology and theurgy -- Aelian, Solinus, and Horapollo -- Book II. Early Christian thought. The book of Enoch -- Philo Judaeus -- The Gnostics -- The Christian apocrypha -- The recognitions of Clement and Simon Magus -- The confession of Cyprian and some similar stories -- Origen and Celsus -- Other Christian discussion of magic before Augustine -- Christianity and natural science : Basil, Epiphanius, and the Physiologus -- Augustine on magic and astrology -- The fusion of pagan and Christian thought in the fourth and fifth centuries -- Book III. The early Middle Ages. The story of Nectanebus, or the Alexander legend in the early Middle Ages -- Post-classical medicine -- Pseudo-literature in natural science -- Other early Medieval learning : Boethius, Isidore, Bede, Gregory -- Arabic occult science of the ninth century -- Latin astrology and divination, especially in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh centuries -- Gerbert and the introduction of Arabic astrology -- Anglo-Saxon, Salernitan and other Latin medicine in manuscripts from the ninth to the twelfth century -- Constantinus Africanus (c. 1015-1087) -- Treatises on the arts before the introduction of Arabic alchemy -- Marbod.
Vol. II. Book IV. The twelfth century. The early scholastics : Peter Abelard and Hugh of St. Victor -- Adelard of Bath -- William of Conches -- Some twelfth century translators, chiefly of astrology from the Arabic -- Bernard Silvester : astrology and geomancy -- Saint Hildegard of Bingen -- John of Salisbury -- Daniel of Morley and Roger of Hereford -- Alexander Neckam on the natures of things -- Moses Maimonides -- Hermetic books in the Middle Ages -- Kiranides -- Prester John and the marvels of India -- The pseudo-Aristotle -- Solomon and the Ars Notoria -- Ancient and Medieval dream-books -- Book V. The thirteenth century. Michael Scot -- William of Auvergne -- Thomas of Cantimpré -- Bartholomew of England -- Robert Grosseteste -- Vincent of Beauvais -- Early thirteenth century medicine : Gilbert of England and William of England -- Petrus Hispanus -- Albertus Magnus -- Thomas Aquinas -- Roger Bacon -- The speculum astronomiae -- Three treatises ascribed to Albert -- Experiments and secrets : medical and biological -- Experiments and secrets : chemical and magical -- Picatrix -- Guido Bonatti and Bartholomew of Parma -- Arnald of Villanova -- Raymond Lull -- Peter of Abano -- Cecco d'Ascoli.
Vol. III. The outlook at the opening of the fourteenth century -- John XXII and the occult arts -- Alchemy of the later Middle Ages -- Alchemical works ascribed to Arnald of Villanova -- John Dastin, alchemist -- Perscrutator : a self-confident scientist -- Exafrenon and Icocedron -- Weather records : William Merlee and Evno of Würzburg -- 'The precious new pearl' of Petrus Bonus Lombardus of Ferrara -- The 'Speculum alchimiae' of Nicolaus de Comitibus -- Ortolanus and his influence -- Andalò di Negro and Profatius Judaeus -- Paolo d'Abbaco Dagomari : arithmetic and natural secrets -- Petrarch and some friars -- Augustine of Trent : or, A pest tractate before the Black Death -- Gentile da Foligno and fourteenth century medicine -- John of Saxony and John de Lineriis -- Firminus de Bellavalle : the pope and the calendar -- Geoffrey of Meaux : astrology and medicine -- John de Murs and the conjunction of 1345 -- John of Eschenden : specialist in conjunctions -- John of Rupescissa : chemist and prophet -- Calculator and the rise of mathematical physics -- John de Dondis and scientific measurement -- Oresme on astrology -- Oresme on magic and fascination -- Oresme on marvels of nature -- Henry of Hesse -- Other opponents of the occult -- Guy de Chauliac and his contemporaries -- Works on poisons -- Encyclopedias of the fourteenth century -- An anonymous treatise in six books on metaphysics and natural philosophy -- Astrology of the later fourteenth century -- Antonius de Monte Ulmi : astrological necromancer and magician -- The alchemical correspondence of Thomas of Bologna and Bernard of Treves -- Other alchemy of the later fourteenth century.
Vol. IV. The Lullian alchemical collections -- Blasius of Parma -- Jacobus Angelus on the comet of 1402 -- Astrological prediction : 1405-1435 -- Pierre D'Ailly : cardinal and defender of astrology -- Jean Gerson : a pre-Reformation Puritan -- Astrological surgery and medicine -- Giovanni da Fontana : the application of mechanical ingenuity to science -- Michael Savonarola -- Antonio Guaineri -- John de Fundis and Giorgio Anselmi -- Nicholas of Hungary and Niccolò de Comitibus -- Theology and astrology -- Censors of superstition -- Two liberal inquisitors -- Alchemy through the fifteenth century -- Conrad Heingarter of Zurich as an astrologer -- Conrad Heingarter as a physician -- Humanism in relation to natural and occult science -- Comets and courts -- Astrological predictions : 1464-1500 -- Magic in dispute, I : Pico della Mirandola, Bernard Basin, Pedro Garcia -- Magic in dispute, II : Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Reuchlin, Trithemius -- Astrology at bay, I : Pico della Mirandola -- Astrology at bay, II : Simon de Phares -- Ficino the philosopher -- Jerome Torrella on astrological images -- A physician of Florence : Antonio Benivieni -- The attack on Pliny.
Vol. V. Intellectual conditions and characteristics of the sixteenth century -- Leonardo da Vinci : 'the magician of the Renaissance' -- Achillini : aristotelian and anatomist -- Cocles and chiromancy -- Nifo and demons -- Pomponazzi on incantations -- Symphorien champier -- Agrippa and occult philosophy -- Varied approaches to natural philosophy -- Astrology of the early century -- The conjunction of 1524 -- Astrology at Bologna -- The court of Paul III -- Astronomy and astrology at Paris -- Astrology elsewhere -- The aftermath of Regiomontanus -- The circle of Melanchthon -- The Copernican theory -- German medicine -- Brasavola and pharmacy -- Poisons, fascination, and hydrophobia -- Fracastoro (1478-1553) -- Anatomy from Carpi to Vesalius -- Alchemy during the first half of the sixteenth century -- Elements and occult virtues -- Cardan -- Three technologists : Taisnier, Besson, and Palissy -- Gratarolo -- The Paracelsan revival -- Thomas Erastus.
Vol. VI. Post-Copernican astronomy -- The new stars -- Astrology after 1550 -- The Catholic reaction : index, inquisition and papal bulls -- Adversaries of astrology -- Medicine after 1550 -- Libavius and chemical controversy -- The sixteenth century naturalists -- The lore of gems -- Cesalpino's view of nature -- Efforts towards a Christian philosophy of nature -- For and against Aristotle -- Natural philosophy and natural magic -- Mystic philosophy : words and numbers -- Divination -- The literature of witchcraft and magic after Wier -- The sceptic and the atheist : Francesco Sanchez and Lucilio Vanini -- Summary and by-products.
Vol. VII. Backward glances -- Kepler and Galileo -- Their contemporaries -- Francis Bacon -- Astrology to 1650 -- Alchemy and iatro-chemistry to 1650 -- Daniel Sennert -- Van Helmont : spiritual science and mystic medicine -- Minerology -- Natural magic -- Discussion of magic in Portugal and Spain -- Interest in the occult at German universities -- The Cursus Philosophicus or Physicus before Descartes -- Mersenne and Gassendi -- The Scotist revival -- Morin's Astrologia Gallica -- Drebbel and Digby -- Harvey and Patin -- Descartes -- The underground world of Kircher and Becher -- Artificial magic and technology -- Huygens -- Physics and astronomy after Descartes.
Vol. VIII. Natural history, especially of animals -- Botany -- Pharmacy -- Chemical courses and manuals -- Robert Boyle -- Other exponents of experimentation -- Academies and scientific societies -- Miscellaneous and popular science -- Astrology after 1650 -- Alchemy and chemistry after 1650 -- Medicine and physiology -- Physiognomy -- Divination -- Mental disease and magic -- Illicit magic -- Sir Isaac Newton -- The last decade.

ISBN:

0231087942 (v. 1)
9780231087940 (v. 1)
0231087950 [v.2]
9780231087957 [v.2]
0231087969 [v.3]
9780231087964 [v.3]
0231087977 [v.4]
9780231087971 [v.4]
0231087985 [v.5]
9780231087988 [v.5]
0231087993 [v.6]
9780231087995 [v.6]
0231088000 [v.7]
9780231088008 [v.7]
0231088019 [v.8]
9780231088015 [v.8]

Subject:

Science History.
Magic History.
Science history
Magic history
Sciences Histoire.
Magie Histoire.
Magic
Science
Astrologie
Naturwissenschaften
Geschichte
Magie
Historia Da Ciencia.

Form/genre:

Classical Works.
Historical Works.
History

Added entries:

History of Science Society. Publications : new ser. ; 4.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 143310
Call No.: PO10673 Q125 REF; ID:87-B1035
Copy: 8 vols.
Status: Available