

The Jewel House
Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution
Author: Deborah E. Harkness
Narrator: Kate Reading
Unabridged: 14 hr 13 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 10/13/2014
Categories: Nonfiction, History, European History, Science
Synopsis
The Jewel House examines six particularly fascinating episodes of scientific inquiry and dispute in sixteenth-century London, bringing to life the individuals involved and the challenges they faced. These men and women experimented and invented, argued and competed, waged wars in the press, and struggled to understand the complexities of the natural world. Together, their stories illuminate the blind alleys and surprising twists and turns taken as medieval philosophy gave way to the empirical, experimental culture that became a hallmark of the Scientific Revolution.