‎Debus (Allen G.)‎
‎Man and Nature in the Renaissance‎

‎Cambridge University Press , The Cambridge History of Science Series Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1983 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's illustrated black wrappers, title in green In-8 1 vol. - 169 pages‎

Reference : 101370

‎few black and white text-figures reprinted edition, 1983 "Contents, Chapitres : Contents, Preface, x, Text, 159 pages - Tradition and Reform - The chemical key - The study of nature in a changing world - The study of man - The new world system - New methods and a new science - The new philosophy : A chemical debate - Epilogue and indecision - Further reading, sources of quotations, index - Allen George Debus (16 août 1926 - 6 mars 2009) est un historien des sciences américain, connu principalement pour ses travaux sur l'histoire de la chimie et de l'alchimie. - Une grande partie des travaux d'Allen G. Debus porte sur les adeptes de Paracelse (1493-1541) et de la médecine chimique : Joseph du Chesne, Théodore de Mayerne. Ces médecins de la Cour forment un puissant groupe médical, car la Faculté de Paris est alors dans une phase de déclin, ne comptant guère plus de 40 médecins (contre près d'une centaine au cours du xviie siècle). Allen G. Debus y voit les bases d'un conflit de pouvoir entre les deux groupes, tout autant qu'un conflit de doctrine (chimistes contre galénistes). Le conflit entre médecins chimistes de la Cour et médecins galénistes de la Faculté ne prendra fin qu'en 1666, lorsque la Faculté de Paris approuvera elle-même, par 92 voix contre 10, l'utilisation de médicaments chimiques. Il s'est aussi intéressé à Jean-Baptiste Van Helmont4, Ole Borch, Robert Fludd. (source : Wikipedia) - According to Google : ""Man and Nature in the Renaissance offers an introduction to science and medicine during the earlier phases of the scientific revolution, from the mid-fifteenth century to the mid-seventeenth century. Renaissance science has frequently been approached in terms of the progress of the exact sciences of mathematics and astronomy, to the neglect of the broader intellectual context of the period. Conversely, those authors who have emphasized the latter frequently play down the importance of the technical scientific developments. In this book, Professor Debus amalgamates these approaches: The exact sciences of the period are discussed in detail, but reference is constantly made to religious and philosophical concepts that play little part in the science of our own time. Thus, the renewed interest in mystical texts and the subsequent impact of alchemy, astrology, and natural magic on the development of modern science and medicine are central to the account. Major themes that are followed throughout the book include the effects of humanism, the search for a new method of science, and the dialogue between proponents of the mystical-occult world view and the mathematical-observational approach to nature""." near fine copy, wrappers very lightly yellowing, no markings, few foxings on the right part, inside remains clean, it's still a near fine copy‎