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The Invention of Discovery, 1500-1700

By James Dougal Fleming, Mary Thomas Crane, Henry S. Turner
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By James Dougal Fleming, Mary Thomas Crane, Henry S. Turner
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The early modern period used to be known as the Age of Discovery. More recently, it has been troped as an age of invention. But was the invention/discovery binary itself invented, or discovered? This volume investigates the possibility that it was invented, through a range of early modern knowledge practices, centered on the emergence of modern natural science. From Bacon to Galileo, from stagecraft to math, from martyrology to romance, contributors to this interdisciplinary collection exam...

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Science & TechnologyHistory & Philosophy of ScienceHistory of Science