The Clock and the Mirror

Girolamo Cardano and Renaissance Medicine

By:

Nancy G Siraisi

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Hardback

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

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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

Author Biography:

Nancy G. Siraisi is Professor of History at Hunter College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York. Her books include Avicenna in Renaissance Italy and Taddeo Alderotti and His Pupils, both published by Princeton University Press, and Medieval and Early Renaissance Medicine (Chicago).

Release date Australia

April 19th, 2016

Author

Nancy G Siraisi

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

1 halftone

Pages

378

Series

Princeton Legacy Library

Dimensions

152x235x22

ISBN-13

9780691653792

Product ID

24798604

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