Inside the Stargazer's Palace
The Transformation of Science in 16th-century Europe
Pegasus Books · Print & ebook · March 4, 2025
Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories.
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- Genres
- 16th-Century History, Astronomy, Renaissance History
- Published
- Pegasus Books, March 4, 2025
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Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the earth revolved around the Sun, overturning centuries of scholastic presumption. A new age was coming into view – one guided by observation, technology and logic. But omens and elixirs did not disappear from the sixteenth-century laboratory.
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Charms and potions could still be found nestled between glistening brass instruments and leather-bound tomes. The line between the natural and supernatural remained porous, yet to be defined. From the icy Danish observatory of Tycho Brahe, to the smoky, sulphur-stained workshop of John Dee, Violet Moller tours the intellectual heart of early European science. Exploring its rich, multidisciplinary culture, Inside the Stargazer’s Palace reveals a dazzling forgotten world, where all knowledge, no matter how arcane, could be pursued in good faith.
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| Renaissance History | 64% |
|---|---|
| 16th-Century History | 46% |
| Astronomy | 43% |
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Publisher categories
- Science & Tech Pioneers
- 16th-Century History
- History of Science
- Authors
- Violet Moller
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Published
- March 4, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Science & Tech Pioneers