Jesuit science and the end of nature's secrets / Mark A. Waddell.

Author/Creator:

Waddell, Mark, author.

Publication:

Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate, [2015]

Format/Description:

Book
x, 214 pages ; 24 cm

Subjects:

Jesuits -- History -- 17th century.
Learning and scholarship -- 17th century.
Science -- History -- 17th century.
Natural history -- History -- 17th century.
Occultism -- History -- 17th century.
Religion and science -- History -- 17th century.
Jesuits.
Learning and scholarship.
Natural history.
Occultism.
Religion and science
Science

Form/Genre:

History.

Contents:

The crisis of certainty
Building a better ontology
The demise of occult qualities
Spectacle, uncertainty, and the fallibility of the eye
Probabilism, or the world as it might be
The culture of marvels, exposed.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472449726 (hardcover : alk. paper)
147244972X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781472449733 (ebook)
9781472449740 (epub)

OCLC:

900623589

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