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Watching Vesuvius

a history of science and culture in early modern Italy

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Watching Vesuvius
Sean Cocco, Sean Cocco
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An edition of Watching Vesuvius (2012)

Watching Vesuvius

a history of science and culture in early modern Italy

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The University of Chicago Press
Language
English
Pages
322

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Subjects

History, Volcanism, Intellectual life, Eruption, 1631, Influence, Research, Italy, history, Science, europe, Vesuvius (italy), Research, europe, Italy, intellectual life, Naples (italy), history, Science, Social aspects

Places

Italy, Naples, Vesuvius (Italy), Naples (Italy)

Times

1503-1734, 17th century

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Watching Vesuvius: a History of Science and Culture in Early Modern Italy
2012, University of Chicago Press
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2012, The University of Chicago Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Vesuvius in the view South
Approaches: humanists, naturalists, and Vesuvius in the late Renaissance
Marvelous excesses: the eruption of 1631
Histories of ignition: from historia to causa
Contesting Vesuvius: discordant meanings in the context of revolt
On the face of this earth: Vesuvius and its kind
Watching and philosophizing: from controversy to cosmopolitanism
Formed by explosion: geology in the Neapolitan picturesque
Conclusion: returns to the past.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Copyright Date
2012

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
551.210945/73
Library of Congress
QE523.V5 C63 2012, QE523.V5 C63 2013, QE523.V5C63 2012

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Pagination
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Number of pages
322

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OL25340012M
ISBN 10
0226923711, 0226923738
ISBN 13
9780226923710, 9780226923734
LCCN
2012020838
OCLC/WorldCat
783150352

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