Inside the Stargazer's Palace: The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century Europe

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. 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.

• | Author: Violet Moller
• | Publisher: Pegasus Books
• | Publication Date: Mar 04, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00304 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 163936837X
• | ISBN-13: 9781639368372