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Instruments and the imagination
| 責任表示 | Thomas L. Hankins and Robert J. Silverman |
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| データ種別 | 図書 |
| 出版情報 | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press , 1999 |
| 本文言語 | 英語 |
| 大きさ | xiv, 337 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| 概要 | Thomas Hankins and Robert Silverman investigate an array of instruments from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century that seem at first to be marginal to science--magnetic clocks that were said...to operate by the movements of sunflower seeds, magic lanterns, ocular harpsichords (machines that played different colored lights in harmonious mixtures), Aeolian harps (a form of wind chime), and other instruments of "natural magic" designed to produce wondrous effects. By looking at these and the first recording instruments, the stereoscope, and speaking machines, the authors show that "scientific instruments" first made their appearance as devices used to evoke wonder in the beholder, as in works of magic and the theater. The authors also demonstrate that these instruments, even though they were often "tricks," were seen by their inventors as more than trickery. In the view of Athanasius Kircher, for instance, the sunflower clock was not merely a hoax, but an effort to demonstrate, however fraudulently, his truly held belief that the ability of a flower to follow the sun was due to the same cosmic magnetic influence as that which moved the planets and caused the rotation of the earth. The marvels revealed in this work raise and answer questions about the connections between natural science and natural magic, the meaning of demonstration, the role of language and the senses in science, and the connections among art, music, literature, and natural science. 続きを見る |
所蔵情報
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: pbk | 中央図 3E | 402.3/H 29 | 1999 |
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058212008012982 |
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書誌詳細
| 一般注記 | "Second printing, and first paperback printing, 1999" -- T.p. verso Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-323) and index |
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| 著者標目 | Hankins, Thomas L., 1933- Silverman, Robert J. (Robert Jay), 1940- |
| 件 名 | LCSH:Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Europe -- History
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| 分 類 | LCC:Q185 DC20:502/.8/0940903 |
| 書誌ID | 1001340285 |
| ISBN | 0691005494 |
| NCID | BA88380748 |
| 巻冊次 | : pbk ; ISBN:0691005494 |
| 登録日 | 2009.09.18 |
| 更新日 | 2009.09.18 |