The Professor of Secrets: Mystery, Medicine and Alchemy in Renaissance Italy - Hardcover

Eamon, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 142620650X ISBN 13: 9781426206504

Publisher: National Geographic Society, 2010

Synopsis

The Professor of Secrets Evokes the world of Renaissance medicine to tell the tale of surgeon Leonardo Fioravanti. Full description

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Review:

"The author presents what medicine was like during the Renaissance with a wealth of unexpected details...and a light, accessible touch...that makes this book welcome reading not only for the summer but for any time of year." --Los Angeles Times

"In this entertaining biography of Neapolitan physician and self-promoter Leonardo Fioravanti, Eamon gives a portrait of sixteenth century Italy that is far more realistic than that of those who follow the myth of the Renaissance." -Book News

About the Author:

William Eamon is a widely published, internationally known and respected scholar based at the University of New Mexico. His first book, Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in the Medieval and Early Modern Culture was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in history and won the History Book Award from the Association of American Publishers. He is co-editor of the excellently reviewed Beyond the Black Legend: Spain and the Scientific Revolution.

About this edition

• Publisher: National Geographic Society
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 142620650X
• ISBN 13: 9781426206504
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368