England's Leonardo

England's Leonardo
Title England's Leonardo PDF eBook
Author Allan Chapman
Publisher CRC Press
Pages 392
Release 2004-11-30
Genre Science
ISBN 9781420034370

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All physicists are familiar with Hooke's law of springs, but few will know of his theory of combustion, that his Micrographia was the first book on microscopy, that his astronomical observations were some of the best seen at the time, that he contributed to the knowledge of respiration, insect flight and the properties of gases, that his work on gravitation preceded that of Newton's, that he invented the universal joint, and that he was an architect of distinction and a surveyor for the City of London after the Great Fire. England's Leonardo is a biography of Hooke covering all aspects of his work, from his early life on the Isle of Wight through his time at Oxford University, where he became part of a group who would form the original Fellowship of the Royal Society. The author adopts a novel approach at this stage, dividing the book by chapter according to the fields of research-Physiology, Engineering, Microscopy, Astronomy, Geology, and Optics-in which Hooke applied himself. The book concludes with a chapter considering the legacy of Hooke and his impact on science.

Intellectual Curiosity and the Scientific Revolution

Intellectual Curiosity and the Scientific Revolution
Title Intellectual Curiosity and the Scientific Revolution PDF eBook
Author Toby E. Huff
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 369
Release 2010-10-11
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 1139495356

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Seventeenth-century Europe witnessed an extraordinary flowering of discoveries and innovations. This study, beginning with the Dutch-invented telescope of 1608, casts Galileo's discoveries into a global framework. Although the telescope was soon transmitted to China, Mughal India, and the Ottoman Empire, those civilizations did not respond as Europeans did to the new instrument. In Europe, there was an extraordinary burst of innovations in microscopy, human anatomy, optics, pneumatics, electrical studies, and the science of mechanics. Nearly all of those aided the emergence of Newton's revolutionary grand synthesis, which unified terrestrial and celestial physics under the law of universal gravitation. That achievement had immense implications for all aspects of modern science, technology, and economic development. The economic implications are set out in the concluding epilogue. All these unique developments suggest why the West experienced a singular scientific and economic ascendancy of at least four centuries.

Robert Hooke

Robert Hooke
Title Robert Hooke PDF eBook
Author Michael Burgan
Publisher Capstone
Pages 120
Release 2007-07
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9780756533151

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A biography of the famous seventeenth-century English scientist, Robert Hooke, who investigated light, sound, and microscopic organisms.

Leonardo Da Vinci Master Draftsman

Leonardo Da Vinci Master Draftsman
Title Leonardo Da Vinci Master Draftsman PDF eBook
Author Leonardo (da Vinci)
Publisher Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pages 802
Release 2003
Genre Drawing, Italian
ISBN 1588390330

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This handsome book offers a unified and fascinating portrait of Leonardo as draftsman, integrating his roles as artist, scientist, inventor, theorist, and teacher. 250 illustrations.

Leonardo's Salvator Mundi and the Collecting of Leonardo in the Stuart Courts

Leonardo's Salvator Mundi and the Collecting of Leonardo in the Stuart Courts
Title Leonardo's Salvator Mundi and the Collecting of Leonardo in the Stuart Courts PDF eBook
Author Martin Kemp
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 504
Release 2019-11-19
Genre History
ISBN 0192543296

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The Salvator Mundi is the first Leonardo painting to be discovered for over a century. Following its re-emergence, it played a leading role in the landmark Leonardo exhibition at the National Gallery in London in 2011, after which it was purchased by a Russian oligarch. In 2017 it was auctioned by Christie's in New York, fetching the world record price of $450m, and now forms part of the collection of Louvre Abu Dhabi. The Salvator Mundi may be seen as the devotional counterpart to the Mona Lisa, having an extraordinary, communicative presence. The artist has reformed the very traditional subject matter in a number of ways. The elusiveness of Christ's expression suggests his spiritual origins beyond the world of the senses. The traditional sphere of the earth has been transformed into a rock-crystal orb and signifies a crystalline sphere of the heavens. In addition to its spiritual dimension, the image exploits Leonardo's optical knowledge and his growing sense of the illusiveness of seeing. Only the blessing hand is in reasonably sharp focus, with his features softly veiled. The scintillating curls of his hair are characterised in line with his theory that the physics of the curling of hair is analogous to vortex motion in water. This book looks at evidence of Leonardo's Salvator Mundi in the collections of Charles I and Charles II. It explores the appraisal of works by Leonardo at the Stuart courts, and proposes that how works attributed to Leonardo were first encountered and understood in seventeenth-century Britain would shape the wider evolution of Leonardo as a cultural icon. This volume gives a dramatic first-hand account of the modern-day discovery of the painting, from its purchase in a minor New Orleans auction house, to the cleaning of the picture that would disclose it as Leonardo's startling original, and the research processes that would uncover illustrious and obscure former owners. The book presents the definitive study of the new masterpiece.

The Art Treasures of Great Britain

The Art Treasures of Great Britain
Title The Art Treasures of Great Britain PDF eBook
Author Charles Henry Collins Baker
Publisher
Pages 238
Release 1914
Genre Art
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Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy

Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy
Title Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy PDF eBook
Author Mary Brück
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 281
Release 2009-07-25
Genre Science
ISBN 9048124735

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Careers in astronomy for women (as in other sciences) were a rarity in Britain and Ireland until well into the twentieth century. The book investigates the place of women in astronomy before that era, recounted in the form of biographies of about 25 women born between 1650 and 1900 who in varying capacities contributed to its progress during the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. There are some famous names among them whose biographies have been written before now, there are others who have received less than their due recognition while many more occupied inconspicuous and sometimes thankless places as assistants to male family members. All deserve to be remembered as interesting individuals in an earlier opportunity-poor age. Placed in roughly chronological order, their lives constitute a sample thread in the story of female entry into the male world of science. The book is aimed at astronomers, amateur astronomers, historians of science, and promoters of women in science, but being written in non-technical language it is intended to be of interest also to educated readers generally.