دانلود کتاب Thomas Harriot and His World: Mathematics, Exploration, and Natural Philosophy in Early Modern England

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Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Preface
Thomas Harriot Lectures 1990–2009
Introduction: The Many Worlds of Thomas Harriot
1 Thomas Harriot and the Great Mathematical Tradition
2 Chymicorum in morem: Refraction, Matter Theory, and Secrecy in the Harriot–Kepler Correspondence
3 Reconstructing Thomas Harriot’s Treatise on Equations
4 Harriot on Combinations
5 Thomas Harriot as an English Galileo: The Force of Shared Knowledge in Early Modern Mechanics
6 Why Thomas Harriot Was Not the English Galileo
7 Patronizing, Publishing and Perishing: Harriot’s Lost Opportunities and His Lost Work ‘Arcticon’
8 Last Act? 1618 and the Shaping of Sir Walter Ralegh’s Reputation
9 Thomas Harriot and the Mariner’s Culture: On Board a Transatlantic Ship in 1585
Appendix A: The ‘Perfect’ Harriot/de Bry: Cautionary Notes on Identifying an Authentic Copy of the de Bry Edition of Thomas Harriot’s A briefe and true report (1590)
Appendix B: Harriot’s Latin
Appendix C: The Portrait of Thomas Harriot
A Bibliography of Secondary Sources Relating to the Life and Work of Thomas Harriot Published Since 2000
Index