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Title John Wilkins (1614-1672) : new essays / edited by William Poole
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

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Series Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; v. 20
History of science and medicine library. Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; 20.
Contents Front Matter / William Poole -- The Young John Wilkins and the Debate over Copernicanism / Mordechai Feingold -- Wilkins at Wadham / C.S.L. Davies -- Wilkins in Cambridge / Richard Serjeantson -- Wilkins and Latitudinarianism / Jon Parkin -- Taking the Moon Seriously: John Wilkins's Discovery of a World in the Moone (1638) and Discourse Concerning a New World and Another Planet (1640) / Felicity Henderson -- Mathematicall Magick (1648) and the Mechanics of Discovery / Natalie Kaoukji -- The Same Principle of Reason: John Wilkins and Language / Rhodri Lewis -- John Wilkins and the Gardens of Wadham College / Scott Mandelbrote -- Chymical Teaching in Early Modern Oxford: From Wilkins to Whiteside / Anna Marie Roos -- Wadham College Library: The First Century / William Poole -- Index / William Poole
Summary John Wilkins (1614-72): New Essays presents ten fresh essays on the life and work of the influential English natural philosopher and theologian, John Wilkins. Wilkins, one of the most prominent figures in the scientific revolution in England, and a founder of the Royal Society of London, published widely on astronomy, mechanics, language, and theology, and was also an important churchman and politician. These ten essays review Wilkins's writings and influence, while also addressing the wider contexts of his activities, including his service as head of house at two successive colleges in Oxford and Cambridge, and his political work. This new collection thus covers all aspects of Wilkins's career, and functions as a complete reappraisal of this seminal early modern figure. Contributors are: C.S.L. Davies, Mordechai Feingold, Felicity Henderson, Natalie Kaoukji, Rhodri Lewis, Scott Mandelbrote, Jon Parkin, William Poole, Anna Marie Roos, and Richard Serjeantson
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Wilkins, John, 1614-1672.
SUBJECT Wilkins, John, 1614-1672 fast
Subject Scientists -- England -- Biography
Bishops -- England -- Biography
Religion and science -- Great Britain -- History
Science -- history
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
SCIENCE -- History.
Bishops
Intellectual life
Religion and science
Scientists
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 17th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056854
Subject England
Great Britain
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
Author Poole, William, 1977- editor.
LC no. 2017031462
ISBN 9789004348097
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9004348085
9789004348080