Silvio Bedini

Gebundenes Buch

Giuseppe Campani, "Inventor Romae," an Uncommon Genius

Beschreibung

Giuseppe Campani, "Inventor Romae," an Uncommon Genius offers an account of the life and creations of the most talented maker of optic lenses, silent clocks and projector clocks of the second half of the seventeenth century but also provides you with unique insights into the scientific and technological landscape of baroque Rome and its links to a broader European scene.

Autor

Silvio A. Bedini (1917-2007) was an Historian Emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution. A specialist in the history of scientific instruments, he published over 500 articles and 29 books in that field and beyond, such as The Pope's Elephant (Carcanet Press, 1997). Cristiano Zanetti, Ph.D. (European University Institute, 2012), is a researcher in the ERC-project TACITROOTS on the Accademia del Cimento (Università degli Studi di Milano). He has published monographs and articles, including Janello Torriani and the Spanish Empire (Brill, 2017).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 904
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 1781g
• ISBN-13: 9789004460102
• ISBN-10: 9004460101
• Artikelnr.: 61571448