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Reassesses the Renaissance in terms of its influence on the history of science, relating the era's imaginative, artistic endeavors to the creative inspiration behind the scientific discoveries of the period
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Focusing on some of the remarkable advances of the 17th and 18th centuries (e.g. the discovery of the circulation of blood, selective animal and plant breeding, and the development of chemical substance analysis), Jardine (Renaissance studies, U. of London) shows how they grew out of pressures and practices of the discoverers' everyday lives. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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