Mersenne and the Learning of the Schools [Cornell History of Science Series]
Hardcover
1988 · Ithaca and London
by Dear, Peter
Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1988. Hardcover. VG / VG- (Some light scuffing and soiling to dj.). Maroon cloth over boards. Maroon and white dj. 264 pp. 11 bw figures. Examines the relationship between the "new science" of the seventeenth century and earlier patterns of thought and explores how Marin Marsenne's Jesuit upbringing may have influenced his thinking. (Inventory #: 147173)