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Francis Bacon: The New Organon
When the New Organon appeared in 1620, part of a six-part programme of scientific inquiry entitled ‘The Great Renewal of Learning’, Francis Bacon was at the high point of his …
Global Interests
In this re-assessment of Renaissance art, Lisa Jardine and Jerry Brotton examine the ways in which European civilization defined itself between 1450 and 1550.
Golden Lads
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA'A writer of fearless originality' GUARDIAN 'Du Maurier is in a class by herself' NEW YORK TIMES'A landmark book on a much-neglected figure, …
The Curious Life of Robert Hooke
"Fascinating. . . . Jardine takes a complex view, according Hooke with the respect and dignity that eluded him for so long. . . and] with this compelling and empathetic portrait, …
Curious Life of Robert Hooke
A biography of a brilliant, largely forgotten maverick ââ?¬â?? a major figure in the 17th-century cultural and scientific revolutions.
Essential Pre-University Physics
From Humanism to the Humanities
Erasmus, Man of Letters
The name Erasmus of Rotterdam conjures up a golden age of scholarly integrity and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, when learning could command public admiration without the …
Erasmus, Man of Letters
The name Erasmus of Rotterdam conjures up a golden age of scholarly integrity and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, when learning could command public admiration without the …
Temptation in the Archives
Temptation in the Archives is a collection of essays by Lisa Jardine, that takes readers on a journey through the Dutch Golden Age. Through the study of such key figures as Sir …
Literatures of Exile in the English Revolution and its Aftermath, 1640-1690
Original and thought-provoking, this collection sheds new light on an important yet understudied feature of seventeenth-century England's political and cultural landscape: exile. …
Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland's Glory
In Going Dutch, renowned writer Lisa Jardine tells the remarkable history of the relationship between England and Holland, two of Europe's most important colonial powers at the …