A revelatory new account of the magus - the learned magician - and his place in the world of Renaissance Europe At the heart of the extraordinary ferment of the High Renaissance stood a distinctive, strange and beguiling figure: the magus. An unstable mix of scientist, bibliophile, engineer, fabulist and fraud, the magus ushered in modern physics and chemistry while also working on everything from secret codes to siege engines to magic tricks. Anthony Grafton's wonderfully original book discusses the careers of men who somehow managed to be both figures of startling genius and - by some Magus - Anthony Grafton od authora Anthony Grafton a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Anthony Grafton |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
304 |
| Rok vydání |
2024 |
| Nakladatelství |
Allen Lane |
