The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution is a history of 16th-century London by American scholar Deborah Harkness. It explores the alchemical community of London in the 16th century, focusing on key figures from the time period whose accomplishments led to the Scientific Revolution.[1] According to WorldCat, the book is held in 1821 libraries.[2] The book was published in 2007 by Yale University Press.[3]
Reviews edit
The book was reviewed in Science;[4] Times Literary Supplement;[5] American Scientist;[6] Technology and Culture;[7] Bulletin of the History of Medicine;[8] ISIS;[9] Annals of Science;[10] Canadian Journal of History,.;[11] Renaissance Quarterly,;[12] Journal of Modern History;[13] History;[14] American Historical Review;[15] Renaissance Studies;[16] Journal of British Studies;[17] and Journal of Interdisciplinary History [18]
Awards edit
- Winner of the 2008 John Ben Snow Foundation Prize for the best book published in any discipline of British Studies covering the period from 1400-1800.
- Winner of the Pfizer Prize for Best Book in the History of Science from 2005-2007.[19]
References edit
- ^ Harkness, Deborah. The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution.New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008.
- ^ WorldCat author listing
- ^ "Deborah E. Harkness. The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution". Humanities & Social Sciences Online. February 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ Review by N S Popper Science 319, no. 5859, (January 4, 2008): 34
- ^ Review by Lauren Kassell, TLS, the Times literary supplement. (March 06, 2009): 3
- ^ Review by Anthony Grafton, American Scientist, v96 n2 (20080301): 156-158
- ^ review by Peter Robert Dear Technology and Culture, 49, no. 3 (2008): 793-794
- ^ review by Stephen Pumfrey, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 84, no. 1 (2010): 125-126
- ^ review by Penelope Gouk, Isis. 99, no. 2, (2008): 395
- ^ review by W Shea, Annals of Science 66, no. 3, (2009): 439-441
- ^ review >by F Klaassen Canadian Journal of History, 43, no. 2, (2008): 293-294
- ^ Review by N H Clulee, Renaissance Quarterly, 61, no. 2, (2008): 634
- ^ Review by M Feingold, Journal of Modern History, 81, no. 4, (2009): 939-941
- ^ Review by Michael Hunter History, 94, no. 313 (2009): 98-99
- ^ Review by Jonathan Barry, American Historical Review 114, no. 1, (2009): 205
- ^ Review by Valentina Pugliano Renaissance Studies, v23 n3 (June 2009): 390-391
- ^ Review by Antonio Barrera-Osorio, Journal of British Studies, v47 n04 (20081021): 925-926
- ^ Review by Lisa T Sarasohn Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 39, no. 3 (2009): 413-414
- ^ "Yale University Press." (06 February 2014).Yale University Press
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