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Planets, Potions, and Parchments : Scientifica Hebraica from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Eighteenth Century.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990Copyright date: ©1990Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (153 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773562660
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Planets, Potions, and ParchmentsDDC classification:
  • 509
LOC classification:
  • Q128 .L48 1990
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Of Whirlwinds and Crucibles -- Chapter One: God and Nature in Ancient Times -- Chapter Two: Astronomy -- Chapter Three: Mathematics and Geometry -- Chapter Four: General Science -- Chapter Five: Medicine -- Chapter Six: Science and Religious Ritual -- Chapter Seven: Geography and Cartography -- Postscript -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Planets, Potions, and Parchments is a heavily illustrated and informative catalogue published in conjunction with a major exhibition of the same name. The exhibition, presented by the Jewish Public Library, runs from May to September at the David M. Stewart Museum in Montreal. Both catalogue and exhibition explore the important yet often neglected Jewish contribution to the history of science.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Of Whirlwinds and Crucibles -- Chapter One: God and Nature in Ancient Times -- Chapter Two: Astronomy -- Chapter Three: Mathematics and Geometry -- Chapter Four: General Science -- Chapter Five: Medicine -- Chapter Six: Science and Religious Ritual -- Chapter Seven: Geography and Cartography -- Postscript -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Planets, Potions, and Parchments is a heavily illustrated and informative catalogue published in conjunction with a major exhibition of the same name. The exhibition, presented by the Jewish Public Library, runs from May to September at the David M. Stewart Museum in Montreal. Both catalogue and exhibition explore the important yet often neglected Jewish contribution to the history of science.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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