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of Padua inform us that he “conducted himself very well in this, his rigorous examination ... he was approved unanimously.”^23 A ...
anatomical descriptions. It was becoming obvious to Vesalius that Galen was not infallible, and emboldened by some of his profes ...
The project of writing De humani corporis fabrica, hereafter referred to as De fabrica, began in earnest in early 1540, just aft ...
To one earnestly concerned with dissection there is nothing in which they [earlier anatomists] seem to have had less interest th ...
especially to the treatment of luxations [joint dislocations], fractures, wounds, and ... freed warriors of javelins, darts, and ...
the library attic in 1936.^32 Tragically, they were all destroyed during World War II bombings and none survive today.) In De fa ...
and swiftly” as possible and to use the woodblocks as “correctly and elegantly” as he could. For the first time ever, the figure ...
sanctum. “Dr. Schneider? Welcome to the Wellcome Archives. How ’bout having a look at De fabrica?” I take a seat, realizing he h ...
and numbers labeled on the structures, and the remainder of the sheet is filled with the names of the vessels, all in Latin. I a ...
FOUR The Rise of Science “Let us hope ... there may spring helps to man, and a line and race of inventions that may in some degr ...
geniuses of the firmament to gather in the old city on a particular day, hour, and even minute. There had not been a total solar ...
The eclipse started shortly after daybreak in London (just after 8:00 A.M.), and an hour later, totality occurred nine minutes a ...
professor in Padua. In the middle of the page, on its own line was the word “PERSPICILLI,” Galileo’s word for his telescope. In ...
observational astronomer, and experimental scientist; and the world’s first physiologist, who explained how blood circulated thr ...
London. These professional associations of barristers (British litigators) and judges have been headquartered in stone and brick ...
rejected all existing knowledge as being unfit for making discoveries and useless for transforming the world.”^11 With cartograp ...
were more scientific discoveries to be made, novel planets to detect, and ideas to formulate. He could not possibly have dreamed ...
Remarkably, within two generations, the hypothetical Solomon’s House would come to fruition in the assemblage of the Royal Socie ...
on astronomy. In attendance that night were some of the most important thinkers of the century, including Robert Boyle and Henry ...
settlement, a group of stone and brick buildings present a different appearance, perfectly preserved over the centuries. This is ...
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