Article ID: CBB000100547

Wonders never cease: Descartes's Météores and the rainbow fountain (2001)

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Description “Argues that the material culture of the Renaissance garden played an important role in the development of Cartesian mathematical and mechanical philosophy.”” (Abst.)


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Authors & Contributors
Schmit, Christophe
Guidi, Simone
Dubouclez, Olivier
Schuster, John
Lo, Melissa Ming-Hwei
Abou-Nemeh, Samar Catherine
Concepts
Cartesianism
Mechanism; mechanical philosophy
Natural philosophy
Physics
Philosophy
Philosophy of science
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
Early modern
19th century
16th century
Places
France
Europe
Leiden (Netherlands)
England
Netherlands
Paris (France)
Institutions
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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