Letters on natural philosophy : the scientific correspondence of a sixteenth-century pharmacist, with related texts / Camilla Erculiani ; edited by Eleonora Carinci ; translated by Hannah Marcus ; foreword by Paula Findlen.
"English translation of letters by a woman pharmacist, a grocer's daughter and pharmacist's wife, active in the scientific milieu of Padua, in which is proposed a materialist explanation of Noah's flood that prompts an accusation of heresy. Accompanying her own letters are letters to her and a legal brief in her defense"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
The other voice in early modern Europe: the Toronto series ; 77
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