出版社: Thomas Dunne Books
副标题: A New Look at the Playwright's Universe
页数: 352
ISBN: 9781250008770
内容简介 · · · · · ·
William Shakespeare lived at a remarkable time—a period we now recognize as the first phase of the Scientific Revolution. New ideas were transforming Western thought, the medieval was giving way to the modern, and the work of a few key figures hinted at the brave new world to come: the methodical and rational Galileo, the skeptical Montaigne, and—as Falk convincingly argues—Sha...
William Shakespeare lived at a remarkable time—a period we now recognize as the first phase of the Scientific Revolution. New ideas were transforming Western thought, the medieval was giving way to the modern, and the work of a few key figures hinted at the brave new world to come: the methodical and rational Galileo, the skeptical Montaigne, and—as Falk convincingly argues—Shakespeare, who observed human nature just as intently as the astronomers who studied the night sky.
In The Science of Shakespeare, we meet a colorful cast of Renaissance thinkers, including Thomas Digges, who published the first English account of the "new astronomy" and lived in the same neighborhood as Shakespeare; Thomas Harriot—"England's Galileo"—who aimed a telescope at the night sky months ahead of his Italian counterpart; and Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, whose observatory-castle stood within sight of Elsinore, chosen by Shakespeare as the setting for Hamlet—and whose family crest happened to include the names "Rosencrans" and "Guildensteren." And then there's Galileo himself: As Falk shows, his telescopic observations may have influenced one of Shakespeare's final works.
Dan Falk's The Science of Shakespeare explores the connections between the famous playwright and the beginnings of the Scientific Revolution—and how, together, they changed the world forever.
作者简介 · · · · · ·
Dan Falk: I'm a science journalist, author, and broadcaster based in Toronto, Canada. I've written three books so far: My first book, Universe on a T-Shirt, looked at the quest for a unified theory of physics, while In Search of Time explored the physics and philosophy of time.
I'm very excited about my new book, The Science of Shakespeare, to be published this April! This time...
Dan Falk: I'm a science journalist, author, and broadcaster based in Toronto, Canada. I've written three books so far: My first book, Universe on a T-Shirt, looked at the quest for a unified theory of physics, while In Search of Time explored the physics and philosophy of time.
I'm very excited about my new book, The Science of Shakespeare, to be published this April! This time I turn the clock back 400 years, investigating the period we now call the Scientific Revolution, and looking at the interplay between science and literature in the age of Shakespeare.
The book is published in the U.S. by St. Martin's Press and in Canada by Goose Lane.
Visit my website at www.danfalk.ca -- I'd love to hear what you think of my books!
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科普作家写的莎学研究之研究
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本书内容并没有符合我一开始的想象,当然主题仍然很有意思。要是论及莎士比亚的科学,我最先想到的内容(作者也确实提到了)就是乔尔达诺·布鲁诺在伦敦的交游,弗朗西斯·叶茨(Frances Yeats)的经典著作《记忆的艺术》(The Art of Memory)里着重分析了这段经历,虽然布鲁... (展开)论现代科学的诞生对一位伟大剧作家的影响
一些「不合时宜」的疑惑
文科与理科从来不分家
不懂莎翁,不懂科学,但不妨碍我们感受这个世界
“莎士比亚的时代”新视角
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