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Borrelli, Arianna.

The optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535-1615)a reassessment /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535-1615)edited by Arianna Borrelli, Giora Hon, Yaakov Zik.
Reminder of title:	a reassessment /
other author:	Borrelli, Arianna.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2017.
Description:	v, 205 p. :ill., digital ;25 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	OpticsHistory.
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50215-1
ISBN:	9783319502151$q(electronic bk.)

The optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535-1615)a reassessment /
The optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535-1615)a reassessment /[electronic resource] :edited by Arianna Borrelli, Giora Hon, Yaakov Zik. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2017. - v, 205 p. :ill., digital ;25 cm. - Archimedes, new studies in the history and philosophy of science and technology,v.441385-0180 ;. - Archimedes ;v.35..

1. Introduction -- 2. A theater of experiments: Giambattista Della Porta and the scientific culture of Renaissance Naples -- 3. Giambattista Della Porta: A magician or an optician? -- 4. Optical diagrams as "paper tools": Della Porta's analysis of biconvex lenses from De refractione to De telescopio -- 5. Giambattista Della Porta's theory of vision in De refractione of 1593: Sources, problems, implications -- 6. Magi from the north: Instruments of fire and light in the early seventeenth century -- 7. Using invariances in geometrical diagrams: Della Porta, Kepler and Descartes on refraction -- 8. Francesco Maurolico, Giambattista Della Porta and their theories on refraction -- 9. Conclusion: A reassessment.

This volume contains essays that examine the optical works of Giambattista Della Porta, an Italian natural philosopher during the Scientific Revolution. Coverage also explores the science and technology of early modern optics. Della Porta's groundbreaking book, Magia Naturalis (Natural Magic), includes a prototype of the camera. Yet, because of his obsession with magic, Della Porta's scientific achievements are often forgotten. As the contributors argue, his work inspired such great minds as Johanes Kepler and Francis Bacon. After reading this book, researchers, historians, and students will have a better appreciation of this influential scientist. They will also gain a greater understanding of an important period in the history of optics. Readers will learn about Della Porta's experimental method, a process governed by the protocols, aims, and theoretical assumptions of natural magic. Coverage also discusses the material properties and limitations of optical technology in the early 17th century, based on a recently discovered Dutch spyglass. It also demonstrates how diagrams were instrumental in the discovery of the sine law of refraction. In addition, the book includes an in-depth analysis of previously untranslated Latin sources. This makes the material useful to historians of optics unfamiliar with the language. More than 70 illustrations complement the text.

ISBN: 9783319502151$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-50215-1doiSubjects--Personal Names:

775884
Porta, Giambattista della,
approximately 1535-1615.Subjects--Topical Terms:

305377
Optics
--History.

LC Class. No.: QC352 / .O68 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 535.09

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