The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution is a history of 16th-century London by American scholar Deborah Harkness. It explores the alchemical community of London in the 16th century, focusing on key figures from the time period whose accomplishments led to the Scientific Revolution. [1] According to WorldCat, the book is held in 1821 libraries. [2] The book was published in 2007 by Yale University Press. [3]
The book was reviewed in Science ; [4] Times Literary Supplement ; [5] American Scientist ; [6] Technology and Culture; [7] Bulletin of the History of Medicine; [8] ISIS; [9] Annals of Science; [10] Canadian Journal of History,.; [11] Renaissance Quarterly,; [12] Journal of Modern History; [13] History; [14] American Historical Review; [15] Renaissance Studies; [16] Journal of British Studies; [17] and Journal of Interdisciplinary History [18]
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