The Book of Nature
The Dutch Golden Age was glorious not just for its painters but also for the inventive and original natural scientists active in The Netherlands at the time. These are the subject of Eric Jorink’s fascinating book, in which he throws a completely new light on seventeenth-century scientific culture.
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Original title
Het Boeck der Natuere
Author
Eric Jorink
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This study dislodges a familiar picture. I consider the excellent chapter on Huygens the best thing I’ve read all year.
De Volkskrant
Jorink describes it abundantly, harmoniously and subtly, laying out an al ternative to the long-professed thesis of renowned historian E.J. Dijksterhuis: the mechanisation of the world picture.
Nederlands Dagblad
Eric Jorink
Eric Jorink studied history at the University of Groningen and at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris.