Hugh Plat, Francis Bacon, and the Social Foundations of the Scientific Revolution

On Thursday, April 26, the Science, Technology, and Society Colloquium will be bringing Professor Deb Harkness to speak on "From the Jewel House to Salomon's House: Hugh Plat, Francis Bacon, and the Social Foundations of the Scientific Revolution." The talk will be held 4:10-6pm, in 520 Mudd Hall, Columbia University, New York. Professor Harkness is a historian of science and specialist in the period from 1400-1700. Her publications include, /John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature /(1999) and numerous articles on the practice of English natural philosophy. Her talk will be drawn from her forthcoming book on practitioners and the investigation of nature in London in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Details: Prof. Alan Stewart, ags2105@columbia.edu