Watching Vesuvius
| Author | : Sean Cocco |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 335 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780226923710 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0226923711 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (711 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Watching Vesuvius by : Sean Cocco
Download or read book Watching Vesuvius written by Sean Cocco and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work explores the question of Vesuvius as an object of study in the early modern science of volcanism from the investigations and opinions of humanists and naturalists in the late Renaissance to the early 18th-century philosophizing on volcanoes and the development of geology later in the century.
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