{"product_id":"9781421402444","title":"Renaissance Meteorology: Pomponazzi to Descartes","description":"\u003cp\u003eCraig Martin takes a careful look at how Renaissance scientists analyzed and interpreted rain, wind, and other natural phenomena like meteors and earthquakes and their impact on the great thinkers of the scientific revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin argues that meteorology was crucial to the transformation that took place in science during the early modern period. By examining the conceptual foundations of the subject, Martin links Aristotelian meteorology with the new natural philosophies of the seventeenth century. He argues that because meteorology involved conjecture and observation and forced attention to material and efficient causation, it paralleled developments in the natural philosophies of Descartes and other key figures of the scientific revolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough an inherently uncertain endeavor, forecasting the weather was an extremely useful component not just of scientific study, but also of politics, courtly life, and religious doctrine. Martin explores how natural philosophers of the time participated in political and religious controversies by debating the meanings, causes, and purposes of natural disasters and other weather phenomena. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough careful readings of an impressive range of texts, Martin situates the history of meteorology within the larger context of Renaissance and early modern science. The first study on Renaissance theories of weather in five decades, \u003ci\u003eRenaissance Meteorology\u003c\/i\u003e offers a novel understanding of traditional natural philosophy and its impact on the development of modern science.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171759669488,"sku":"9781421402444","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781421402444_p0.jpg?v=1769899011","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781421402444","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}