{"product_id":"the-science-of-shakespeare","title":"The Science of Shakespeare","description":"William Shakespeare lived at a remarkable time - a period we now recognize as the first phase of the Scientific Revolution. New ideas were transforming Western thought, the medieval was giving way to the modern, and the work of a few key figures hinted at the brave new world to come: the methodical and rational Galileo, the skeptical Montaigne, and - as Falk convincingly argues - Shakespeare, who observed human nature just as intently as the astronomers who studied the night sky.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Science of Shakespeare,\u003c\/i\u003e we meet a colorful cast of Renaissance thinkers, including Thomas Digges, who published the first English account of the \"new astronomy\" and lived in the same neighborhood as Shakespeare; Thomas Harriot - \"England's Galileo\" - who aimed a telescope at the night sky months ahead of his Italian counterpart; and Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, whose observatory-castle stood within sight of Elsinore, chosen by Shakespeare as the setting for \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e - and whose family crest happened to include the names \"Rosencrans\" and \"Guildensteren.\" And then there's Galileo himself: As Falk shows, his telescopic observations may have influenced one of Shakespeare's final works. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDan Falk's \u003ci\u003eThe Science of Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e explores the connections between the famous playwright and the beginnings of the Scientific Revolution - and how, together, they changed the world forever. ","brand":"Thomas Dunne Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42987263819856,"sku":"9781250008770B","price":12.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/the-science-of-shakespeare","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}