Abstract
Th e so-called Scientifi c Revolution is the result of a complex in- teraction between the world of ideas and that of concrete human activity with the aim of discovering the mysteries of nature. Not only books but also note- books mediate this dialectical relationship: in this way, the complex features of a theoretical system can coexist with the detailed observations of everyday natural phenomena (like water drops, or burning candles), in order to test the foundations of a whole philosophy of nature in the micro-world. 2 Bacon himself suggested leaving general observations aside in order to reach closer to phenomena: Isaac Beeckman, in the isolation of his Journal, notes in chrono- logical order his own laboratory and reading experiences, together with his meditations, producing an intellectual account of great cultural and scientifi c interest, discovered by Cornelis De Waard in 1905, in the Provincial Library of Zeeland (Middelburg). Beeckman also owned some of Francis Bacon's
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