Thomas Harriot and His World: Mathematics, Exploration, and Natural Philosophy in Early Modern England

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Contents: Preface Thomas Harriot Lectures 1990-2009 Introduction the many worlds of Thomas Harriot, Robert Fox Thomas Harriot and the great mathematical tradition, Jon V. Pepper Chymicorum in morem: refraction, matter theory, and secrecy in the Harriot-Kepler correspondence, Robert Goulding Reconstructing Thomas Harriot's treatise on equations, Jacqueline Stedall Harriot on combinations, Ian Maclean Thomas Harriot as an English Galileo: the force of shared knowledge in early modern mechanics, Matthias Schemmel Why Thomas Harriot was not the English Galilieo, John Henry Patronizing, publishing, and perishing: Harriot's lost opportunities and his lost work 'Arcticon', Stephen Pumfrey Last act? 1618 and the shaping of Sir Walter Ralegh's reputation, Mark Nicholls Thomas Harriot and the mariner's culture on board a transatlantic ship in 1585, Pascal Brioist Appendices: The 'perfect' Harriot/de Bry: cautionary notes on identifying an authentic copy of the deBry edition of Thomas Hariot's A Brief and True Report (1590), Larry E. Tise Harriot's Latin, Charles Fantazzi The portrait of Thomas Harriot, Diccon Swan A bibliography of secondary sources relating to the work and life of Thomas Harriot, published since 2000, Daniel Jon Mitchell Index.