The History of Magic and Experimental Science
by Lynn Thorndike
Philip Ball says: He sets out at the beginning his notion that the history of magic and of experimental science are closely allied
Owen Davies says: A monumental survey, in eight volumes, of intellectual magic from the ancient world to the 18th century. Thorndike, a professor of history at Columbia University from the 1920s to the 50s, made the case that the history of science was also the history of magic.
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Philip Ball, Science Writer
“Thorndike, a professor of history at Columbia University from the 1920s to the 50s, made the case that the history of science was also the history of magic.” Read more...
Owen Davies, Historian
