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2007

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Deborah Harkness

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The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution is a history of 16th-century London by American scholar Deborah Harkness. It explores the alchemical community of London in the 16th century, focusing on key figures from the time period whose accomplishments led to a scientific revolution. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 1821 libraries. The book was published in 2007 by Yale University Press.

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The book was reviewed in Science; Times Literary Supplement; American Scientist; Technology and Culture; Bulletin of the History of Medicine; ISIS; Annals of Science; Canadian Journal of History,.; Renaissance Quarterly,; Journal of Modern History; History; American Historical Review; Renaissance Studies; Journal of British Studies; and Journal of Interdisciplinary History

Awards

  • Winner of the 2008 John Ben Snow Foundation Prize for the best book published in any discipline of British Studies covering the period from 1400-1800.
  • Winner of the Pfizer Prize for Best Book in the History of Science from 2005-2007.

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