Science and the secrets of nature

Books of secrets in medieval and early modern culture Introduction: Printing, popular culture and the scientific revolution I: The literature of secrets The literature of secrets in the Middle Ages; Knowledge and power II. The secrets of nature in the age of printing Arcana disclosed; The professors of secrets and their books; Leonardo Fioravanti, vendor of secrets; Natural magic and the secret of nature; The secrets of nature in popular culture III. The new philosophy Sciences as a Venatio; The virtuosi and the secrets of nature; From the secrets of nature to public knowledge