Bernhard Varenius (1622-1650) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004163638)

Bernhard Varenius' books influenced the history of science in such a way that Isaac Newton, Alexander von Humboldt and Tsar Peter the Great all referred to him. Varenius wrote the first comprehensive description of Japan (Descriptio regni Japoniae, 1649) from a European perspective, exclusively based on a diversity of sources. But the impact of his Geographia generalis (1650) explains his ranking among the founding fathers of geography as a science. He called 'general' geography a branch of (applied) mathematics which does not deal with regional specifics. The contributions in this book focus on his multi-faceted work, the influence of his books and the tragically short life of this young polymath from Germany who benefited from the intellectually stimulating milieu of Leiden and Amsterdam.

Contributors include: Horst Walter Blanke, Reinhard Düchting, Klaus Lehmann, Robert Mayhew, Sandra Rebok, Folker Reichert, Frank Richter, Margret Schuchard, Denis J.B. Shaw, Ulrich Staffhorst, Johann Anselm Steiger, Rienk H. Vermij, and Ernst-Christian Volkmann.

Author: Margret Schuchard
ISBN-10: 9004163638
ISBN-13: 9789004163638
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 11/26/2007
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.50w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2008 pg. 75