Inside the Stargazer's Palace: The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century Europe SS_Gift_Guide Thousands of men are converging

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Inside the Stargazer's Palace: The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century Europe SS_Gift_Guide Thousands of men are convergingEnter the mysterious world of sixteenth century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the earth revolved around the Sun, overturning centuries of scholastic presumption. A new age was coming into view one guided by observation, technology and logic. But omens and elixirs did not disappear from the sixteenth century laboratory. Charms and potions could still be found nestled between