Silvio A. Bedini (1917–2007)
Autor de The Pope's Elephant
Sobre El Autor
Silvio Bedini lives in Washington, D.C. He is co-author of Moon, Man's Greatest Adventure and author of Jefferson: Statesman of Science, among many other books combining history and science
Obras de Silvio A. Bedini
The Mace and the Gavel: Symbols of Government in America (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society) (1997) 2 copias
The galilean jovilabe 1 copia
Pulse of Time: Galileo Galilei, the Determination of Longitude and the Pendulum Clock (Biblioteca Di " Nuncius " ) (1991) 1 copia
Science and Instruments in Seventeenth-Century Italy (Collected Studies Series, Cs448) (1994) 1 copia
The Borghesi astronomical clock 1 copia
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Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1917-01-17
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2007-11-14
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
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The Pope's Elephant por Silvio A. Bedini
Up until the last two chapters, this book was an interesting, well-researched read. Those last two chapters dragged, though.
In 1514, King Manuel I of Portugal sent a menagerie of animals and presents in an effort to please and gain favor with the newly-crowned pope Leo X. Among the animals was a white Indian elephant. It was named Annone, or Hanno, and quickly became the pope’s favorite pet. Bedini traces the travels of the elephant and its impact on the art and culture of the time. One of the distracting elements of the book, however, is the tracking of every single depiction of an elephant in sixteenth and seventeenth century art throughout Europe and even Africa. That aside, the interplay between papal culture and European history is nonetheless interesting.… (más)
Oops! I still haven't read it! And it's been on my shelves FOREVER!!
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- 343
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- #69,543
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- 3.8
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- ISBNs
- 38
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