Thomas Harriot

Robert Fox, University of Oxford, UK Robert Fox, David B. Quinn, Gordon R. Batho, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Hilary Gatti, Stephen Clucas, J. A. Bennett, Muriel Seltman, John D. North, John J. Roche, Scott Mandelbrote, Katherine D. Watson.

• Contents: Introduction; Thomas Harriot. An Elizabethan man of science, Robert Fox; Thomas Harriot and the problem of America, David B. Quinn; Thomas Harriot and the Northumberland household, Gordon R. Batho; Harriot’s physician: Theodore de Mayerne, Hugh Trevor-Roper; The natural philosophy of Thomas Harriot, Hilary Gatti; Thomas Harriot and the field of knowledge in the English Renaissance, Stephen Clucas; Instruments, mathematics, and natural knowledge: Thomas Harriot’s place on the map of learning, J. A. Bennett; Harriot’s algebra: reputation and reality, Muriel Seltman; Stars and atoms, John D. North; Harriot, Oxford, and 20th-century historiography, John J. Roche; The religion of Thomas Harriot, Scott Mandelbrote; Appendix A: The possible portraits of Thomas Harriot, Gordon R. Batho; Appendix B: Thomas Harriot’s manuscripts, Gordon R. Batho; Appendix C: A bibliography of secondary sources relating to the life and work of Thomas Harriot, published since 1974, Katherine D. Watson; Index.

’This is an excellent collection. Perhaps the bringing together of these assessments of this undoubtedly great figure in the history of science will prove the turning point in Harriot studies.’ British Journal for the History of Science ’...the essays collected in this volume provide an excellent overview of an enigmatic figure.’ Sixteenth Century Journal 'This volume...will be welcomed by anyone interested in Harriot and his world....(the essays) make definite contributions to our knowledge of Harriot's milieu - the ideas and people he encountered...' ISIS ’This volume is a work of the highest scholarly standard, yet each of the essays is beautifully written and easily accessible to the non-specialist. It brings to life not only Harriot himself, but also the world in which he lived.’ Astronomy Now