Nature, Experiment, and the Sciences
Shea, W. R. / Levere, Trevor H. This collection of essays is a tribute to Stillman Drake by some of his friends and colleagues, and by others on whom his work has had a formative influence. It is difficult to know him without succumbing to his combination of discipline and enthusiasm, even in fields remote from Renaissance physics and natural philosophy, and so he should not be surprised in this volume to see emphases and methods congenial to him, even on topics as remote as...