Rossi, Paolo

Paolo Rossi is Professor emeritus at the University of Florence and member of the "Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei." In 1985 he was awarded the Sarton Medal of the History of Science Society. His previous books in English include "Francis Bacon from Magic to Science" (1968), "Philosophy Technology and the Arts" "in the Early Modern Era"(1970), and "The Dark Abyss of Time: The History of the Earth and the History of the Nations from Hooke to Vico" (1984)