Georg Agricola, author of De re Metallica, was born 24 March 1494 #histsci #histtech
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Renaissance Heavy Metal

One of the most fascinating and spectacularly illustrated Renaissance books on science and technology is De re metallica by Georgius Agricola (1494–1555). Translated into English the author’s name …

The Renaissance Mathematicus