Download or read book Letters on Natural Philosophy written by Camilla Erculiani and published by Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "English translation of letters by a woman pharmacist, a grocer's daughter and pharmacist's wife, active in the scientific milieu of Padua, in which is proposed a materialist explanation of Noah's flood that prompts an accusation of heresy. Accompanying her own letters are letters to her and a legal brief in her defense"--