Artificial intelligence researchers and engineers have spent a lot of effort trying to build machines that look like humans and operate largely independently. Those tempting dreams have distracted ...

Astrology -- Myth and history -- The vault of heaven -- Influence of the heavens on earth -- Magic -- Fabled origins -- The great themes -- Practitioners and practices -- Mind and body -- Enchanted ...

Introduction: the problematic status of astrology and alchemy in premodern Europe / William R. Newman and Anthony Grafton -- "Veritatis amor dulcissimus": aspects of Cardano's astrology / Germana ...

AN interesting catalogue of second-hand books on astronomy, astrology, alchemy and the occult sciences has recently been published by Émile Offenbacher, 10 Rue Pasquier, Paris, 8 e. Among the more ...

When Rudolf II was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1576, he quickly filled his castle with artistic and scientific treasures. Marshall returns repeatedly to Rudolf's attempt to create a "theatre of the ...