Introduction: Renaissance maps and the concept of the human -- Climate, culture or kinship? Explaining human diversity c.1500 -- Atlantic empires, map workshops and Renaissance geographical culture -- ...

Surekha Davies is a British historian of science and the author of Humans: A Monstrous History (University of California ...

In Magus (Harvard Univ., Dec.), historian Grafton traces the connection between Renaissance-era magic and the birth of science. How did you come to this topic? I realized that there were connections ...

The Renaissance genius made thousands of notes, doodles, and drawings throughout his life that reveal the unique thought process behind many of his ideas and inventions. "The Vitruvian Man," one of Da ...