Download or read book Camilla Erculiani, Letters on Natural Philosophy written by Camilla Erculiani and published by Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS). This book was released on 2019-12 with total page 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"--