BOOK, JOURNAL AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS REVIEWS The History of Science and Natural Philosophy among the Croats (with particular reference to the exact sciences) Volume III The Early Modern Period Žarko Dadić This volume (The Early Modern those ofThomas Kuhn and Alexandre The next two chapters deal with Period) is the third part ofThe History of Koyré. He then shows the continuity the theologian and physicist Marco Science and Natural Philosophy among which was present in the transition to Antonio de Dominis, who was born in the Croats (with particularreference to the the Renaissance in the 17th century 1560 in Rab, where he began his edu- exact sciences) by academician Žarko and the importance of the link be- cation. He continued it in Loreto and Dadić. The first two volumes were The tween philosophy and science in that Padua. In 1596, he left the Jesuit order Middle Ages (2015) and The Renaissance century. and became governor of the Senj dio- (2016). Volume I covered the Middle The first portrait ofa philosopher cese, then bishop. Two years later, he Ages up to 1526, and Volume II the is that of Marin Getaldić, the math- was appointed Archbishop of Split. period from 1526 to the end of the ematician andphysicist born in 1568 in Spurred by Galileo’s invention of the sixteenth century. The third part an aristocratic Dubrovnik family. He telescope in 1609, he wrote Tractatus covers events from 1600 to 1699. Ac- was educated in his home town, at the de radiisvisusetlucisin vitris, perspectivis cording to the author, “the 17th cen- high school which then ranked as a ly- et iride in 1611 in Venice. Another tury, though considered part of late cée. At the age of 20, he became a work, Euripus, seu de fluxu et refluxu medieval times, can also be identified member ofthe Republic ofDubrovnik’s maris sententia was published in Rome as the Early Modern Age. In philo- Great Council. In 1595, he set out on in 1624. While Archbishop ofSplit, de sophical and scientific terms, it was a travels around Europe which lasted six Dominis expressed his opinions on particular age which differed from the years. He was taught mathematics in Vrančić’s Logica. At the same time, he Renaissance and in which the found- Antwerp by Michel Coignet, and al- was working on a theological treatise, ations of completely new philosoph- gebra and algebraic analysis in Paris by De Republicâ Ecclesiasticâ, in which he ical and scientific attitudes were laid”. François Viète. He published Nonnullae wrote about basic church unity, but (page 8) propositiones de parabola in Rome in also criticized the Pope and the or- The Early Modern Period, written in 1603. His most important work, Pro- ganization of the Roman Catholic Croatian, is a comprehensive book of motusArchimedes, was also published in Church. In 1615, he left for Venice, 491 pages in a hardback edition, with Rome, in 1630. He created the first for- accused of violating dogma and mor- several black-and-white illustrations mulations of the Apollonius problem als. He broke off all links with the Ro- (ISBN 978-953-203-442-4). It was pub- from the lost work De inclinationibus. man Catholic Church and travelled to lished by Knjižni klub Izvori and prin- His reconstruction, entitled Apollonius Germany, the heartland of Protest- ted in Zagreb. redivivus was published in 1607, also in antism. From there he went to Lon- The book is divided into forty Rome. During his lifetime, Getaldić don, where he was appointed Master chapters with an introduction and published a number of works for the ofthe Savoy and in 1618 became Dean index. The first chapter, “Philosophic Republic of Dubrovnik. He was an offi- of Windsor. However, he later re- and scientific tendencies in the Early cial in the armaments office and in the turned penitent to Rome, where he Modern Age” outlines theories on the salt trade office. In 1604, he was the continued his work. He was im- rise of knowledge and interpreting director ofrenovations at Pozvizd Fort. prisoned in Castel Sant’Angelo in the history ofscience in order to help He was appointedacaptain in Ston and 1623, where he died in 1624. the reader compare these theories a local justice. He was the Republic’s The lexicographer, philosopher, with the attitudes presented in the taxation envoy and travelled to Con- inventor and diplomat Faust Vrančić book. Dadić begins with Karl Popper’s stantinople in that capacity in 1606. He was born in Šibenik in 1551. He stud- theory of philosophy, followed by died in Dubrovnik in 1626. ied in Padua, Vienna and Rome. In KiG No. 30, Vol. 1 7, 201 8 1 06 PRIKAZI KNJIGA, ČASOPISA I DRUGIH PUBLIKACIJA Povijest znanosti i prirodne filozofije u Hrvata (s osobitim obzirom na egzaktne znanosti) Knjiga III Rani novi vijek Žarko Dadić Knjiga Rani novi vijek treći je dio itetauprijelazurenesanse u17. stoljeće godine u Rabu gdje je primio i početno cjeline Povijestznanostiiprirodne filozofije i važnost veze između filozofije i zna- obrazovanje. Uslijedilo je obrazovanje u Hrvata (s osobitim obzirom na egzaktne nosti u 17. stoljeću. u Loretu i Padovi. Godine 1596. na- znanosti) autora akademika Žarka Da- Prvi obrađeni mislilac jest mate- pustio je isusovački red i postao upra- dića. Prethodno su objavljene dvije matičar i fizičar Marin Getaldić rođen vitelj senjske biskupije, a 1600. godine knjige: Srednji vijek 2015. i Renesansa 1568. godine u dubrovačkoj plemićkoj postaje i senjski biskup. Dvije godine 2016. godine. U knjizi koja se bavi obitelji. Školovao se u rodnom gradu, kasnije, 1602. Dominis je imenovan srednjim vijekom obrađeno je razdob- u dubrovačkoj gimnaziji koja je u to splitskim nadbiskupom. Potaknut lje do 1526. godine, a u drugoj knjizi vrijeme imala rang liceja. S dvadeset Galilejevim otkrićem dalekozora 1609. obrađeno je razdoblje od 1526. do kraja godina primljen je u Veliko vijeće Du- godine, Dominis je 1611. godine u Ve- 16. stoljeća. Rani novi vijek pak obrađuje brovačke Republike. Godine 1595. od- neciji objavio spis Rasprava o zrakama događaje od 1600. do 1699. godine. Na- lazi na putovanje Europom koje je vida i svjetlosti u lećama i dugi. Drugo ime, „Razdoblje 17. stoljeća je usprkos trajalo šest godina. U Antwerpenu djelo, Eurip ili mišljenje o plimi i oseci činjenici da je samo dio novog srednjeg matematiku ga je podučavao Michel mora, objavljeno je u Rimu 1624. godi- vijeka označeno kao rani novi vijek. To Coignet, a u Parizu ga je François Viète ne. Za vrijeme boravka u Splitu, gdje je je razdoblje u filozofskom i znanstve- upoznao sa simboličkom algebrom i s bio nadbiskup, Dominis je dao svoje nom pogledu posebna cjelina različita algebarskom analizom. U Rimu je mišljenje o Vrančićevoj Logici. U tom od renesanse i u njemu se stvaraju te- 1603. godine objavio djelo Neki stavci o razdoblju radio je i na teološkom djelu melji potpuno novih filozofskih i paraboli. Iste godine u Rimu objavio je O crkvenoj državi u kojem piše o osnov- znanstvenih stavova).“ (str. 8) jednino fizikalno djelo Unaprijeđeni nom crkvenom jedinstvu, ali daje i Knjiga Raninovivijeknapisana je na Arhimed. Njegovo najznačajnije djelo kritiku ustrojstva katoličke crkve i hrvatskom jeziku, prilično je opsežna, je O matematičkoj analizi i sintezi objav- papinstva. Godine 1615. otputovao je sadrži 491 str., tvrdo je ukoričena, sa- ljeno je 1630. godine u Rimu. Napravio u Veneciju zbog optužbi da se ogrije- drži nekoliko crno-bijelih ilustracija i je i prve formulacije Apolonijevih šio o dogme i moral. Tada je prekinuo nosi oznaku ISBN 978-953-203-442-4. problema iz izgubljenog djela O nagi- sve veze s katoličkom crkvom i otišao Tiskana je u Zagrebu, a nakladnik je bima. Restauraciju naslovljenu Oživ- je u Njemačku gdje je bilo središte Knjižni klub Izvori. ljeni Apolonije objavljena je 1607. protestantizma. Zatim odlazi u Lon- Knjiga Rani novi vijek podijeljena je godine u Rimu. Getaldić je za života don gdje je bio imenovan ravnateljem na četrdeset poglavlja te sadrži obavljao niz poslova za Dubrovačku zadužbine Savoy, a 1618. godine ime- „Uvodne napomene“ i „Kazalo“. Knjiga Republiku. Tako je bio službenik u novan je dekanom kraljevskog kapto- započinje s poglavljem „Filozofske i uredu za naoružanje i u uredu za pro- la u Windsoru. No, Dominis se ipak znanstvene tendencije u ranom no- daju soli. Također je 1604. godine bio pokajnički vraća u Rim gdje nastavlja s vom vijeku“ u kojem autor navodi voditelj obnove tvrđave Pozvizd. radom. Godine 1623. biva zatvoren u određene teorije rasta znanja i inter- Imenovan je i jednim od kapetana u Anđeosku kulu u Rimu gdje je i umro pretacije povijesti znanosti kako bi či- Stonu i sudskim upraviteljem mjesta. 1624. godine. tatelju omogućio usporedbe nave- Bio je i poklisar harača i zato je 1606. Leksikograf, filozof, izumitelj i di- denih teorija sa stavovima iznesenim u godine otputovao u Carigrad. Umro je plomat Faust Vrančić rođen je u Šibe- knjizi. Dadić prvo iznosi teoriju filozofa u Dubrovniku 1626. godine. niku 1551. godine. Studirao je u Padovi, Karla Poppera, a zatim Thomasa Kuh- Nakon Getaldića slijedi dva po- Beču i Rimu. Godine 1579. postavljen je na i Alexandrea Koyréa. Nadalje autor glavlja o teologu i fizičaru Marku An- za zapovjednika grada Veszprema i za nastoji pokazati postojanje kontinu- tunu de Dominisu rođenom 1560. upravitelja biskupskih imanja. Od 1579. KiG Br. 30, Vol. 1 7, 201 8 1 07 BOOK, JOURNAL AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS REVIEWS missionary to China and spent six documents are kept in the library of years in Portugal waiting for a ship to the Franciscan monastery in Zadar. take him there. During that time, he One is O astrologiji (On Astrology) and taught mathematics in Lisbon. His the other has no title.