The Italian Renaissance of MachinesThe Renaissance was not just a rebirth of the mind. It was also a new dawn for the machine. When we celebrate the achievements of the Renaissance, we instinctively refer, above all, to its artistic and literary masterpieces. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, however, the Italian peninsula was the stage of a no less impressive revival of technical knowledge and practice. In this rich and lavishly illustrated volume, Paolo Galluzzi guides