Books about Harry Potter and Exhibition Themes

Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine


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National Library of Medicine’s “Harry Potter’s World” bibliography:

• www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/harrypottersworld/bibliography.html

Additional resources:

• Adler, Bill, ed.
  Kids’ Letters to Harry Potter From Around The World. Running Press, 2002.

• Anatol, Giselle Liza., ed.
  Reading Harry Potter Again: New Critical Essays. Praeger Publishers, 2009.

• Dear, Peter.
  Revolutionizing the Sciences: European Knowledge and Its Ambitions, 1500–1700. Princeton University Press, 2001.

• Granger, John.
  The Deathly Hallows Lectures: The Hogwarts Professor Explains the Final Harry Potter Adventure. Zossima Press, 2008.

• Prinzi, Travis.
  Harry Potter & Imagination: The Way Between Two Worlds. Zossima Press, 2008.

• Moran, Bruce T.
  Distilling Knowledge: Alchemy, Chemistry, and the Scientific Revolution. Harvard University Press, 2006.

• Newman, William R.
  Secrets of Nature: Astrology and Alchemy in Early Modern Europe. MIT Press, 2006.

• Ogilvie, Brian W.
  The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe. University of Chicago Press, 2008.

• Siraisi, Nancy G.
  History, Medicine, and the Traditions of Renaissance Learning. University of Michigan Press, 2007.

• Thomas, James W.
  Repotting Harry Potter: A Professor’s Book-by-Book Guide for the Serious Re-Reader. Zossima Press, 2009.

• Trevarthen, Geo.
  The Seeker’s Guide to Harry Potter. O Books, 2008.