Paula Findlen je americká akademička a historička, ktorej práca sa zameriava na históriu vedy a medicíny a históriu renesancie. Vo svojej práci sa venuje múzeám, zberateľstvu a vedeckej kultúre v ranom novoveku v Taliansku. Jej písanie analyzuje, ako boli prírodné svety zbierané, organizované a interpretované v ranonovovekých európskych spoločnostiach. Findlen skúma ranonovovekú vedu ako kultúrnu a sociálnu prax.
"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"--
Illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition "Leonardo's Library: The World of a Renaissance Reader," Stanford University Libraries, Green Library, May 2 - October 13, 2019.