Catching Nature in the Act : Raumur and the Practice of Natural History in the Eighteenth Century
by
Mary Terrall
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
022608860X
ISBN-13
9780226088600
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 16th, 2014
Print length
264 Pages
Weight
552 grams
Dimensions
16.20 x 23.60 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
History of scienceNatural history
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Natural history in the eighteenth century was many things to many people - diversion, obsession, medically or economically useful knowledge, spectacle, evidence for God's providence and wisdom, or even the foundation of all natural knowledge. This book reveals how eighteenth-century natural historians incorporated various experimental techniques.
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