Catching Nature in the Act
Raumur and the Practice of Natural History in the Eighteenth Century
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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| ISBN/EAN | 9780226088600 |
| Auteur | Mary Terrall |
| Uitgever | Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V. |
| Taal | Engels |
| Uitvoering | Gebonden in harde band |
| Pagina's | 264 |
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