The science of describing:natural history in Renaissance Europe
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University of Chicago Press,
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Publisher Address: | Chicago |
Publication Dates: | c2006. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xvi, 385 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
0226620875 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226620879 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | N095 |
CLC: | N095 |
Call Number: | N095/O347 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-365) and index. Introduction -- The world of Renaissance natural nistory -- The humanist invention of natural history -- A science of describing -- Common sense, classification, and the catalogue of nature -- Conclusion : what was Renaissance natural history. |