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The science of describing : natural history in Renaissance Europe /

Out of the diverse traditions of medical humanism, classical philology, and natural philosophy, Renaissance naturalists created a new science devoted to discovering and describing plants and animals. In order to distinguish and catalog new plant and animal species, they developed new techniques of o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ogilvie, Brian W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.