The eye of the Lynx : Galileo, his friends, and the beginnings of modern natural history /

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Publisher's description: Some years ago, David Freedberg opened a dusty cupboard at Windsor Castle and discovered hundreds of vividly colored, masterfully precise drawings of all sorts of plants and animals from the Old and New Worlds. Coming upon thousands more drawings like them across Europe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Freedberg, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
Temas:
Galilei, Galileo, > 1564-1642
Cesi, Federico, > 1585-1630
Accademia nazionale dei Lincei > History.
Accademia nazionale dei Lincei
Rom / Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
Science > Italy > History.
Natural History > history
Sciences > Italie > Histoire.
SCIENCE > History.
Science
Naturwissenschaften
Tekeningen.
Sterrenkunde.
Natuurlijke historie.
Visualisatie.
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
Italy
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note to Historians of Science
  • Introduction: Saving the Appearances
  • PART I: BACKGROUND
  • 1. The Paper Museum
  • 2. Lynxes
  • PART II: ASTRONOMY
  • 3. The New Star
  • 4. The Telescope: Imperfection in the Heavens
  • 5. The Conflict of Truths
  • PART III: NATURAL HISTORY
  • 6. The Chastity of Bees
  • 7. The Microscope and the Vernacular
  • 8. Plants and Reproduction
  • 9. The Mexican Treasury: Taxonomy and Illustration
  • 10. The Doctorâ€?s Dilemmas: Description, Dissection, and the Problem of Illustration
  • 11. FossilsPART IV: PICTURES AND ORDER
  • 12. The Failure of Pictures
  • 13. The Order of Nature
  • 14. The Fate of Pictures: Appearance, Truth, and Ambiguity
  • Notes
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Headings
  • Index

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