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Web of nature : Martin Lister (1639-1712), the first arachnologist /
This first full-length biography of Dr. Martin Lister (1639-1712), vice-president of the Royal Society, Royal Physician, and the first arachnologist and conchologist, provides an unprecedented picture of a seventeenth-century virtuoso. Lister is recognized for his discovery of ballooning spiders and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Colección: | History of science and medicine library ;
v. 22. History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; v. 16. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Part One The Birth of a Naturalist, 1663-1668; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two Early Life and Letters, 1639-1663; 1. Introduction; 2. Early Influences; 3. The Birth of a Naturalist; 4. Lister's Years at Cambridge, 1655-1663; Chapter Three French Connection: The Voyage to Montpellier, 1663-1666; 1. Introduction; 2. Arrival into France; 3. An Introduction to John Ray; Chapter Four Lister's Early Contributions to Natural History, 1666-1668: The Influence of John Ray; 1. Lister and his Views of Natural History.
- 2. Debates About Spontaneous Generation3. The Resignation of a Fellowship; Part Two In Location at the Periphery of the Web, in the Mind at its Very Center: Lister's Years in York (1669-1683); Chapter Five Spider Threads and a Tangled Web of Misunderstanding, 1668-1671; 1. Introduction; 2. The "Ballooning" Debate over Arachnid Flight; 3. Taxonomic Questions and Doubts; 4. A Waning Friendship; Chapter Six ""My Dear Hart"": Lister's Marriage to Hannah Parkinson and his Medical Practice in York; 1. Introduction; 2. A Doctor in York.
- Chapter Seven Lister and the Royal Society's Debates about Plant Circulation in the 1670s1. Introduction; 2. The Royal Society and the Circulation of Sap; 3. The Argument with Nehemiah Grew; Chapter Eight Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral? Lister, Ray, Crinoids, and the Fossil Debate in the Royal Society; 1. Introduction; 2. Lister and "Rock-plants"; 3. Chemical Theories of Fossil Formation; Chapter Nine ""All that Glitters"": Martin Lister and Fools' Gold, 1677-1684; 1. Introduction; 2. The Chemistry of Pyrites; 3. Pyrites and the Quarrel over Spa Waters; 4. Pyrites and Natural History.
- 5. Petrifaction Within the Body: The Production of Gall and Bladder Stones6. Formation of Magnetic Stones in the Body; Chapter Ten A Speculum of Chemical Practice: Lister, Newton, and Telescopic Mirrors; 1. Introduction; 2. The Chemistry of the Glass of Antimony; 3. Antimony, the Royal Society, and Newton's Mirrors; 4. Antimony, Cawk, and Newtonian Alchemy; 5. The Move to London; Part Three At the Web's Center: Lister in London, the Royal Society, and the Production of Masterworks: 1684-1692; Chapter Eleven Lister's London Beginnings: Virtuoso, Antiquarian, and Benefactor; 1. Introduction.
- 2. Medical Meteorology and the Histogram3. Lister's Quest for Medical Qualifications and his Antiquarian Enterprise; Chapter Twelve The Art of Science: The Historiae Conchyliorum and the Historia Piscium; 1. Introduction; 2. The Path to the Historiae Conchyliorum; 3. Slugs, Fishes, and Snails, but no Puppy Dog Tails: The Making of Masterworks in Conchology and Ichthyology; 4. The Historia Piscium; Part Four Time Spins Away: 1692-1712; Chapter Thirteen Publication and Prestige: The Sex Exercitationes Medicinales and the Royal College of Physicians; 1. Introduction.