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Acolytes of nature : defining natural science in Germany, 1770-1850 /
Although many of the practical and intellectual traditions that make up modern science date back centuries, the category of "science" itself is a relative novelty. In the early eighteenth century, the modern German word that would later mean "science," naturwissenschaft, was not...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Natural Knowledge and the Learned Public in the Enlightenment; 2. The Expanding Ranks of Nature's Friends; 3. Defending Learned Dignity; 4. Nature in a Local Microcosm; 5. Wooing the Polite Public; 6. The Nature of the Fatherland; 7. The Wellspring of Modernity; 8. The Particularity of Natural Science; Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.