Animal, vegetable, mineral? : how eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order /

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Since the time of Aristotle, there had been a clear divide between the three kingdoms of animal, vegetable, and mineral. But by the eighteenth century, biological experiments, and the wide range of new creatures coming to Europe from across the world, challenged these neat divisions. Abraham Tremble...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gibson, Susannah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Animals > Social aspects > History.
Plants > Social aspects > History.
Minerals > Social aspects > History.
Botany.
Plants.
Bryozoa.
Science > history
Classification > methods
Animals
Plants
Minerals > history
Botany > history
Zoology > history
Bryozoa
Animaux > Aspect social > Histoire.
Minéraux > Aspect social > Histoire.
Plantes.
Bryozoaires.
vegetation.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Botany
Animals > Social aspects
Plants > Social aspects
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Animal, vegetable, mineral?
  • Animal: the problem of the zoophyte
  • Vegetable: the creation of new life
  • Mineral: living rocks
  • The fourth kingdom: perceptive plants.

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