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Virtuoso by nature : the scientific worlds of Francis Willughby FRS (1635-1672) /
Francis Willughby together with John Ray revolutionized the study of natural history. They were motivated by the new philosophy of the mid 1600s and transformed natural history in to a rigorous area of study. Because Ray lived longer and more of his writings have survived, his reputation subsequentl...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Brill,
2016.
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| Colección: | Emergence of natural history ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preliminary Material
- 1 The Life and Domestic Context of Francis Willughby / Dorothy Johnston
- 2 The Education of Francis Willughby / Richard Serjeantson
- 3 The Chymistry of Francis Willughby (1635-72): The Trinity College, Cambridge Community / Anna Marie Roos
- 4 Willughby's Mathematics / Benjamin Wardhaugh
- 5 Science on the Move: Francis Willughby's Expeditions / Mark Greengrass , Daisy Hildyard , Christopher D. Preston and Paul J. Smith
- 6 The Willughby Library in the Time of Francis the Naturalist / William Poole
- 7 Francis Willughby and John Ray on Words and Things / David Cram
- 8 Willughby's Ornithology / Tim R. Birkhead , Paul J. Smith , Meghan Doherty and Isabelle Charmantier
- 9 Historia Piscium (1686) and Its Sources / Sachiko Kusukawa
- 10 Willughby on Insects / Brian W. Ogilvie
- 11 The Legacies of Francis Willughby / Isabelle Charmantier , Dorothy Johnston and Paul J. Smith
- Bibliography / Tim Birkhead
- Index / Tim Birkhead.