ISBN:
9780942299915
,
0942299914
Language:
English
Pages:
511 S.
,
Ill.
,
28 cm
Edition:
1. paperback edition
DDC:
306.4209
Keywords:
Natural history Europe
;
Pre-Linnean works
;
Curosities and wonders History
;
Errors, Scientific History
;
Science, Medieval
;
Science
;
History
;
18th century
;
Science
;
Philosophy
;
History
;
Wunder
;
Kuriosität
;
Naturwissenschaften
;
Philosophie
;
Natur
;
Kultur
;
Geschichte 1150-1750
Description / Table of Contents:
I. The topography of wonder -- II. The properties of things -- III. Wonder among the philosophers -- IV. Marvelous particulars -- V. Monsters: a case study -- VI. Strange facts -- VII. Wonders of art, wonders of nature -- VIII. The passions of inquiry -- IX. The enlightenment and the anti-marvelous.
Note:
Literaturverz. S. 451 - 497
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***Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke.***Unchanged reprints that were published later are included here.***
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