Science of Describing Natural History in Renaissance Europe

Name: Science of Describing Natural History in Renaissance Europe
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ISBN: 9780226620886

ISBN-10: 0226620883

ISBN-13: 9780226620886

Edition: 2008

Authors: Brian W. Ogilvie

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Out of the diverse traditions of medical humanism, classical philology, and natural philosophy, Renaissance naturalists created a new science devoted to discovering and describing plants and animals. In order to distinguish and catalog new plant and animal species, they developed new techniques of observing and recording, created botanical gardens and herbaria, and exchanged correspondence and specimens within an international community. Drawing on published natural histories, manuscript correspondence, garden plans, travelogues, watercolors, and drawings, "The Science of Describing "reconstructs the evolution of this discipline of description through four generations of naturalists.…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 3/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 402
Size: 6.57" wide x 8.94" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English



List of Figures


Preface and Acknowledgments


Conventions



Introduction



The World of Renaissance Natural History



The Humanist Invention of Natural History



A Science of Describing



Common Sense, Classification, and the Catalogue of Nature



Conclusion: What Was "Renaissance Natural History"?


Notes


Bibliography


Index