Catching nature in the act : Réaumur and the practice of natural history in the eighteenth century

Catching nature in the act Réaumur and the practice of natural history in the eighteenth century

Setting the stage"Catching nature in the act" -- Seeing again and again : illustration and observation in domestic settings -- Recruiting observers and training "philosophical eyes" -- Natural prodigies : asexual reproduction and regeneration -- A spectacle pleasing to the mind :...

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1. Verfasser: Terrall, Mary (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Chicago, Ill. u.a. Univ. of Chicago Press 2014
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Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de > Natural history > History > Naturalists > Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de 1683-1757 > Natural history / History / 18th century > Réaumur, René Antoine Ferchault de > Frankophones Europa > Aufklärung > Natur > Geschichte 1700-1800
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Zusammenfassung:Setting the stage"Catching nature in the act" -- Seeing again and again : illustration and observation in domestic settings -- Recruiting observers and training "philosophical eyes" -- Natural prodigies : asexual reproduction and regeneration -- A spectacle pleasing to the mind : natural history on display -- Chickens, eggs, and the perennial question of animal generation.
Setting the stage -- "Catching nature in the act" -- Seeing again and again : illustration and observation in domestic settings -- Recruiting observers and training "philosophical eyes" -- Natural prodigies : asexual reproduction and regeneration -- A spectacle pleasing to the mind : natural history on display -- Chickens, eggs, and the perennial question of animal generation
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:275 S.
Ill.
ISBN:9780226088600
978-0-226-08860-0