The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe - Tapa blanda

Ogilvie, Brian W.

 
9780226620886: The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe
Tapa blanda
ISBN 10: 0226620883 ISBN 13: 9780226620886
Editorial: University of Chicago Press, 2008

Sinopsis

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. 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.

In the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, naturalists focused on understanding ancient and medieval descriptions of the natural world, but by the mid-sixteenth century naturalists turned toward distinguishing and cataloguing new plant and animal species. To do so, they developed new techniques of observing and recording, created botanical gardens and herbaria, and exchanged correspondence and specimens within an international community. By the early seventeenth century, naturalists began the daunting task of sorting through the wealth of information they had accumulated, putting a new emphasis on taxonomy and classification.

Illustrated with woodcuts, engravings, and photographs, The Science of Describing is the first broad interpretation of Renaissance natural history in more than a generation and will appeal widely to an interdisciplinary audience.

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Acerca del autor

Brian W. Ogilvie is associate professor of history at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst.

"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Editorial
University of Chicago Press
Año de publicación
2008
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0226620883
ISBN 13 
9780226620886
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
402
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
no disponible

Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9780226620879: The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0226620875 ISBN 13:  9780226620879
Editorial: University of Chicago Press, 2006
Tapa dura