Studies on Eighteenth-Century Geology, Rappaport, Rhoda , Taylor, edited by Kenneth L.
Автор: Gunnarsson Britt Louise Название: Languages of Science in the Eighteenth Century ISBN: 3110255057 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110255058 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Цена: 33414.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The eighteenth century is an important period both in the history of science and in the history of languages. Interest in science, and especially in the useful sciences, exploded and a new, modern approach to scientific discovery and the accumulation of knowledge emerged. It was during this century, too, that ideas on language and language practice began to change. Latin had been more or less the only written language used for scientific purposes, but gradually the vernaculars became established as fully acceptable alternatives for scientific writing. The period is of interest, moreover, from a genre-historical point of view. Encyclopedias, dictionaries and also correspondence played a key role in the spread of scientific ideas. At the time, writing on scientific matters was not as distinct from fiction, poetry or religious texts as it is today, a fact which also gave a creative liberty to individual writers. In this volume, seventeen authors explore, from a variety of angles, the construction of a scientific language and discourse. The chapters are thematically organized into four sections, each contributing to our understanding of this dynamic period in the history of science: their themes are the forming of scientific communities, the emergence of new languages of science, the spread of scientific ideas, and the development of scientific writing. A particular focus is placed on the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). From the point of view of the natural sciences, Linnaeus is renowned for his principles for defining genera and species of organisms and his creation of a uniform system for naming them. From the standpoint of this volume, however, he is also of interest as an example of a European scientist of the eighteenth century. This volu
Автор: Lawrence M. Principe Название: New Narratives in Eighteenth-Century Chemistry ISBN: 9048175933 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789048175932 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 23757.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The eighteenth century has long been considered critical for the development of modern chemistry, yet many features of the period remain largely unknown or unexplored. Themes include late-phase alchemy, professionalization, chemical education, and the links and relations between chemistry and pharmacy, medicine, agriculture, and geology.
Описание: In this interdisciplinary study of eighteenth-century England, Patricia Fara explores how natural philosophers constructed magnetism as a science, appropriating the skills and knowledge of experienced navigators. For people of this period, magnetic phenomena reverberated with the symbolism of occult mystery, sexual attraction, and universal sympath
Автор: Lynn Michael R. Название: Popular Science and Public Opinion in Eighteenth-Century France ISBN: 071907374X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719073748 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 3377.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book analyses the forms of popular science, the social and economic status of those who practiced it and the audience, and the settings for scientific dissemination and appropriation. -- .
Автор: Yallop Helen Название: Age and Identity in Eighteenth-Century England ISBN: 1138662232 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138662230 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7654.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Yallop looks at how people in eighteenth-century England understood and dealt with growing older. Though no word for `aging` existed at this time, a person`s age was a significant aspect of their identity.
Автор: Packham Название: Eighteenth-Century Vitalism ISBN: 0230276180 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230276185 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book offers an important account of the relationship between science and culture in the eighteenth century. It examines the `vitalist` turn in physiology and natural philosophy, and its presence and effect in the burgeoning of philosophical and scientific inquiry of the Scottish Enlightenment, and the radical politics and culture of the 1790s.
Автор: Jenifer Buckley Название: Gender, Pregnancy and Power in Eighteenth-Century Literature ISBN: 3319538349 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319538341 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book reveals the cultural significance of the pregnant woman by examining major eighteenth-century debates concerning separate spheres, man-midwifery, performance, marriage, the body, education, and creative imagination.
Автор: R.L. Williams Название: Botanophilia in Eighteenth-Century France ISBN: 9048156785 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789048156788 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20962.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The book describes the innovations that enabled botany, in the Eighteenth century, to emerge as an independent science, independent from medicine and herbalism.
Описание: Combining historical and interpretive work, this collection examines changing perceptions of and relations between human and nonhuman animals in Britain over the long eighteenth century. Persistent questions concern modes of representing animals and animal-human hybrids, as well as the ethical issues raised by the human uses of other animals. From the animal men of Thomas Rowlandson to the part animal-part human creature of Victor Frankenstein, hybridity serves less as a metaphor than as a metonym for the intersections of humans and other animals. The contributors address such recurring questions as the implications of the Enlightenment project of naming and classifying animals, the equating of non-European races and nonhuman animals in early ethnographic texts, and the desire to distinguish the purely human from the entirely nonhuman animal. Gulliver's Travels and works by Mary and Percy Shelley emerge as key texts for this study. The volume will be of interest to scholars and students who work in animal, colonial, gender, and cultural studies; and will appeal to general readers concerned with the representation of animals and their treatment by humans.
Автор: Helen Yallop Название: Age and Identity in Eighteenth-Century England ISBN: 1848934017 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848934016 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22968.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Yallop looks at how people in eighteenth-century England understood and dealt with growing older. Though no word for `aging` existed at this time, a person`s age was a significant aspect of their identity.
Описание: This collection of essays challenges the prevailing assumption that eighteenth-century German philosophy prior to Kant was largely defined by post-Leibnizian rationalism and, accordingly, a low esteem of the cognitive function of the senses.
Описание: This book examines how sensory experience is conceptualised during the eighteenth century. It draws novel connections between theories of perception and the creative methods employed by poets, theologians, and scientists in their explorations of astronomy, light, colour, and the body. -- .
ООО "Логосфера " Тел:+7(495) 980-12-10 www.logobook.ru
