The Science of Describing – Natural History in Renaissance Europe - Hardcover

Ogilvie, Brian W

 
9780226620879: The Science of Describing – Natural History in Renaissance Europe
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0226620875 ISBN 13: 9780226620879
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2006

Synopsis

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.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.

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About the Author

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

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0226620875
ISBN 13 
9780226620879
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
431

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