Author : John Ray
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,96 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Cambridge (England)
ISBN : 9780903874434
A catalogue of plants growing around Cambridge (1660) -- Appendix to the catalogue of plants growing around Cambridge (1663) -- Appendix to the catalogue of plants growing around Cambridge, second edition (1685).
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Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,65 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Botanists
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Author : Claire Preston
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 19,44 MB
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 0198704801
This study examines the way that scientists in the 16th and 17th centuries, who had not studied 'science' formally, used the tools of their literary education to formulate ideas about science and, at the same time, how the remarkable 17th-century scientific developments inspired non-scientific writers to make new fictions of discovery.
Author : Charles E. Raven
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 15,52 MB
Release : 1986-05-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521310833
Charles Raven's biography of the seventeenth-century English naturalist John Ray is one of the great works in the history of science. The author's command of Latin (the language in which all Ray's biological works were written) and his enthusiasm for natural history enabled him to interpret superbly to the modern reader John Ray's remarkable scientific work and to rescue Ray's reputation from undeserved neglect. Raven reveals the unique influence Ray had on the development of modern science and in particular explains sympathetically the key role of Ray's last, most popular and most influential work, The Wisdom of God, which was the forerunner of the great 'Darwinian' controversies between science and religion in the nineteenth century.
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Publisher : BRILL
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 37,55 MB
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9004285326
Francis Willughby together with John Ray revolutionized the study of natural history. They were motivated by the new philosophy of the mid 1600s and transformed natural history in to a rigorous area of study. Because Ray lived longer and more of his writings have survived, his reputation subsequently eclipsed that of Willughby. Now, with access to previously unexplored archives and new discoveries we are able to provide a comprehensive evaluation of Francis Willughby’s life and works. What emerges is a polymath, a true virtuoso, who made original and imaginative contributions to mathematics, chemistry, linguistics as well as natural history. We use Willughby’s short life as a lens through which to view the entire process of seventeenth-century scientific endeavor. Contributors are Tim Birkhead, Isabelle Charmantier, David Cram, Meghan Doherty, Mark Greengrass, Daisy Hildyard, Dorothy Johnston, Sachiko Kusukawa, Brian Ogilvie, William Poole, Chris Preston, Anna Marie Roos, Richard Serjeantson, Paul J. Smith and Benjamin Wardhaugh.
Author : Frans Korsten
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 34,53 MB
Release : 2010-02-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521128889
Dr Korsten provides a biographical sketch of Thomas Baker and reconstructs his library of 4300 titles.
Author : Robert Bowes
Publisher :
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 47,91 MB
Release : 1894
Category : Cambridge (England)
ISBN :
Author : Alexander Wragge-Morley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 20,55 MB
Release : 2020-04-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 022668086X
The scientists affiliated with the early Royal Society of London have long been regarded as forerunners of modern empiricism, rejecting the symbolic and moral goals of Renaissance natural history in favor of plainly representing the world as it really was. In Aesthetic Science, Alexander Wragge-Morley challenges this interpretation by arguing that key figures such as John Ray, Robert Boyle, Nehemiah Grew, Robert Hooke, and Thomas Willis saw the study of nature as an aesthetic project. To show how early modern naturalists conceived of the interplay between sensory experience and the production of knowledge, Aesthetic Science explores natural-historical and anatomical works of the Royal Society through the lens of the aesthetic. By underscoring the importance of subjective experience to the communication of knowledge about nature, Wragge-Morley offers a groundbreaking reconsideration of scientific representation in the early modern period and brings to light the hitherto overlooked role of aesthetic experience in the history of the empirical sciences.
Author : Tim Birkhead
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 36,40 MB
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 140887850X
'Birkhead has combined ingenuity and perseverance to produce an evocative portrait of a great pioneer in the scientific study of birds' Literary Review Francis Willughby lived and thrived in the midst of the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Along with his Cambridge tutor John Ray, Willughby was determined to overhaul the whole of natural history and impose order on its complexity. It was exhilarating, exacting and exhausting work. Yet before Willughby and Ray could complete their monumental encyclopaedia of birds, Ornithology, Willughby died. In the centuries since, Ray's reputation has grown, obscuring that of his collaborator. Now, for the first time, Willughby's own story and genius are given the attention they deserve. Tim Birkhead celebrates how Willughby's endeavours set a standard for the way birds and natural history should be studied. Rich with glorious detail, The Wonderful Mr Willughby is a fascinating insight into a thrilling period of scientific history and a lively biography of a man who lived at its heart.
Author : Stuart Max Walters
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 21,82 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521237956
