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Author Ogilvie, Brian W.

Title The science of describing : natural history in Renaissance Europe / Brian W. Ogilvie.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 385 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-365) and index.
Contents Introduction -- The world of Renaissance natural nistory -- The humanist invention of natural history -- A science of describing -- Common sense, classification, and the catalogue of nature -- Conclusion : what was Renaissance natural history.
Summary 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 reconstruct.
Awards PSP Prose Awards (nominated), 2006
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Subject Science -- Europe -- History -- 16th century.
Science.
Europe.
History.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Natural history -- Europe -- History -- 16th century.
Natural history.
Science, Renaissance.
Science, Renaissance.
Chronological Term 1500-1599
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Ogilvie, Brian W. Science of describing. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2006 (DLC) 2005019254
ISBN 9780226620862 (electronic book)
0226620867 (electronic book)
9780226620879 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0226620875 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
128196610X
9781281966100
0226620875 (cloth ; alkaline paper)