Wonder & science
Subtitle: imagining worlds in early modern Europe
By: Mary Baine Campbell.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
Subjects: Imaginary places -- Early works to 1800 -- History and criticism.; Cosmography -- Early works to 1800 -- History and criticism.; Ethnology -- Early works to 1800 -- History and criticism.; Philosophy and science -- Europe -- History.; Wonder (Philosophy) -- History.; Europe -- Intellectual life -- 16th century.; Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.; Europe -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
Other titles: Wonder and science
Description: "During the early modern period, western Europe was transformed by the proliferation of new worlds - geographic worlds found in the voyages of discovery as well as conceptual and celestial worlds opened by natural philosophy, or science."--BOOK JACKET.

"Campbell's new book analyzes a cross section of texts in which worlds were made and unmade; these texts include cosmographics, colonial reports, works of natural philosophy and natural history, fantastic voyages, exotic fictions, and confessions."--BOOK JACKET.

"With more than thirty well-chosen illustrations, Wonder and Science enhances our understanding of the culture of early modern Europe, the history of science, and the development of literary forms, including the novel and ethnography."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-352) and index.