Wonders and the order of nature, 1150-1750
By: Lorraine Daston, Katharine Park.
Contributors: Park, Katharine, 1950-
Publisher: Zone Books; Distributed by the MIT Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York; Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 511
Subjects: Science, Medieval; Science -- History -- 18th century; Science -- Philosophy -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 451-497) and index.
Table of contents: title: The topography of wonder; title: The properties of things; title: Wonder among the philosophers; title: Marvelous particulars; title: Monsters: a case study; title: Strange facts; title: Wonders of art, wonders of nature; title: The passions of inquiry; title: The enlightenment and the anti-marvelous.