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Natural history in the eighteenth century was many things to many people - diversion, obsession, medically or economically useful knowledge, spectacle, evidence for God's providence and wisdom, or even the foundation of all natural knowledge. This book reveals how eighteenth-century natural historians incorporated various experimental techniques.

Catching Nature in the Act

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 4/16/2014 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780226088600, 978-0226088600
    ISBN10: 022608860X
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    Natural History Nature and the natural world: general interest History of science

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Natural history in the eighteenth century was many things to many people - diversion, obsession, medically or economically useful knowledge, spectacle, evidence for God's providence and wisdom, or even the foundation of all natural knowledge. This book reveals how eighteenth-century natural historians incorporated various experimental techniques.

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