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Available for the first time in English, Roger's masterwork of intellectual history situates the life sciences within the larger context of French Enlightenment thought and the history of institutions.

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"It fashions a standard of incredible breadth against which all subsequent histories of the biological sciences must be measured. In fact, it must become one of the seminal works in the interpretation of eighteenth-century science."—Journal of the History of Biology

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Preface Part I. The End of the Renaissance, 1600-1670: 1. The medical and scientific spirit of the first half of the seventeenth century 2. The battle with shadows 3. In search of clear ideas Conclusion Part II. The Scientists' Philosophy, 1670-1745: 4. The new scientific mentality 5. New discoveries in animal reproduction 6. The pre-existence of germs Conclusion Part III. The Philosophers' Science, 1745-1770: 8. Precursors and mavericks 9. Buffon 10. Resistance to the new science Conclusion Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index.

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      Publisher: MK - Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780804725781, 978-0804725781
      ISBN10: 0804725780

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Available for the first time in English, Roger's masterwork of intellectual history situates the life sciences within the larger context of French Enlightenment thought and the history of institutions.

      Trade Review
      "It fashions a standard of incredible breadth against which all subsequent histories of the biological sciences must be measured. In fact, it must become one of the seminal works in the interpretation of eighteenth-century science."—Journal of the History of Biology

      Table of Contents
      Preface Part I. The End of the Renaissance, 1600-1670: 1. The medical and scientific spirit of the first half of the seventeenth century 2. The battle with shadows 3. In search of clear ideas Conclusion Part II. The Scientists' Philosophy, 1670-1745: 4. The new scientific mentality 5. New discoveries in animal reproduction 6. The pre-existence of germs Conclusion Part III. The Philosophers' Science, 1745-1770: 8. Precursors and mavericks 9. Buffon 10. Resistance to the new science Conclusion Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index.

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