{"product_id":"the-life-sciences-in-eighteenthcentury-french-thought-9780804725781","title":"The Life Sciences in EighteenthCentury French","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvailable 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of Biology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  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.","brand":"MK - Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038191747415,"sku":"9780804725781","price":84.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804725781.jpg?v=1750939422","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-life-sciences-in-eighteenthcentury-french-thought-9780804725781","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}