{"product_id":"virtuoso-by-nature-the-scientific-worlds-of-francis-willughby-frs-1635-1672-9789004285316","title":"Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby FRS (1635-1672)","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancis Willughby together with John Ray revolutionized the study of natural history. They were motivated by the new philosophy of the mid 1600s and transformed natural history in to a rigorous area of study. Because Ray lived longer and more of his writings have survived, his reputation subsequently eclipsed that of Willughby. Now, with access to previously unexplored archives and new discoveries we are able to provide a comprehensive evaluation of Francis Willughby’s life and works. What emerges is a polymath, a true virtuoso, who made original and imaginative contributions to mathematics, chemistry, linguistics as well as natural history. We use Willughby’s short life as a lens through which to view the entire process of seventeenth-century scientific endeavor.     Contributors are Tim Birkhead, Isabelle Charmantier, David Cram, Meghan Doherty, Mark Greengrass, Daisy Hildyard, Dorothy Johnston, Sachiko Kusukawa, Brian Ogilvie, William Poole, Chris Preston, Anna Marie Roos, Richard Serjeantson, Paul J. Smith and Benjamin Wardhaugh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[this] ]volume [...] provides us with an exemplary view of a figure [of Francis Willughby] whose wide-ranging significance is at last becoming clear.  - Michael Hunter, Birkbeck, University of London, EHR, CXXXIII. 564, October. 2018, 1314-1316, doi:10.1093\/ehr\/cey215   It [the work] is a very worthy validation of a neglected and misunderstood scientist.  - William Noblett, Archives of Natural History 45.1 (2018):  pp. 184-185 (DOI: 10.3366\/anh.2018.0503)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Michael Willoughby, Lord Middleton  xi  Preface xii  Acknowledgements xvi  List of Figures and Maps xix  List of Abbreviations xxiii  List of Contributors xxiv     1. The Life and Domestic Context of Francis Willughby 1  Dorothy Johnston    2. The Education of Francis Willughby 44  Richard Serjeantson    3. The Chymistry of Francis Willughby (1635–72): The Trinity College, Cambridge Community 99  Anna Marie Roos    4. Willughby’s Mathematics 122  Benjamin Wardhaugh    5 Science on the Move: Francis Willughby’s Expeditions 142  Mark Greengrass, Daisy Hildyard, Christopher D. Preston, and Paul J. Smith    6 The Willughby Library in the Time of Francis the Naturalist 227  William Poole    7.  Francis Willughby and John Ray on Words and Things 244  David Cram    8.  Willughby’s Ornithology 268  Tim R. Birkhead, Paul J. Smith, Meghan Doherty, and Isabelle Charmantier    9.  Historia Piscium (1686) and Its Sources 305  Sachiko Kusukawa    10.  Willughby on Insects 335  Brian W. Ogilvie    11.  The Legacies of Francis Willughby 360  Isabelle Charmantier, Dorothy Johnston, and Paul J. Smith    Bibliography 387  Index 419","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210660929879,"sku":"9789004285316","price":178.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/virtuoso-by-nature-the-scientific-worlds-of-francis-willughby-frs-1635-1672-9789004285316","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}