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The eye of the Lynx : Galileo, his friends, and the beginnings of modern natural history /

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Publisher's description: Some years ago, David Freedberg opened a dusty cupboard at Windsor Castle and discovered hundreds of vividly colored, masterfully precise drawings of all sorts of plants and animals from the Old and New Worlds. Coming upon thousands more drawings like them across Europe...

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Main Author: Freedberg, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Galilei, Galileo, > 1564-1642.
Cesi, Federico, > 1585-1630.
Accademia nazionale dei Lincei > History.
Accademia nazionale dei Lincei.
Science > Italy > History.
Natural History > history.
Italy.
Electronic books.
ISBN:9780226261539
0226261530
9780226261485
0226261484
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note to Historians of Science
  • Introduction: Saving the Appearances
  • PART I: BACKGROUND
  • 1. The Paper Museum
  • 2. Lynxes
  • PART II: ASTRONOMY
  • 3. The New Star
  • 4. The Telescope: Imperfection in the Heavens
  • 5. The Conflict of Truths
  • PART III: NATURAL HISTORY
  • 6. The Chastity of Bees
  • 7. The Microscope and the Vernacular
  • 8. Plants and Reproduction
  • 9. The Mexican Treasury: Taxonomy and Illustration
  • 10. The Doctorâ€?s Dilemmas: Description, Dissection, and the Problem of Illustration
  • 11. FossilsPART IV: PICTURES AND ORDER
  • 12. The Failure of Pictures
  • 13. The Order of Nature
  • 14. The Fate of Pictures: Appearance, Truth, and Ambiguity
  • Notes
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Headings
  • Index

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