Erasmus Darwin : sex, science and serendipity / Patricia Fara.
Pubblicazione:
Oxford : Oxford university press, 2012.
Descrizione fisica:
XI, 322 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Contiene:
Indice: List. of illustrations. Introduction: Serendipity. Pt. 1. The loves of the triangles: Poetry, geometry and satire. 1. Erasmus Darwin 2. The loves of the triangles 3. A triangle of poets. Pt. 2. The loves of the plants: Botany, women and morality. 4. The loves of the plants 5. Women on trial 6. Seraglios. Pt. 3. The economy of vegetation: Knowledge, power and society. 7. The Lunar society 8. The economy of vegetation 9. The triangular slave trade. Pt. 4. The temple of nature: Progress, race and evolution. 10. Defining people 11. The temple of nature 12. Origins. Conclusion: Reputation and reflections. Appendix: The loves of the triangles. Notes. Bibliography. Index
