Catching nature in the act : Réaumur and the practice of natural history in the eighteenth century / Mary Terrall.
Pubblicazione:
Chicago : The University of Chicago press, c2014.
Descrizione fisica:
275 p. : ill., ritr. ; 25 cm
Contiene:
Indice: 1. The terrain of natural history 2. Catching nature in the act 3. Seeing again and again : illustration and observation in domestic surroundings 4. Recruiting observers and training philosophical eyes 5. Natural prodigies : asexual reproduction and regeneration 6. A spectacle pleasing to the mind : natural history on display 7. Chickens, eggs, and the perennial question of the generation of animals. Epilogue. Acknowledgments. Notes. Bibliography. Index
