Catching nature in the act : Réaumur and the practice of natural history in the eighteenth century / Mary Terrall

Englisch

Chicago, Ill. [u.a.] : Univ. of Chicago Press, 2014

275 S. : Ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online-Ausg.: Terrall, Mary: Catching nature in the act. - Chicago, [Illinois] : The University of Chicago Press, 2014. - Online-Ressource (1 online resource (284 pages))

978-0-226-08860-0 cloth : alkaline paper

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-0-226-08874-7 (Fernzugriff) ebk

Setting the stage"Catching nature in the act" -- Seeing again and again : illustration and observation in domestic settings -- Recruiting observers and training "philosophical eyes" -- Natural prodigies : asexual reproduction and regeneration -- A spectacle pleasing to the mind : natural history on display -- Chickens, eggs, and the perennial question of animal generation.

9780226088600

*Réaumur, René Antoine Ferchault de *1683-1757* / Frankophones Europa / Aufklärung / Natur / Geschichte 1700-1800

*Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de -- 1683-1757 ; Natural history -- History -- 18th century ; Naturalists -- History -- 18th century ; Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de 1683-1757 -- Natural history / History / 18th century -- Naturalists / History / 18th century -- Natural history -- Naturalists / History

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: QH15

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 508 ; 001.09

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: TB 3281: TA-TD Allgemeine Naturwissenschaft / TB 2170-TB 3999 Geschichte, Biografien, Festschriften / rd - rf

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: WC 5050: W Biologie / WC Methoden / Allgemeines

Setting the stage -- "Catching nature in the act" -- Seeing again and again : illustration and observation in domestic settings -- Recruiting observers and training "philosophical eyes" -- Natural prodigies : asexual reproduction and regeneration -- A spectacle pleasing to the mind : natural history on display -- Chickens, eggs, and the perennial question of animal generation

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