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Author Costa, Palmira Fontes da.

Title The singular and the making of knowledge at the Royal Society of London in the eighteenth century / by Palmira Fontes da Costa
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 214 pages) : illustrations
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES ON SOURCES AND CONVENTIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary The central subject of this book is the status of singular experiences in the making of natural knowledge at the Royal Society of London in the eighteenth century. It makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the importance of the reporting and display of extraordinary phenomena at the Royal Society in this period, and shows that the success of these practices was largely based on their multiple roles within the Society, where singular experiences not only promoted natural hist ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-208) and index
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Subject Royal Society (Great Britain) -- History -- 18th century
SUBJECT Royal Society (Great Britain) fast (OCoLC)fst00538339
Subject Animals -- Abnormalities -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Natural history -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 18th century
Medicine -- History -- 18th century.
Natural History -- history
Societies -- history
History, 18th Century
History.
Humanities.
Social & cultural history.
NATURE -- Essays.
NATURE -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
Medicine.
Animals -- Abnormalities.
Natural history.
Science -- Philosophy.
SUBJECT United Kingdom
Subject Great Britain.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781443804097
1443804096
1282189905
9781282189904
9786612189906
6612189908