Poetics of scientific investigation in seventeenth-century england, the
Auteur :
Preston, Claire
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780192867032
Date de publication :
28 juil. 2022
Dimensions :
21,4 x 13,3 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
372 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This study examines the way that scientists in the 16th and 17th centuries, who had not studied 'science' formally, used the tools of their literary education to formulate ideas about science and, at the same time, how the remarkable seventeenth-century scientific developments inspired non-scientific writers to make new fictions of discovery.