Animal, vegetable, mineral?: how eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order
Auteur :
Gibson, Susannah
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198705130
Date de publication :
23 juil. 2015
Dimensions :
22,2 x 14,3 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
410 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Does the natural world divide neatly into 'animal, vegetable, mineral'? Discoveries in the 18th century threw the question wide open; debates raged, and fed into wider religious and political battles concerning God's creation and the natural social order.