The art of experimental natural history

• Date de parution : 12/02/2016
• Editeur : Zeta Books
• EAN : 9786068266930
• Série : (-)
• Support : Papier

• Nombre de pages : 344
• Collection : (-)
• Genre : Anglais
• Thème : Sciences humaines en langue anglaise
• Prix littéraire(s) : (-)

Francis Bacon introduced his contemporaries to a new way of investigating nature. He called it «natural and experimental history». Despite its rather traditional name, Bacon's natural and experimental history was a new discipline: it comprised new ideas, new practices and new models of... Voir plus

Francis Bacon introduced his contemporaries to a new way of investigating nature. He called it «natural and experimental history». Despite its rather traditional name, Bacon's natural and experimental history was a new discipline: it comprised new ideas, new practices and new models of collaborative research. This new discipline was, in many ways, a surprisingly successful project. It provided early modern naturalists with tools, methods and models for both investigating nature and writing about their subject. It also offered a set of norms and values for guiding research. And yet, this new discipline was not a science of nature - it was more like an art. This book aims to trace the emergence, evolution and reception of Francis Bacon's art of experimental natural history.