Cultures Of Natural History
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Cultures Of Natural History
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Author : Nicholas Jardine
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1996-01-26
Cultures Of Natural History written by Nicholas Jardine and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-26 with History categories.
This copiously illustrated volume is the first systematic general work to do justice to the fruits of recent scholarship in the history of natural history. Public interest in this lively field has been stimulated by environmental concerns and through links with the histories of art, collecting and gardening. The centrality of the development of natural history for other branches of history - medical, colonial, gender, economic, ecological - is increasingly recognized. Twenty-four specially commissioned essays cover the period from the sixteenth century, when the first institutions of natural history were created, to its late nineteenth-century transformation by practitioners of the new biological sciences. An introduction discusses novel approaches that have made this a major focus for research in cultural history. The essays, which include suggestions for further reading, offer a coherent and accessible overview of a fascinating subject. An epilogue highlights the relevance of this wide-ranging survey for current debates on museum practice, the display of ecological diversity and concerns about the environment.
Cultures Of Natural History
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Author : Nicholas Jardine
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
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Cultures And Institutions Of Natural History
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Author : Michael T. Ghiselin
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2016-09-17
Cultures And Institutions Of Natural History written by Michael T. Ghiselin and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-17 with Reference categories.
Excerpt from Cultures and Institutions of Natural History: Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science This volume consists mainly of papers delivered at two meetings cosponsored by the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milan and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. The first, on the Culture of Natural History, was held in Milan, November l4-l 6, I996. The second, on Institutions of Natural History, was held in San Francisco, October 5 - 7, 1998. They followed two earlier conferences on Biology as History (pinna and Ghiselin I996; Ghiselin and Pinna I996) likewise held in Milan and San Francisco. We intend to continue the series of meetings and have publications based on them in commemoration of the Academy's sesquicentennial in 2003. The emphasis here is mainly upon natural history museums and the kind of science that goes on in them. Although the essays were originally written to stand by themselves, when arranged in chronological order they suggest a common theme. To paraphrase Darwin, the culture and institutions of natural history have been, and are being, evolved. They have adapted to local circumstances, diversified, and sometimes even progressed. We may hope that the future holds more than just retrogression and extinction in store. Read as case studies the essays provide valuable insights into not just how, but why, the institutions have come into being and subsequently been transformed. Previous generations had quite different ideas than we do about how a collection of naturalia is supposed to function and how it should be organized. And there were con icting goals and serious disputes about policy, much as there are today. Often, though not always, the institutions turn out to be very different from what had been envisioned by their founders. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Elephants
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Author : Karl Gröning
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Elephants written by Karl Gröning and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Nature categories.
Traces the history of elephants, describes their behavior and characteristics, and looks at their influence on various cultures.
Cultures And Institutions Of Natural History
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Author : MICHAEL T. GHISELIN
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Cultures And Institutions Of Natural History written by MICHAEL T. GHISELIN and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
Wired For Culture
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Author : Mark Pagel
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2012-03-01
Wired For Culture written by Mark Pagel and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-01 with Social Science categories.
'Expresses an infectious sense of wonder at the uniqueness of our species; it is hard not to be affected by his enthusiasm' Sunday Times What explains the staggering diversity of cultures in the world? Why are there so many languages, even within small areas? Why do we rejoice in rituals and wrap ourselves in flags? In Wired for Culture Mark Pagel, the world's leading expert on human development, reveals how our facility for culture is the key to what makes us who we are. Shedding light on everything from art, morality and affection to jealousy, self-interest and prejudice, Pagel shows that we developed culture - cooperating together and passing on knowledge - in order to survive. Our minds are hardwired for culture, and it still determines how we speak, who we love, why we kill and what we think today. 'Human evolution may be the hottest area in popular science writing. Within this field, Wired for Culture stands out for both its sweeping erudition and its accessibility ... richly rewarding' Financial Times 'Impressive for its detail, accuracy and vivacity' Guardian 'Pioneering, vivid ... the best popular science book on culture so far' Nature
Worlds Of Natural History
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Author : Helen Anne Curry
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-11-22
Worlds Of Natural History written by Helen Anne Curry and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-22 with Nature categories.
Explores the development of natural history since the Renaissance and contextualizes current discussions of biodiversity.
American Curiosity
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Author : Susan Scott Parrish
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2012-12-01
American Curiosity written by Susan Scott Parrish and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-01 with History categories.
Colonial America presented a new world of natural curiosities for settlers as well as the London-based scientific community. In American Curiosity, Susan Scott Parrish examines how various peoples in the British colonies understood and represented the natural world around them from the late sixteenth century through the eighteenth. Parrish shows how scientific knowledge about America, rather than flowing strictly from metropole to colony, emerged from a horizontal exchange of information across the Atlantic. Delving into an understudied archive of letters, Parrish uncovers early descriptions of American natural phenomena as well as clues to how people in the colonies construed their own identities through the natural world. Although hierarchies of gender, class, institutional learning, place of birth or residence, and race persisted within the natural history community, the contributions of any participant were considered valuable as long as they supplied novel data or specimens from the American side of the Atlantic. Thus Anglo-American nonelites, women, Indians, and enslaved Africans all played crucial roles in gathering and relaying new information to Europe. Recognizing a significant tradition of nature writing and representation in North America well before the Transcendentalists, American Curiosity also enlarges our notions of the scientific Enlightenment by looking beyond European centers to find a socially inclusive American base to a true transatlantic expansion of knowledge.
American Curiosity
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Author : Susan Scott Parrish
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
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Pliny S Catalogue Of Culture
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Author : Sorcha Carey
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2006
Pliny S Catalogue Of Culture written by Sorcha Carey and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Literary Collections categories.
This title argues that Pliny's encyclopaedic "Natural History" offers a sophisticated account of the world as empire, in which art can be used to expound a Roman imperial agenda. This text considers how the medium affects Pliny's presentation and uses of art in this context.