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9780300184037
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- PART ONE: The Young Jefferson -- ONE: Lost: One Large Moose -- TWO: The Man Who Could Not Live Without Books -- THREE: Schooling, Formal and Informal -- FOUR: A Measured and Orderly World -- PART TWO: Natural Science -- FIVE: Science and the Mastodon -- SIX: The Natural History of Virginia and America -- SEVEN: Mountains and Shells -- EIGHT: On Fossils and Extinction -- PART THREE: They, the People -- NINE: Europe and the Peoples of America -- TEN: Natural History, Slavery, and Race -- ELEVEN: The Color of Their Skin -- PART FOUR: Useful Knowledge -- TWELVE: The Paris Years -- THIRTEEN: The Practical Scientist -- PART FIVE: The National Stage -- FOURTEEN: Climate and Geography -- FIFTEEN: Redeeming the Wilderness -- SIXTEEN: The Unknown West -- PART SIX: Philosophical Issues -- SEVENTEEN: ''His Theories I Cannot Admire'' -- EIGHTEEN: Philosophers Unwelcome -- NINETEEN: Transcendental Truths -- Epilogue. Measuring the Shadow -- Appendix: Jefferson's Letter on Climate to Jean Baptiste Le Roy -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Author�s Note""; ""Introduction""; ""PART ONE: The Young Jefferson""; ""ONE: Lost: One Large Moose""; ""TWO: The Man Who Could Not Live Without Books""; ""THREE: Schooling, Formal and Informal""; ""FOUR: A Measured and Orderly World""; ""PART TWO: Natural Science""; ""FIVE: Science and the Mastodon""; ""SIX: The Natural History of Virginia and America""; ""SEVEN: Mountains and Shells""; ""EIGHT: On Fossils and Extinction""; ""PART THREE: They, the People""; ""NINE: Europe and the Peoples of America""
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""TEN: Natural History, Slavery, and Race""""ELEVEN: The Color of Their Skin""; ""PART FOUR: Useful Knowledge""; ""TWELVE: The Paris Years""; ""THIRTEEN: The Practical Scientist""; ""PART FIVE: The National Stage""; ""FOURTEEN: Climate and Geography""; ""FIFTEEN: Redeeming the Wilderness""; ""SIXTEEN: The Unknown West""; ""PART SIX: Philosophical Issues""; ""SEVENTEEN: ��His Theories I Cannot Admire��""; ""EIGHTEEN: Philosophers Unwelcome""; ""NINETEEN: Transcendental Truths""; ""Epilogue. Measuring the Shadow""; ""Appendix: Jefferson�s Letter on Climate to Jean Baptiste Le Roy""
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""Notes""""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
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ISBN 9780300187403
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ISBN 9780300184037
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Jefferson's Shadow : The Story of His Science
Sprache:
Englisch
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