Format:
511 S. :
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
Edition:
2. printing
ISBN:
0-942299-90-6
Content:
Discusses how European scientists from the High Middle Ages through the Enlightenment used wonders, monsters, curiosities, marvels, and other phenomena to envision the natural world.
Note:
Literaturverz. S. 451 - 497
Language:
English
Subjects:
Natural Sciences
,
Philosophy
,
Sociology
Keywords:
Naturwissenschaften
;
Philosophie
;
Wunder
;
Kultur
;
Mensch
;
Missbildung
;
Raritätenkammer
;
Fabeltiere
;
Wunder
Author information:
Daston, Lorraine 1951-
Author information:
Park, Katharine 1950-