Knowing Nature in Early Modern Europe

Knowing Nature in Early Modern Europe
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 344
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ISBN-10 : 9781317317371
ISBN-13 : 1317317378
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Download or read book Knowing Nature in Early Modern Europe written by David Beck and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today we are used to clear divisions between science and the arts. But early modern thinkers had no such distinctions, with ‘knowledge’ being a truly interdisciplinary pursuit. Each chapter of this collection presents a case study from a different area of knowledge.


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