Wonders and the Order of Nature, 1150-1750 by Lorraine Daston, Katharine Park

Wonders and the Order of Nature, 1150-1750

Lorraine Daston, Katharine Park

512 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction art history science challenging informative slow-paced
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A rich exploration of how European naturalists used wonder and wonders (oddities and marvels) to envision and explain the natural world.Winner of the History of Science Society's Pfizer Prize. This book is about setting the limits of the natural a...

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