Histories of scientific observation / edited by Lorraine Daston and Elizabeth Lunbeck.
Histories of scientific observation / edited by Lorraine Daston and Elizabeth Lunbeck.
Histories of scientific observation / edited by Lorraine Daston and Elizabeth Lunbeck.
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Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Date
2011.
Call Numbers
G 2014/3903
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Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
460 pages, [4] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Observation in the margins, 500-1500 / Katharine Park -- Observation rising : birth of an epistemic genre, 1500-1650 / Gianna Pomata -- The empire of observation, 1600-1800 / Lorraine Daston -- The color of blood : between sensory experience and epistemic significance / Domenico Bertoloni Meli -- Se...
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Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2011.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Observation is the most pervasive and fundamental practice of all the modern sciences, both natural and human. Its instruments include not only the naked senses but also tools such as the telescope and microscope, the questionnaire, the photographic plate, the notebook, the glassed-in beehive, and myriad other ingenious inventions designed to make...
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Full title
Histories of scientific observation / edited by Lorraine Daston and Elizabeth Lunbeck.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Other version (online)
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G 2014/3903
Record Identifier
74VKKM2X027O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKM2X027O
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ISBN
0226136787 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226136776 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226136779 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226136783 (pbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
507.23
MMS ID
991021791399702626
