Animal, vegetable, mineral? : how eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order / Susannah...
Animal, vegetable, mineral? : how eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order / Susannah...
Animal, vegetable, mineral? : how eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order / Susannah Gibson.
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G 2015/4727
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? -- 2.Animal: The Problem of the Zoophyte -- 3.Vegetable: The Creation of New Life -- 4.Mineral: Living Rocks -- 5.The Fourth Kingdom: Perceptive Plants -- 6.Epilogue.
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Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
England
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Science--history
- Animals
- Plants
- Minerals--history
- Botany--history
- Zoology--history
- Bryozoa
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Summary
Since the time of Aristotle, there had been a clear divide between the three kingdoms of animal, vegetable, and mineral. But by the eighteenth century, biological experiments, and the wide range of new creatures coming to Europe from across the world, challenged these neat divisions. Abraham Trembley found that freshwater polyps grew into complete...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Animal, vegetable, mineral? : how eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order / Susannah Gibson.
Portion of title
How eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order.
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Author / Creator
Notes
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Includes bibliographic references and index.
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G 2015/4727
Record Identifier
74VKz24Gz4mZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKz24Gz4mZ
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ISBN
0198705131 hardcover
9780198705130 hardcover
DDC
578.012
MMS ID
991023321179702626
