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

Wonders and the Order of Nature, 1150-1750

Katharine Park, Lorraine Daston

512 pages 1998

3 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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