Knowing Nature in Early Modern Europe - 9781848935181

Taylor & Francis

Knowing Nature in Early Modern EuropeAuthor(s): David Beck\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781848935181, 978-1848935181\nSynopsis\nToday 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.