Fictions of the Cosmos : Science and Literature in the Seventeenth Century
Frédérique. Aït-Touati
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Chicago, Ill. ; London : : University of Chicago Press, , 2011.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (273 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Cosmic Imagination; Part Two: Conjectural Machines; Part Three: Observing Monsters; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - In today's academe, the fields of science and literature are considered unconnected, one relying on raw data and fact, the other focusing on fiction. During the period between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, however, the two fields were not so distinct. Just as the natural philosophers of the era were discovering in and adopting from literature new strategies and techniques for their discourse, so too were poets and storytellers finding inspiration in natural philosophy, particularly in astronomy. A work that speaks to the history of science and
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| ISBN | 0226011224. - 9780226011226
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