Book ID: CBB000933064

The Singular and the Making of Knowledge at the Royal Society of London in the Eighteenth Century (2009)

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Fontes da Costa, Palmira (Author)


Cambridge Scholars Publishing


Publication Date: 2009
Physical Details: xvi + 214 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Refers to the status of singular experiences.


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Review Gascoigne, John (2010) Review of "The Singular and the Making of Knowledge at the Royal Society of London in the Eighteenth Century". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 124). unapi

Review Miller, David Philip (2011) Review of "The Singular and the Making of Knowledge at the Royal Society of London in the Eighteenth Century". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 563). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Wragge-Morley, Alexander
Sims, Liam
Amelia Urry
Alan James Hogarth
Hellawell, Philippa
Witmore, Michael
Concepts
Societies; institutions; academies
Natural history
Experience; witness
Botany
Science and society
Rhetoric in scientific discourse
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
19th century
Early modern
20th century
Places
Great Britain
England
Bath (England)
Edinburgh
Bologna (Italy)
Scotland
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna
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