The Singular and the Making of Knowledge at the Royal Society of London in the Eighteenth Century (2009)
Fontes da Costa, Palmira (Author)
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Physical Details: xvi + 214 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English
Description Refers to the status of singular experiences.
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).
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).
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