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Catching nature in the act : Réaumur and the practice of natural history in the eighteenth century /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Terrall, Mary (Author)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de, > 1683-1757.
Natural history > History > 18th century.
Naturalists > History > 18th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Setting the stage
  • "Catching nature in the act"
  • Seeing again and again : illustration and observation in domestic settings
  • Recruiting observers and training "philosophical eyes"
  • Natural prodigies : asexual reproduction and regeneration
  • A spectacle pleasing to the mind : natural history on display
  • Chickens, eggs, and the perennial question of animal generation.