The Power of Images in Early Modern Science /
The book is dedicated to the role of visual representations in the early modern period. It brings together historical case studies from various fields and discusses epistemological questions such as the role of images as mediatory instances between practical and theoretical knowledge, the interactio...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Basel :
Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint : Birkhäuser,
2003.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The book is dedicated to the role of visual representations in the early modern period. It brings together historical case studies from various fields and discusses epistemological questions such as the role of images as mediatory instances between practical and theoretical knowledge, the interaction between images and texts, and the potential of images to synthesize fragments of knowledge to a global picture. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 308 pages 202 illustrations, 86 illustrations in color.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783034880992 (electronic bk.) 3034880995 (electronic bk.) |