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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Lorraine Daston; Katharine Park |
| ISBN: | 0942299906 9780942299908 |
| OCLC Number: | 35961443 |
| Description: | 511 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: At the Limit -- I. The Topography of Wonder -- II. The Properties of Things -- III. Wonder Among the Philosophers -- IV. Marvelous Particulars -- V. Monsters: A Case Study -- VI. Strange Facts -- VII. Wonders of Art, Wonders of Nature -- VIII. The Passions of Inquiry -- IX. The Enlightenment and the Anti-Marvelous. |
| Responsibility: | Lorraine Daston, Katharine Park. |
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