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Wonders and the order of nature, 1150-1750
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Wonders and the order of nature, 1150-1750

Author: Lorraine Daston; Katharine Park
Publisher: New York : Zone Books ; Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by the MIT Press, 1998.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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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