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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56068667 Title: Thomas Browne and the writing of early modern science Author: Claire Preston Publisher: Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN/ISSN: 0521837944 9780521837941 OCLC:56068667

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Thomas Browne and the writing of early modern science

Author:	Claire Preston
Publisher:	Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"Claire Preston argues that Thomas Browne's work can be fully understood only within the range of disciplines and practices associated with natural philosophy and early modern empiricism. In this major new evaluation of Browne's oeuvre, Preston examines how the developing essay form, the discourse of scientific experiment, and above all Bacon's model of intellectual progress and cooperation determined the unique Read more...
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Subjects	Browne, Thomas, -- Sir, -- 1605-1682 -- Criticism and interpretation. Browne, Thomas, -- Sir, -- 1605-1682 -- Knowledge -- Science. Browne, Thomas, -- Sir, -- 1605-1682 View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Criticism, interpretation, etc History
Named Person:	Thomas Browne, Sir; Thomas Browne, Sir; Thomas Browne, Sir; Thomas Browne, Philosoph 1605-1682.; Thomas Browne
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
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ISBN:	0521837944 9780521837941
OCLC Number:	56068667
Description:	xiv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:	1. Browne's civility -- 2. Religio Medici: the junior endeavour -- 3. The civil monument: Pseudodoxia Epidemica and investigative culture -- 4. The laureate of the grave: Urne-Buriall and the failure of memory -- 5. The jocund cabinet and the melancholy museum: a brief excursion into Brownean comedy -- 6. The epitome of the earth: The Garden of Cyrus and verdancy -- 7. The fruits of natural knowledge: the fugitive writings, and a conclusion.
Responsibility:	Claire Preston.
More information:	Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description Table of contents Publisher description The Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund Home Page

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