Pengarang: Matthew D. Eddy

‘The consciousness of knowing little, need not beget a distrust of that which he does not know.’ In Natural Theology William Paley set out to prove the existence of God from the evidence of the beaut …

‘The consciousness of knowing little, need not beget a distrust of that which he does not know.’ In Natural Theology William Paley set out to prove the existence of God from the evidence of the beaut …

Classification is an important part of science, yet the specific methods used to construct Enlightenment systems of natural history have proven to be the b A te noir of studies of eighteenth-century …

Classification is an important part of science, yet the specific methods used to construct Enlightenment systems of natural history have proven to be the b A te noir of studies of eighteenth-century …

The years between 1700 and 1900 witnessed a fundamental transition in attitudes towards science, as earlier concepts of natural philosophy were replaced with a more modern conception of science. This …

The years between 1700 and 1900 witnessed a fundamental transition in attitudes towards science, as earlier concepts of natural philosophy were replaced with a more modern conception of science. This …

The last twenty-five years have witnessed some provocative transmutations in our understanding of early modern chemistry. The alchemist, once marginalized as a quack, now joins the apothecary, miner, …