Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination

Appleby, Joyce

ISBN 10: 0393349799 / ISBN 13: 9780393349795

Editore: W. W. Norton & Company, 2014

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Titolo: Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries ...

Casa editrice: W. W. Norton & Company

Data di pubblicazione: 2014

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: Good

Edizione: 1st Edition.

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Riassunto:

Describes how the European explorations by sea in search of riches ultimately fueled advances in science and technology by creating a thirst for knowledge about the interesting and unique specimens of plants and animals brought back from the New World. 13,000 first printing.

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Christopher Columbus s landing in the Western Hemisphere in 1492 marked a decisive moment in world history. But as Joyce Appleby argues in this lucid and economically written survey of scientific thought, its intellectual impact unfolded gradually. In riveting prose, she shows how American geography, peoples, flora, and fauna forced European scientists to alter their understanding of nature. Those interested in the intersection of exploration and scientific knowledge should book passage on Professor Appleby s charming, story-filled journey across the Atlantic and back again. --Peter Mancall, author of The Fatal Journey