Science and the Visual Image in the Enlightenment (European Studies in Science History and the Arts, 4)
by William R. Shea
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"The essays in this book examine the role that illustrations played in the creation and dissemination of scientific knowledge in the Eighteenth Century. The first section concerns experiments and the image of Enlightenment Science ... The second section considers the image of nature as it was shaped and modified by botanical gardens, museums of natural sciences, and scientific textbooks."--Jacket.Tags
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William R. Shea graduated from the University of Cambridge. He taught at the University of Ottawa, McGill University, and the University of Strasbourg before joining the faculty at the University of Padua in 2003. He is the author, co-author or editor of over 30 books including Galileo's Intellectual Revolution and The Magic of Numbers and Motion: show more The Scientific Career of René Descartes. His book Designing Experiments and Games of Chance: The Unconventional Science of Blaise Pascal won the Library Association Award as one of the outstanding academic books of 2003. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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