1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996385317203316

Autore

Firmin Giles <1614-1697.>

Titolo

A sober reply to the sober answer of Reverend Mr. Cawdrey, to A serious question propounded [[electronic resource] ] : viz. whether the ministers of England are bound by the word of God to baptise the children of all such parents, which say they believe in Jesus Christ, but are grosly ignorant, scandalous in their conversations, scoffers at godliness, and refuse to submit to church dicipline ... : also, the question of Reverend Mr. Hooker concerning the baptisme of infants : with a post-script to Reverend Mr. Blake / / by G.I. Firmin .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by J.G., : and are to be sold by Robert Littlebury ..., 1653

Descrizione fisica

[4], 57 [i.e. 59], [1] p

Altri autori (Persone)

HookerThomas <1586-1647.>

Soggetti

Baptism

Infant baptism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.

Errata: p. [1] at end.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0160



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791355603321

Autore

Gessert George <1944->

Titolo

Green light : toward an art of evolution / / George Gessert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2010

ISBN

0-262-29158-4

1-282-63820-3

9786612638206

0-262-26589-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

Leonardo

Disciplina

701/.08

Soggetti

Art and biology

Biotechnology in art

Nature (Aesthetics)

Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Divine plants and magical animals -- Aesthetic effects of domestication -- The rainforests of domestication -- The rise of ornamental plants -- Darwin's sublime -- Playing God -- Standards of excellence -- Doubles -- Kitsch plants -- Bastard flowers, genetic goofies, and Freud's bow wows -- Biotechnology in the garden -- Recent art involving DNA -- Naming life -- Anthropocentrism and genetic art -- The angel of extinction -- Seven breeding complexes -- The slowest art -- Breeding for wildness.

Sommario/riassunto

How humans' aesthetic perceptions have shaped other life forms, from racehorses to ornamental plants.