03034nam 2200601 450 991079713660332120230126212940.00-19-101524-5(CKB)3710000000420284(EBL)2066680(OCoLC)912309862(SSID)ssj0001535248(PQKBManifestationID)11926576(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001535248(PQKBWorkID)11501084(PQKB)10316745(MiAaPQ)EBC2066680(Au-PeEL)EBL2066680(CaPaEBR)ebr11061386(CaONFJC)MIL795801(EXLCZ)99371000000042028420150611h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAnimal, vegetable, mineral? how eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order /Susannah GibsonOxford, England :Oxford University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (238 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-101523-7 0-19-870513-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? How eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""1: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?""; ""AristotleÂ?s animals""; ""Natural history in the ancient world""; ""Natural history in the medieval and early modern world""; ""The life sciences in the eighteenth century""; ""2: Animal""; ""Standing on the shore""; ""Abraham Trembley and the animal in the eighteenth century""; ""John Ellis and the chemical animal""; ""Classifying the unclassifiable""""Chapter 6""""Index""; ""End Adverts""Since the time of Aristotle, there had been a clear divide between the three kingdoms of animal, vegetable, and mineral. But by the eighteenth century, biological experiments, and the wide range of new creatures coming to Europe from across the world, challenged these neat divisions. Abraham Trembley found that freshwater polyps grew into complete individuals when cut. This shocking discovery raised deep questions: was it a plant or an animal? And this was not theonly conundrum. What of coral? Was it a rock or a living form? Did plants have sexes, like animals? The boundaries appeared to blur.AnimalsSocial aspectsHistoryPlantsSocial aspectsHistoryMineralsSocial aspectsHistoryAnimalsSocial aspectsHistory.PlantsSocial aspectsHistory.MineralsSocial aspectsHistory.509.033Gibson Susannah1581630MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797136603321Animal, vegetable, mineral3863296UNINA