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Aesthetics of Universal Knowledge [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Simon Schaffer, John Tresch, Pasquale Gagliardi
| Aesthetics of Universal Knowledge [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Simon Schaffer, John Tresch, Pasquale Gagliardi |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXI, 271 p. 57 illus., 32 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 601 |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy
Technology in literature Application software Humanities Geographical information systems Quantum field theory String theory Philosophy of Technology Literature and Technology/Media Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities Popular Science in Humanities / Arts Geographical Information Systems/Cartography Quantum Field Theories, String Theory |
| ISBN | 3-319-42595-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface: Text And Context: Genius Loci; Pasquale Gagliardi -- Introduction; Simon Schaffer -- Part I. Visions -- 1. Re-Visioning The World: Mapping The Lithosphere; Adam Lowe And Jerry Brotton -- 2. Architects Of Knowledge; Pierre Chabard -- 3. Pictorialism (Prelude & Fugue); Cheryce Von Xylander -- 4. The Unending Quantity Of Objects: An Observation On Museums And Their Presentation Modes; Anke Te Heesen -- Part II. Worlds -- 5. Cosmopragmatics And Petabytes; John Tresch -- 6. Gaia Without The Sphere; Bruno Latour -- 7. Mapping Dark Matter And The Venice Paradox; David Turnbull -- Part III. Economies -- 8. The Web, Google And Cosmograms; Steve Crossan -- 9. Rhetoric, Economics, And Nature; Deirdre N. Mccloskey -- 10. Lodestar; Richard Powers. . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910255203803321 |
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Enraciner l’empire : Une autre histoire du jardin botanique de Calcutta (1860-1910) / Marine Bellégo
| Enraciner l’empire : Une autre histoire du jardin botanique de Calcutta (1860-1910) / Marine Bellégo |
| Autore | Bellégo Marine |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Paris, : Publications scientifiques du Muséum, 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (559 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FeuerhahnWolf
GirardAlbéric LamyDenis SchafferSimon |
| Soggetto topico |
Asian Studies
History dix-neuvième siècle botanique empire britannique Inde archives jardins nineteenth century botany British Empire India gardens |
| ISBN | 2-85653-970-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910522605303321 |
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The Material Cultures of Enlightenment Arts and Sciences [[electronic resource] /] / by Adriana Craciun ; edited by Adriana Craciun, Simon Schaffer
| The Material Cultures of Enlightenment Arts and Sciences [[electronic resource] /] / by Adriana Craciun ; edited by Adriana Craciun, Simon Schaffer |
| Autore | Craciun Adriana |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVI, 322 p. 54 illus., 36 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 809.033 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature, Modern—18th century
Literature—History and criticism Books—History European literature Eighteenth-Century Literature Literary History History of the Book European Literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN | 1-137-44379-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction; Adriana Craciun and Simon Schaffer -- PART I: NATURAL CURIOSITIES -- 1. Essay: Handling objects in natural history collections; Mary Terrall -- 2. Exhibit: Curious work; Mary Brooks -- 3. Exhibit: The lives of Mrs Delaney’s paper plants; Kim Sloan -- 4. Exhibit: A pathological pot; Samuel J.M.M. Alberti -- 5. Essay: The seeds of disaster: relics of La Pérouse; Adriana Craciun -- PART II: TOOLS AND TRAVELS -- 6. Essay: A Bird in the hand, or, manufacturing credibility in the instruments of Enlightenment science; Richard Dunn -- 7. Exhibit: Mapping new spaces; Patricia Seed -- 8. Exhibit: By hand or by engine; Richard Dunn -- 9. Exhibit: The ship as object: the launch of the Queen Charlotte; James Davey -- 10. Exhibit: Instrument of controversy: two copies of the Nautical Almanac; Sophie Waring -- 11. Exhibit: The Navy's new clothes; Amy Miller -- 12. Essay: Unwrapping gods: illuminating encounters with gods, comets and missionaries; Maia Nuku -- PART III: ARTIFICIAL CURIOSITIES -- 13. Essay: Persons and things; Jonathan Lamb -- 14. Exhibit: The fabric of domestic life: rethinking the humble painted cloth; Tara Hamling -- 15. Exhibit: The Willdey telescope: instrument for fashion, learning and amusement; Alexi Baker -- 16. Exhibit: Cataloguing curiosities: Whitby’s barkcloth book; Billie Lythberg -- 17. Exhibit: Art and things: Fragonard’s colour box; Hannah Williams -- 18. Exhibit: Keep within compass; Katy Barrett -- 19. Exhibit: Perfected thing: a lay figure by Paul Huot; Jane Munro -- PART IV: EXOTIC GOODS -- 20. Essay: A home away from home: Sophie Magdalene’s clockwork chinoiserie; Josefine Baark -- 21. Exhibit: The Chinese tallow tree: from asset in Asia to curse in Carolina; Charles Jarvis -- 22. Exhibit: Global connections: Punch, porcelain and maritime material culture; John McAleer -- 23. Exhibit: A damaged and discarded thing; Anne Gerritsen -- 24. Exhibit: Sarah Sophia Banks, Adam Afzelius and a coin from Sierra Leone; Catherine Eagleton -- 25. Exhibit: A Pacific macrocosm: Les Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique; Billie Lythberg -- 26. Exhibit: Columen vitae: pharmaceutical packaging 1750-1850; Jennifer Basford -- 27. Essay: Tropical lifestyles, luxury and the health of Britain’s global power, 1793-1825; Jonathan Eacott -- PART V: WORLDS ON PAPER -- 28. Essay: Extra-illustrations: the order of the book and the fantasia of the library; Luisa Calè -- 29. Exhibit: Paperslips; Leanna McLaughlin -- 30. Exhibit: Advertising and print culture in the eighteenth century; Philippa Hubbard -- 31. Exhibit: Kitty Fisher: the commodification of celebrity; Faramerz Dabhoiwala -- 32. Exhibit: An admirable typology; Billie Lythberg, Maia Nuku and Amiria Salmond -- 33. Essay: Connoisseurship and the communication of anatomical knowledge: the case of William Cheselden’s Osteographia (1733); Alexander Wragge-Morley -- Bibliography -- Index.-. |
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| London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
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