Picturing knowledge : historical and philosophical problems concerning the use of art in science / / dited by Brian S. Baigrie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (414 p.) |
Disciplina | 502.2 |
Collana | Toronto Studies in Philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Scientific illustration - History
Scientific illustration - Philosophy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-04558-X
9786612045585 1-4426-7847-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. The Didactic and the Elegant: Some Thoughts on Scientific and Technological Illustrations in the Middle Ages and Renaissance -- 2. Temples of the Body and Temples of the Cosmos: Vision and Visualization in the Vesalian and Copernican Revolutions -- 3. Descartes’s Scientific Illustrations and ’la grande mecanique de la nature’ -- 4. Illustrating Chemistry -- 5. Representations of the Natural System in the Nineteenth Century -- 6. Visual Representation in Archaeology: Depicting the Missing-Link in Human Origins -- 7. Towards an Epistemology of Scientific Illustration -- 8. Illustration and Inference -- 9. Visual Models and Scientific Judgment -- 10. Are Pictures Really Necessary? The Case of Sewall Wright’s ’Adaptive Landscapes’ -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456510803321 |
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Picturing knowledge : historical and philosophical problems concerning the use of art in science / / edited by Brian S. Baigrie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (414 p.) |
Disciplina | 502.2 |
Collana | Toronto Studies in Philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Scientific illustration - History
Scientific illustration - Philosophy |
Soggetto genere / forma | History |
ISBN |
1-4426-5435-X
1-282-04558-X 9786612045585 1-4426-7847-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Didactic and the elegant : some thoughts on scientific and technological illustrations in the Middle Ages and Renaissance / Bert S. Hall -- Temples of the body and temples of the cosmos : vision and visualization in the Vesalian and Copernican revolutions / Martin Kemp -- Descartes's scientific illustrations and 'la grande mecanique de la nature' / Brian S. Baigrie -- Illustrating chemistry / David Knight -- Representations of the natural system in the nineteenth century / Robert J. O'Hara -- Visual representation in archaeology : depicting the missing-link in human origins / Stephanie Moser -- Towards an epistemology of scientific illustration / David Topper -- Illustration and inference / James R. Brown -- Visual models and scientific judgement / Ronald N. Giere -- Are pictures really necessary? The case of Sewall Wright's 'Adaptive landscapes' / Michael Ruse. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780666203321 |
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Picturing knowledge : historical and philosophical problems concerning the use of art in science / / edited by Brian S. Baigrie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (414 p.) |
Disciplina | 502.2 |
Collana | Toronto Studies in Philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Scientific illustration - History
Scientific illustration - Philosophy |
Soggetto genere / forma | History |
ISBN |
1-4426-5435-X
1-282-04558-X 9786612045585 1-4426-7847-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Didactic and the elegant : some thoughts on scientific and technological illustrations in the Middle Ages and Renaissance / Bert S. Hall -- Temples of the body and temples of the cosmos : vision and visualization in the Vesalian and Copernican revolutions / Martin Kemp -- Descartes's scientific illustrations and 'la grande mecanique de la nature' / Brian S. Baigrie -- Illustrating chemistry / David Knight -- Representations of the natural system in the nineteenth century / Robert J. O'Hara -- Visual representation in archaeology : depicting the missing-link in human origins / Stephanie Moser -- Towards an epistemology of scientific illustration / David Topper -- Illustration and inference / James R. Brown -- Visual models and scientific judgement / Ronald N. Giere -- Are pictures really necessary? The case of Sewall Wright's 'Adaptive landscapes' / Michael Ruse. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818845703321 |
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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