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The Quest for the Invisible: Microscopy in the Enlightenment

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 | #4878947 in Books |  Ashgate |  2009-05-28 | Original language:English |  9.21 x.75 x6.14l,1.70 | File type: PDF | 332 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| More than meets the eye|By Margaret DeLacy|I am a historian of eighteenth century medicine. I really like this book. The product review above gives an excellent picture of its contents. It is based on very thorough research into the experimental practices and documentation methods of the period, it is written in accessible prose and the argument is entirely convincing. Radcli| |'This sparkling study of eighteenth-century science challenges modern assumptions that the microscope was usually regarded as little more than a scientific toy. By taking an entirely fresh approach, Marc J. Ratcliff shows that eighteenth-century microscopy in

The eighteenth century has often been viewed as a period of relative decline in the field of microscopy, as interest in microscopes seemed to wane after an intense period of discovery in the seventeenth century. As such, developments in the field during the Enlightenment have been largely overlooked. This book therefore fills a considerable gap in the study of this life science, providing a thorough analysis of what the main concerns of the field were and how microscopis...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Quest for the Invisible: Microscopy in the Enlightenment   |  Marc J. Ratcliff. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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