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The eye of the Lynx: Galileo, his friends, and the beginnings of modern natural history
David Freedberg
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgments (page ix)
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A Note to Historians of Science (page xi)
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Introduction Saving the Appearances (page 1)
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PART I BACKGROUND
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1 The Paper Museum (page 15)
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2 Lynxes (page 65)
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PART II ASTRONOMY
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3 The New Star (page 81)
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4 The Telescope: Imperfection in the Heavens (page 101)
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5 The Conflict of Truths (page 117)
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PART III NATURAL HISTORY
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6 The Chastity of Bees (page 151)
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7 The Microscope and the Vernacular (page 179)
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8 Plants and Reproduction (page 195)
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9 The Mexican Treasury: Taxonomy and Illustration (page 245)
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10 The Doctor's Dilemmas: Description, Dissection, and the Problem of Illustration (page 275)
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11 Fossils (page 305)
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PART IV PICTURES AND ORDER
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12 The Failure of Pictures (page 349)
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13 The Order of Nature (page 367)
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14 The Fate of Pictures: Appearance, Truth, and Ambiguity (page 397)
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Notes (page 417)
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Abbreviations (page 479)
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Bibliography (page 481)
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Headings (page 501)
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Index (page 503)
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Published: c2002
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- 9780226261478 (hardcover)
- 9780226261485 (paper)
- 9780226261539 (ebook)