Animal, vegetable, mineral? :: how eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order /
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 Tremble...
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 the only conundrum. What of coral? Was it a rock or a living form? Did plants have sexes, like animals? The boundaries appeared to blur. And what did all this say about the nature of life itself? Were animals and plants soul-less, mechanical forms, as Descartes suggested? The debates raging across science played into some of the biggest and most controversial issues of Enlightenment Europe. This book explains how a study of pond slime could cause people to question the existence of the soul; observation of eggs could make a man doubt that God had created the world; how the discovery of the Venus fly-trap was linked to the French Revolution and how interpretations of fossils could change our understanding of the Earth's history. Using rigorous historical research, and a lively and readable style, this book vividly captures the big concerns of eighteenth-century science. And the debates concerning the divisions of life did not end there; they continue to have resonances in modern biology.-- |
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| spelling | Gibson, Susannah, author. Animal, vegetable, mineral? : how eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order / Susannah Gibson. First edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015. ©2015 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 9, 2015). Animal, vegetable, mineral? -- Animal: the problem of the zoophyte -- Vegetable: the creation of new life -- Mineral: living rocks -- The fourth kingdom: perceptive plants. 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 the only conundrum. What of coral? Was it a rock or a living form? Did plants have sexes, like animals? The boundaries appeared to blur. And what did all this say about the nature of life itself? Were animals and plants soul-less, mechanical forms, as Descartes suggested? The debates raging across science played into some of the biggest and most controversial issues of Enlightenment Europe. This book explains how a study of pond slime could cause people to question the existence of the soul; observation of eggs could make a man doubt that God had created the world; how the discovery of the Venus fly-trap was linked to the French Revolution and how interpretations of fossils could change our understanding of the Earth's history. Using rigorous historical research, and a lively and readable style, this book vividly captures the big concerns of eighteenth-century science. And the debates concerning the divisions of life did not end there; they continue to have resonances in modern biology.-- Source other than the Library of Congress. Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award - Nominee, 2016 English. Animals Social aspects History. Plants Social aspects History. Minerals Social aspects History. Botany. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85015976 Plants. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85102839 Bryozoa. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85017385 Science history Classification methods Animals Plants Minerals history Botany history Zoology history Bryozoa Animaux Aspect social Histoire. Minéraux Aspect social Histoire. Plantes. Bryozoaires. vegetation. aat PHILOSOPHY Ethics & Moral Philosophy. bisacsh Plants fast Bryozoa fast Botany fast Animals Social aspects fast Plants Social aspects fast History fast Print version: Animal, vegetable, mineral? : how eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order. Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, ©2015 215 pages 9780198705130 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1001155 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Gibson, Susannah Animal, vegetable, mineral? : how eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order / Animal, vegetable, mineral? -- Animal: the problem of the zoophyte -- Vegetable: the creation of new life -- Mineral: living rocks -- The fourth kingdom: perceptive plants. Animals Social aspects History. Plants Social aspects History. Minerals Social aspects History. Botany. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85015976 Plants. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85102839 Bryozoa. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85017385 Science history Classification methods Animals Plants Minerals history Botany history Zoology history Bryozoa Animaux Aspect social Histoire. Minéraux Aspect social Histoire. Plantes. Bryozoaires. vegetation. aat PHILOSOPHY Ethics & Moral Philosophy. bisacsh Plants fast Bryozoa fast Botany fast Animals Social aspects fast Plants Social aspects fast |
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| title_full | Animal, vegetable, mineral? : how eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order / Susannah Gibson. |
| title_fullStr | Animal, vegetable, mineral? : how eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order / Susannah Gibson. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Animal, vegetable, mineral? : how eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order / Susannah Gibson. |
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| title_sub | how eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order / |
| topic | Animals Social aspects History. Plants Social aspects History. Minerals Social aspects History. Botany. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85015976 Plants. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85102839 Bryozoa. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85017385 Science history Classification methods Animals Plants Minerals history Botany history Zoology history Bryozoa Animaux Aspect social Histoire. Minéraux Aspect social Histoire. Plantes. Bryozoaires. vegetation. aat PHILOSOPHY Ethics & Moral Philosophy. bisacsh Plants fast Bryozoa fast Botany fast Animals Social aspects fast Plants Social aspects fast |
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