9780300117967 - Matters of Exchange: Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age von Cook, Harold John (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 562 pages : 60 b-w illus. Notes; Finalist, Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, 2008. Contents; Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Worldly Goods and the Transformations of Objectivity -- 2. An Information Economy -- 3. Reformations Tempered -- 4. Commerce and Medicine in Amsterdam -- 5. Truths and Untruths from the Indies -- 6. Medicine and Materialism -- 7. Industry and Analysis -- 8. Gardens of the Indies Transported -- 9. Translating What Works -- 10. The Refusal to Speculate -- 11. Conclusions and Comparisons -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects; 1600-1699. 16th-17th centuries. Medicine Netherlands History 17th century. Science Netherlands History 17th century. International trade Health aspects History 16th century. International trade Health aspects History 17th century. Discoveries in science Netherlands History 16th century. Discoveries in science Netherlands History 17th century. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Excellent used condition hardcover. Unclipped jacket. Unmarked text. Ships from Berlin bookshop bxn79.

Zustand: as new. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2007. Hardcover. Dustjacket. xiv,562 pp. In this wide-ranging and stimulating book, a leading authority on the history of medicine and science presents convincing evidence that Dutch commercenot religioninspired the rise of science in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Harold J. Cook scrutinizes a wealth of historical documents relating to the study of medicine and natural history in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe, Brazil, South Africa, and Asia during this era, and his conclusions are fresh and exciting. He uncovers direct links between the rise of trade and commerce in the Dutch Empire and the flourishing of scientific investigation. Cook argues that engaging in commerce changed the thinking of Dutch citizens, leading to a new emphasis on such values as objectivity, accumulation, and description. The preference for accurate information that accompanied the rise of commerce also laid the groundwork for the rise of science globally, wherever the Dutch engaged in trade. Medicine and natural history were fundamental aspects of this new science, as reflected in the development of gardens for both pleasure and botanical study, anatomical theaters, curiosity cabinets, and richly illustrated books about nature. Sweeping in scope and original in its insights, this book revises previous understandings of the history of science and ideas. Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9780300117967. Keywords : HISTORY,

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good.

Zustand: Gebraucht / Used. xiv,562pp. Hardcover with dustjacket. good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. xiv, 562 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits : 24 cm. Summary:In this wide-ranging and stimulating book, a leading authority on the history of medicine and science presents convincing evidence that Dutch commerce, not religion, inspired the rise of science in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Harold Cook scrutinizes a wealth of historical documents relating to the study of medicine and natural history in the Netherlands, Europe, Brazil, South Africa, and Asia during this era, and his conclusions are fresh and exciting. He uncovers direct links between the rise of trade and commerce in the Dutch Empire and the flourishing of scientific investigation. Cook argues that engaging in commerce changed the thinking of Dutch citizens, leading to a new emphasis on such values as objectivity, accumulation, and description. The preference for accurate information that accompanied the rise of commerce also laid the groundwork for the rise of science globally, wherever the Dutch engaged in trade. Medicine and natural history were fundamental aspects of this new science, as reflected in the development of gardens for both pleasure and botanical study, anatomical theatres, curiosity cabinets, and richly illustrated books about nature. Sweeping in scope and original in its insights, this book revises previous understandings of the history of science and ideas.