9781859283387 - The Anatomical Renaissance: The Resurrection of the Anatomical Projects of the Ancients von Cunningham, Dr. Andrew (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. xiv, 283 pp. Index. Illustrated b/w figures. Octavo. Burgundy cloth covers with brilliant gilt to front cover and spine. Minor shelf wear, a few scratches, spine slightly dulled, a small bump at bottom back edge, interior clean and nice. Good copy. "The central proposition of this book is that the great anatomists of the Renaissance, from Vesalius to Fabricius and Harvey.consciously resurrected not merely the methods but also the research projects of Aristotle and other ancients. The moderns' choice of topics and subjects, their aims, their evaluation of their investigations were all made in a spirit of emulation, not rejection of their distant predecessors. It will provoke a radical reappraisal of the intellectual roots of the Renaissance as well as iluminating the current debate on the history of the body and its images." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 283 pages.

Zustand: New. Andrew Cunningham is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, UK.The central proposition of this book is that the great anatomists of the Renaissance, from Vesalius to Fabricius an.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Focusing on projects of inquiry, this history of anatomy is a discontinuous look at the different people seeking and finding different things within their social context. It asks why do people investigate nature Why in that particular time and place And why these particular people.