The natural philosophy of Margaret Cavendish : reason and fancy during the scientific revolution / Lisa T. Sarasohn.

  • Sarasohn, Lisa T., 1950-
Date:
2010
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.

Physical description

xi, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Gender, nature, and natural philosophy -- A wonderful natural philosopher -- Cavendish's early atomism -- The life of matter -- The imaginative universe of natures pictures -- The politics of matter -- The challenge of immaterial matter -- Cavendish against the experimenters -- Material regenerations -- Does Cavendish matter?

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    History of Medicine
    AAB.41.AA6
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ISBN

  • 9780801894435
  • 0801894433