The Resource The microscope in the Dutch Republic : the shaping of discovery, Edward G. Ruestow
The microscope in the Dutch Republic : the shaping of discovery, Edward G. Ruestow
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The item The microscope in the Dutch Republic : the shaping of discovery, Edward G. Ruestow represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- "Emphasizing the work of Jan Swammerdam and Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, The Microscope in the Dutch Republic dissects the social, cultural, and emotional circumstances that shaped early microscopic discovery. Arguing that the aspects of seventeeth-century Dutch culture widely assumed to have favored the lens actually impeded its serious use, Ruestow focuses on social contexts and on Swammerdam and Leeuwenhoek's social sensibilities as the key source of their commitment to the new instrument. He also analyzes how they drew upon their cultural background to vest microscopic images with meaning, though with strikingly different emphases. Having underscored how their influential contributions to the debates over generation also illustrated the problematic role of early microscopic observations, Ruestow concludes with reflections on the eighteenth-century decline and the nineteenth-century resurgence of microscopic research and the impact of institutionalization."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 348 p.
- Contents
-
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction.
- p. 1
- 1.
- Of Light, Lenses, and Glass Beads.
- p. 6
- 2.
- Seeming Invitations.
- p. 37
- 3.
- Obstacles.
- p. 61
- 4.
- Discovery Preempted.
- p. 81
- 5.
- Swammerdam.
- p. 105
- 6.
- Leeuwenhoek I: A Clever Burgher.
- p. 146
- 7.
- Leeuwenhoek II: Images and Ideas.
- p. 175
- 8.
- Generation I: Turning against a Tradition.
- p. 201
- 9.
- Generation II: The Search for First Beginnings.
- p. 223
- 10.
- New World.
- p. 260
- Conclusion.
- p. 280
- References.
- p. 305
- Index.
- p. 339
- Isbn
- 9780521470780
- Label
- The microscope in the Dutch Republic : the shaping of discovery
- Title
- The microscope in the Dutch Republic
- Title remainder
- the shaping of discovery
- Statement of responsibility
- Edward G. Ruestow
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Emphasizing the work of Jan Swammerdam and Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, The Microscope in the Dutch Republic dissects the social, cultural, and emotional circumstances that shaped early microscopic discovery. Arguing that the aspects of seventeeth-century Dutch culture widely assumed to have favored the lens actually impeded its serious use, Ruestow focuses on social contexts and on Swammerdam and Leeuwenhoek's social sensibilities as the key source of their commitment to the new instrument. He also analyzes how they drew upon their cultural background to vest microscopic images with meaning, though with strikingly different emphases. Having underscored how their influential contributions to the debates over generation also illustrated the problematic role of early microscopic observations, Ruestow concludes with reflections on the eighteenth-century decline and the nineteenth-century resurgence of microscopic research and the impact of institutionalization."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1937-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ruestow, Edward G.
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QH204
- LC item number
- .R84 1996
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Microscopes
- Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van
- Swammerdam, Jan
- Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van
- Swammerdam, Jan
- Swammerdam, Jan
- Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van
- Label
- The microscope in the Dutch Republic : the shaping of discovery, Edward G. Ruestow
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-337) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction.
- p. 1
- 1.
- Of Light, Lenses, and Glass Beads.
- p. 6
- 2.
- Seeming Invitations.
- p. 37
- 3.
- Obstacles.
- p. 61
- 4.
- Discovery Preempted.
- p. 81
- 5.
- Swammerdam.
- p. 105
- 6.
- Leeuwenhoek I: A Clever Burgher.
- p. 146
- 7.
- Leeuwenhoek II: Images and Ideas.
- p. 175
- 8.
- Generation I: Turning against a Tradition.
- p. 201
- 9.
- Generation II: The Search for First Beginnings.
- p. 223
- 10.
- New World.
- p. 260
- Conclusion.
- p. 280
- References.
- p. 305
- Index.
- p. 339
- Control code
- 673436
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 348 p.
- Isbn
- 9780521470780
- Lccn
- 95045548
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- The microscope in the Dutch Republic : the shaping of discovery, Edward G. Ruestow
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-337) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction.
- p. 1
- 1.
- Of Light, Lenses, and Glass Beads.
- p. 6
- 2.
- Seeming Invitations.
- p. 37
- 3.
- Obstacles.
- p. 61
- 4.
- Discovery Preempted.
- p. 81
- 5.
- Swammerdam.
- p. 105
- 6.
- Leeuwenhoek I: A Clever Burgher.
- p. 146
- 7.
- Leeuwenhoek II: Images and Ideas.
- p. 175
- 8.
- Generation I: Turning against a Tradition.
- p. 201
- 9.
- Generation II: The Search for First Beginnings.
- p. 223
- 10.
- New World.
- p. 260
- Conclusion.
- p. 280
- References.
- p. 305
- Index.
- p. 339
- Control code
- 673436
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 348 p.
- Isbn
- 9780521470780
- Lccn
- 95045548
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
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