Pravidlá organizujú takmer každý aspekt nášho života. Určujú naše pracovné hodiny, prikazujú, ako máme šoférovať a prestierať stôl, naznačujú, či máme pri pozdrave podať ruku alebo nastaviť líce, a usporadúvajú životné obrady od narodenia až po smrť.... Zobraziť viac
This book provides a comprehensive account of knowledge of the natural world in Europe, c.1500-1700. Often referred to as the Scientific Revolution, this period saw major transformations in fields as diverse as anatomy and astronomy... Zobraziť viac
A comprehensive account of knowledge of the natural world in Europe, c.1500-1700. Articles by leading specialists describe how new ideas, discoveries, and institutions shaped the ways in which nature came to be studied, understood, and used... Zobraziť viac
Wonders and the Order of Nature is about the ways in which European naturalists from the High Middle Ages through the Enlightenment used wonder and wonders, the passion and its objects, to envision themselves and the natural world. Monsters, gems that... Zobraziť viac
