The Poetics of Scientific Investigation in Seventeenth-century England

The Poetics of Scientific Investigation in Seventeenth-century England
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 9780198704805
ISBN-13 : 0198704801
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Download or read book The Poetics of Scientific Investigation in Seventeenth-century England written by Claire Preston and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the way that scientists in the 16th and 17th centuries, who had not studied 'science' formally, used the tools of their literary education to formulate ideas about science and, at the same time, how the remarkable 17th-century scientific developments inspired non-scientific writers to make new fictions of discovery.


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