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Virtuoso by nature : the scientific worlds of Francis Willughby FRS (1635-1672)
- Title
- Virtuoso by nature : the scientific worlds of Francis Willughby FRS (1635-1672) / edited by Tim Birkhead.
- Publication
- Boston : Brill, 2016.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Birkhead, Tim
- Description
- xxv, 439 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Francis Willughby, together with John Ray revolutionized the study of natural history. Together they were motivated by the new philosophy of the mid 1600s and transformed natural history in to a rigorous area of study. Because Ray lived longer and more of his writings have survived, his reputation subsequently eclipsed that of Willughby. Now, with access to previously unexplored archives and new discoveries we are able to provide a comprehensive evaluation of Francis Willughby#x92;s life and works. What emerges is a polymath, a true virtuoso, who made original and imaginative contributions to mathematics, chemistry, linguistics as well as natural history. We use Willughby#x92;s short life as a lens through which to view the entire process of seventeenth-century scientific endeavor.
- Series Statement
- Emergence of natural history, 2452-3283 ; volume 1
- Uniform Title
- Emergence of natural history ; v. 1.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Michael Willoughby, Lord Middleton -- 1. The life and domestic context of Francis Willughby / Dorothy Johnston -- 2. The education of Francis Willughby / Richard Serjeantson -- 3. The chymistry of Francis Willughby (1635-72) : the Trinity College, Cambridge community / Anna Marie Roos -- 4. Willughby's mathematics / Benjamin Wardhaugh -- 5. Science on the move : Francis Willughby's expeditions / Mark Greengrass, Daisy Hildyard, Christopher D. Preston, and Paul J. Smith -- 6. The Willughby library in the time of Francis the naturalist / William Poole -- 7. Francis Willughby and John Ray on words and things / David Cram -- 8. Willughby's ornithology / Tim R. Birkhead, Paul J. Smith, Meghan Doherty, and Isabelle Charmantier -- 9. Historia piscium (1686) and its sources / Sachiko Kusukawa -- 10. Willughby on insects / Brian Ogilvie -- 11. The legacies of Francis Willughby / Isabelle Charmantier, Dorothy Johnston, and Paul J. Smith.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-5017
- ISBN
- 9789004285316
- 9004285318
- LCCN
- 2016005725
- OCLC
- 950004180
- Title
- Virtuoso by nature : the scientific worlds of Francis Willughby FRS (1635-1672) / edited by Tim Birkhead.
- Publisher
- Boston : Brill, 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Emergence of natural history, 2452-3283 ; volume 1Emergence of natural history ; v. 1.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Birkhead, Tim, editor.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Virtuoso by nature. Boston : Brill, 2016 9789004285323 (DLC) 2016023614
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-5017