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The Eye of the Lynx: Galileo, His Friends, and the Beginnings of Modern Natural History

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The Eye of the Lynx: Galileo, His Friends, and the Beginnings of Modern Natural History

Years ago, David Freedberg stumbled across a group of drawings by the little-known Academy of Linceans, a seventeenth-century Italian group that took as its task nothing less than the pictorial documentation of all of nature. Moving across Europe, he encountered thousands of such drawingsâ€”of fossils, the species of the New World, or the heavenly bodies studied by the group's most famous member, Galileo Galilei. Profusely illustrated and engagingly written, this book reveals this crucial moment in the development of natural history.
Country USA
Brand University of Chicago Press
Manufacturer University of Chicago Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780226261485
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780226261485
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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