Author: Oliver GoldsmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
An History Of The Earth, And Animated Nature
Author: Oliver GoldsmithThe Story of Nature
Author: Jeremy MynottPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300245653
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
The story of humanity's evolving relationship with the natural world from pre-history to the present day Nature has long been the source of human curiosity and wonderment, and the inspiration for some of our deepest creative impulses. But we are now witnessing its rapid impoverishment, even destruction, in much of our world. In this beautifully illustrated book, Jeremy Mynott traces the story of nature--past, present and future. From the dramatic depictions of animals by the prehistoric cave-painters, through the romantic discovery of landscape in the eighteenth century, to the climate emergency of the present day, Mynott looks at the different ways in which humankind has understood the world around it. Charting how our ideas about nature emerged and changed over time, he reveals how the impulse to control nature has deep historical roots. As we reach an environmental crisis point, this vital study shows how human imagination and wonder can play a restorative role--and reveal what nature ultimately means to us.
Literature and Science, 1660-1834, Part II vol 5
Author: Judith HawleyPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040242359
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
This volume reproduces primary texts which embody the polymathic nature of the literature of science, and provides editorial overviews and extensive references, to provide a resource for specialized academics and researchers with a broad cultural interest in the long 18th century.
The Eighteenth Century
Author: A Dictionary, Spanish and English, and English and Spanish
Author: Giuseppe BarettiPublisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Record of the Year, a Reference Scrap Book
Author: Frank MooreThe Journal of Education for Upper Canada
Author: Seven XVIIIth Century Bibliographies
Author: Iolo Aneurin WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Collected Works
Author: Oliver GoldsmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Catalogue of Books ...: Natural history, books of prints, architecture, numismata, heraldry, physics, metaphysics, language, bibliography, Oriental and Northern literature, games and sports
Author: Henry George BohnPublisher:
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description