Non-verbal Communication in Science Prior to 1900

Renato Giuseppe Mazzolini

Olschki, 1993 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 620 pages

I numerosi contributi che il libro raccoglie, di autori italiani e stranieri, ruotano intorno a un tema innovativo: il ruolo giocato nella costruzione della scienza moderna, da una serie di mezzi comunicativi non verbali: strumenti, modelli, illustrazioni, collezioni naturalistiche, artifici grafici e schemi.

Contents

• STEVENS A Double Perspective on the Mid: 1
• DAVID A KING Some Medieval Astronomical Instruments: 29
• PAOLO GALLUZZI Portraits of Machines in Fifteenthcentury: 53
• ROBIN E RIDER Early Modern Mathematics in Print: 91
• The Political: 115
• HACKMANN Natural Philosophy Textbook: 169
• JOHN J ROCHE The Semantics of Graphics in Mathemati: 197
• GIUSEPPE OLMI From the Marvellous to the Common: 235
• MARCO BERETTA The Role of Symbolism for Alchemy: 279
• ULRICH TRÖHLER Tracing Emotions Concepts and Reali: 345
• ALLAN ELLENIUS Ornithological Imagery as a Source: 375
• ARMIN GEUS Specimens and Visual Representations of Ani: 391
• KAREN E WONDERS Bird Taxidermy and the Origin: 411
• JANE R CAMERINI The Physical Atlas of Heinrich Berg: 479
• Visual: 513
• SORAYA DE CHADAREVIAN Instruments Illustrations Skills: 529
• ANDREASHOLGER MAEHLE The Search for Objective Com: 563
• Laboratory: 587
• EPILOGUE: 609
• 529: 617

Bibliographic information

• Title: Non-verbal Communication in Science Prior to 1900; Volume 11 of Biblioteca di Nuncius, ISSN 1122-0910; Volume 11 of Biblioteca di Nuncius: Studi e testi, ISSN 1122-0910
• Editor: Renato Giuseppe Mazzolini
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Olschki, 1993
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jul 31, 2009
• ISBN: 8822240693, 9788822240699
• Length: 620 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies; Science / General; Social Science / Body Language & Nonverbal Communication