Today we are used to clear divisions between science and the arts. But early modern thinkers had no such distinctions, with 'knowledge' being a truly interdisciplinary pursuit. Each chapter of this collection presents a case study from a different area of knowledge.
"Knowing Nature in Modern Europe provides a series of intriguing insights into how nature was studied and interpreted in early modern Europe." --Thinking Like A Mountain- The Weird & Wonderful in the History of Science & the Environment