Wonders and the Order of Nature 1150-1750 (Revised)

Contributor(s): Daston, Lorraine (Author), Park, Katharine (Author)

ISBN: 9780942299915

Publisher: Zone Books

Binding Types:

Paperback

$37.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$49.95 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$48.75 (100+ copies: $48.00)

List/retail price:

$37.00

Pub Date: October 10, 2001

Dewey: 306.42

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Price on Product

Target Age Group: 18 to UP

Physical Info: 1.70" H x 11.00" L x 7.30" W ( 2.80 lbs) 512 pages

BISAC Categories:

Science | History

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: A rich exploration of how European naturalists used wonder and wonders (oddities and marvels) to envision and explain the natural world.

Brief description: Katharine Park's book "Wonders and the Order of Nature, 1150-1750" (Zone Books, 1998), coauthored with Lorraine Daston, won the Pfizer Prize for the best book in the history of science. She is Zemurray Stone Radcliffe Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University.

Review Quotes: "Winner of the Pfizer Award, History of Science Society"

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