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Protogaea
Gottfried Wilhelm; Translated And Edited By Claudine Cohen & Andre Wakefield Leibniz
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Description for Protogaea
hardcover. Presents the English translation of "Protogaea", a central text in natural philosophy and an account of terrestrial history. Num Pages: 204 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424. In fine illustrated covers, no dj as issued. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Claudine Cohen and Andre Wakefield offer the first English translation of "Protogaea", a central text in natural philosophy and an ambitious account of terrestrial history. Written between 1691 and 1693, and first published long after Leibniz's death in 1749, "Protogaea" reemerges in this bilingual edition with an introduction that carefully situates the work within its historical context.
Claudine Cohen and Andre Wakefield offer the first English translation of "Protogaea", a central text in natural philosophy and an ambitious account of terrestrial history. Written between 1691 and 1693, and first published long after Leibniz's death in 1749, "Protogaea" reemerges in this bilingual edition with an introduction that carefully situates the work within its historical context.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226112961
SKU
KSG0033241
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Ref
99-1
About Gottfried Wilhelm; Translated And Edited By Claudine Cohen & Andre Wakefield Leibniz
Claudine Cohen is professor of the history of science at the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales, Paris, and the author of The Fate of the Mammoth: Fossils, Myth, and History, also published by the University of Chicago Press. Andre Wakefield is associate professor of history at Pitzer College in Claremont, California, and the author of The Disordered Police ... Read more
Reviews for Protogaea
"Historically, this is a very influential book that has finally been brought out of obscurity for readers of English. Essential." - Choice "Protogaea gives us a much fuller picture of science and culture in the territories of the Holy Roman Empire at a crucial time in its history. Cohen and Wakefield are to be commended for their hard work in ... Read more