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Matters of Exchange: Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age

2007 Harold J. Cook ;ISBN: 0300117965 ;ISBN: 9780300117967 ;ISBN: 9780300134926 ;ISBN: 0300134924 ;EISBN: 9780300134926 ;EISBN: 0300134924 ;OCLC: 923592414 ;LCCallNum: Q127.N2C66 2007

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  • Title:
    Matters of Exchange: Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age
  • Author: Cook, Harold J
  • Subjects: 17th century ; Commerce ; General Science ; History ; Medicine ; Netherlands ; Science
  • Description: In this wide-ranging and stimulating book, a leading authority on the history of medicine and science presents convincing evidence that Dutch commerce-not religion-inspired the rise of science in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Harold J. Cook scrutinizes a wealth of historical documents relating to the study of medicine and natural history in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe, Brazil, South Africa, and Asia during this era, and his conclusions are fresh and exciting. He uncovers direct links between the rise of trade and commerce in the Dutch Empire and the flourishing of scientific investigation.Cook argues that engaging in commerce changed the thinking of Dutch citizens, leading to a new emphasis on such values as objectivity, accumulation, and description. The preference for accurate information that accompanied the rise of commerce also laid the groundwork for the rise of science globally, wherever the Dutch engaged in trade. Medicine and natural history were fundamental aspects of this new science, as reflected in the development of gardens for both pleasure and botanical study, anatomical theaters, curiosity cabinets, and richly illustrated books about nature. Sweeping in scope and original in its insights, this book revises previous understandings of the history of science and ideas.
  • Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
  • Creation Date: 2007
  • Format: 576
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 0300117965
    ISBN: 9780300117967
    ISBN: 9780300134926
    ISBN: 0300134924
    EISBN: 9780300134926
    EISBN: 0300134924
    OCLC: 923592414
    LCCallNum: Q127.N2C66 2007
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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