Light without heat : the observational mood from Bacon to Milton / by Simon, David Carroll

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : atmospheres of understanding : scientific emotion and literary criticism -- "Nonchalance" and the making of knowledge : Francis Bacon after Michel de Montaigne -- The angle of thought : Robert Boyle, Izaak Walton, and the scientific imagination -- The microscope made easy : Andrew Marvell with Henry Power -- The paradise without : John Milton in the garden.…”
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Light without heat : the observational mood from Bacon to Milton / by Simon, David Carroll

Table of Contents: “…Atmospheres of understanding : scientific emotion and literary criticism -- "Nonchalance" and the making of knowledge : Francis Bacon after Michel de Montaigne -- The angle of thought : Robert Boyle, Izaak Walton, and the scientific imagination -- The microscope made easy : Andrew Marvell with Henry Power -- The paradise without : John Milton in the garden -- Postscript.…”

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