Dust : a history of the small and the invisible
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Dust : a history of the small and the invisible
University of California Press, c2000
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-235)
内容説明・目次
内容説明
While the story of the big has often been told, the story of the small has not yet even been outlined. This text provides a history of the small and the invisible, meditating on how dust has been experienced and the small has been imagined across the ages. Examining a thousand years of Western civilization - from the naturalism of medieval philosophy, to the artistry of the Renaissance, to the scientific and industrial revolutions, to the modern worlds of nanotechnology and viral diseases - the book offers a story of the genesis of the microcosm.
目次
Foreword, by Jeffrey Burton Russell
Introduction: Little Things Mean a Lot
1. Of Times When Dust Was the Companion of All
2. Old Metaphors and New Measures of the Microcosm
3. Early Discernment of the Minute
4. The Great Cleanup
5. Atoms and Microbes: New Guides to the Small and Invisible
6. Discerning the Invisible for the Good of the Nation
7. Lighting Up the Microcosm
8. The Snake Still Lurks
Conclusion: Who Will Tremble at These Marvels?
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Personal Thoughts and Thanks
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