{"product_id":"the-microscope-in-the-dutch-republic-the-shaping-of-discovery-paperback-9780521528634","title":"The Microscope in the Dutch Republic; The Shaping of Discovery (Paperback) 9780521528634","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Microscope in the Dutch Republic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Shaping of Discovery\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRuestow examines the social unease that spurred the discoveries of the pioneers of microscopic research.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdward G. Ruestow (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521528634, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 22 January 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e364 pages, 29 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e' … clearly and lucidly written …' Endeavour\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFocusing on the two seventeenth-century pioneers of microscopic dicovery, the Dutchmen Jan Swammerdam and Antoni van Leewenhoek, Ruestow demonstrates that their uneasiness with their social circumstances spurred their discoveries. Though arguing that aspects of Dutch culture impeded serious research with the microscope, Ruestow also shows, however, that the culture of the period shaped how Swammerdam and Leewenhoek responded to what they saw through the lens. He concludes by emphasising how their early microscopic efforts differed from the institutionalised microscopic research that began in the nineteenth century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Of light, lenses and glass beads\u003cbr\u003e 2. Seeming invitations\u003cbr\u003e 3. Obstacles\u003cbr\u003e 4. Discovery preempted\u003cbr\u003e 5. Swammerdam\u003cbr\u003e 6. Leeuwenhoek I: A clever burgher\u003cbr\u003e 7. Leeuwenhoek II: Images and ideas\u003cbr\u003e 8. Generation I: Turning against a tradition\u003cbr\u003e 9. Generation II: The search for first beginnings\u003cbr\u003e 10. A new  world\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46019784409368,"sku":"9780521528634","price":43.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521528634i_e8f06828-720e-4049-9cf4-6d2593577d17.jpg?v=1691368964","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-microscope-in-the-dutch-republic-the-shaping-of-discovery-paperback-9780521528634","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}