Sympathetic Attractions: Magnetic Practices, Beliefs, and Symbolism in Eighteenth-Cen... (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)

Sympathetic Attractions: Magnetic Practices, Beliefs, and Symbolism in Eighteenth-Century England

(Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Forfatter: Patricia Fara

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In this interdisciplinary study of eighteenth-century England, Patricia Fara explores how natural philosophers constructed magnetism as a science, appropriating the skills and knowledge of experienced navigators. For people of this period, magnetic phenomena reverberated with the symbolism of occult mystery, sexual attraction, and universal sympath

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Forlag Princeton University Press
Forfatter Patricia Fara
Type Bog
Format Paperback / softback
Sprog Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato 14-07-2014
Første udgivelsesår 2014
Serie Princeton Legacy Library
Illustrationer 44 halftones 2 tables
Originalsprog United States
Sideantal 342
Indbinding Paperback / softback
Forlag Princeton University Press
Sideoplysninger 342 pages, 44 halftones 2 tables
Mål 229 x 152
ISBN-13 / EAN-13 9780691606071