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CHAPTER SEVEN Anatomy of a Conversion

  • Nuno Castel-Branco
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The Traveling Anatomist
This chapter is in the book The Traveling Anatomist

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Figures and Tables ix
  4. INTRODUCTION The Various Travels of Nicolaus Steno 1
  5. CHAPTER ONE The Uses of Chaos; or, What Did Nicolaus Steno Know? 19
  6. CHAPTER TWO The Making of a Scholarly Anatomist 63
  7. CHAPTER THREE Dissecting with Numbers, Machines, and Mixtures 94
  8. CHAPTER FOUR In the Cradle of the Academie des Sciences 134
  9. CHAPTER FIVE Anatomy and Mathematics at the Medici Court 166
  10. CHAPTER SIX Thinking the Earth with the Body 207
  11. CHAPTER SEVEN Anatomy of a Conversion 241
  12. Epilogue 269
  13. Acknowledgments 283
  14. Bibliography 287
  15. Index 315
https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226842288-009

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Figures and Tables ix
  4. INTRODUCTION The Various Travels of Nicolaus Steno 1
  5. CHAPTER ONE The Uses of Chaos; or, What Did Nicolaus Steno Know? 19
  6. CHAPTER TWO The Making of a Scholarly Anatomist 63
  7. CHAPTER THREE Dissecting with Numbers, Machines, and Mixtures 94
  8. CHAPTER FOUR In the Cradle of the Academie des Sciences 134
  9. CHAPTER FIVE Anatomy and Mathematics at the Medici Court 166
  10. CHAPTER SIX Thinking the Earth with the Body 207
  11. CHAPTER SEVEN Anatomy of a Conversion 241
  12. Epilogue 269
  13. Acknowledgments 283
  14. Bibliography 287
  15. Index 315
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