The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
The Many Books of Nature: Renaissance Naturalists and Information Overload
Secondary Title (i.e. Proceedings Title): Periodical Title:Journal of the History of Ideas Publication Type:Journal Article Authors:Ogilvie,Brian W.Editors: Publisher: Place of Publication: Publication Date:2003 Alternate Date (i.e. Conference Date):01 Volume:64 Issue:1 Start Page:29 End Page: Abstract:Knowledge of Greek medical texts grew together with humanist textual criticism in the late 15th century. The empirical study of natural history also developed, especially in the field of botany. This study was not so centered on taxonomy as is often assumed. Transcending the Greek sources, Renaissance writers on natural history gathered more factual knowledge about plants, so much in fact that an information "explosion" occurred. As the ancients were seen as not having discovered all plant species, a veritable "overload" of new facts and specimens arose. One writer who experienced this crisis was Caspar Bauhin.
Descriptors/Keywords:NATURAL history
RENAISSANCE
INFORMATION theory
RESEARCH
SCIENCE -- Methodology
BOTANY
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