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Kingdom of Ants: José Celestino Mutis and the Dawn of Natural History in the New World Hardcover - 2010 - 1st Edition
by Wilson, Edward O.; Durn, Jos M. Gmez
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- Title Kingdom of Ants: José Celestino Mutis and the Dawn of Natural History in the New World
- Author Wilson, Edward O.; Durn, Jos M. Gmez
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- Pages 120
- Language ENG
- Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
- Date 2010-09
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780801897856
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- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Cultural Region: Latin America
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- Choice, 05/01/2011, Page 0
- Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2011, Page 266
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Pages: x, 99 p.One of the earliest New World naturalists, José Celestino Mutis began his professional life as a physician in Spain and ended it as a scientist and natural philosopher in modern-day Colombia. Drawing on new translations of Mutis's nearly forgotten writings, this fascinating story of scientific adventure in eighteenth-century South America retrieves Mutis's contributions from obscurity.In 1760, the 28-year-old Mutis—newly appointed as the personal physician of the Viceroy of the New Kingdom of Granada—embarked on a 48-year exploration of the natural world of northern South America. His thirst for knowledge led Mutis to study the region's flora, become a professor of mathematics, construct the first astronomical observatory in the Western Hemisphere, and amass one of the largest scientific libraries in the world. He translated Newton's writings and penned essays about Copernicus; lectured extensively on astronomy, geography, and meteorology; and eventually became a priest. But, as… Read More
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