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Venomous encounters
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Venomous encounters

Snakes, vivisection and scientific medicine in colonial Australia
BookHardcover
Ranking406227inGeschichte
CHF163.00

Description

Presents a radically new view of the role of science and scientific methodology in the colonies. It explores the role of snakes, snakebite and snake venom in the emerging science of nineteenth-century Australia and India, the neglected significance of inter-colony exchanges and conflicts and the importance of vivisection to science.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-5261-0144-0
Product TypeBook
BindingHardcover
Publishing date31/01/2017
Pages218 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 161 mm, Height 240 mm, Thickness 18 mm
Weight538 g
Article no.28465876
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.21265431
Product groupGeschichte
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Author

Peter Hobbins is Research Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Sydney, Australia

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