Essays about: "Jacob Orrje"

Found 1 essay containing the words Jacob Orrje.

  1. 1. Narrating a New World : How Microscopic Experience was Communicated through the Words and Images of Robert Hooke’s Micrographia

    University essay from Institutionen för idé- och lärdomshistoria

    Author : Jacob Orrje; [2008]
    Keywords : Micrographia; Robert Hooke 1635-1703 ; experimental experience; communicating science; English restoration; scientific text;

    Abstract : This essay revolves around Micrographia written by the English 17th century experimental philosopher Robert Hooke and the way it mediated microscopic experience. The focus of this study is on one hand the strategies Hooke used to communicate experience and on the other the responses by some of Hooke’s contemporary readers. READ MORE