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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Chicago Pr
Publication date
December 8, 1997
Pages
396
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780226669526
ISBN-10
0226669521
Dimensions
1 by 6.50 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.70 lbs.
Original list price
$41.00
Other format details
university press
Summaries and Reviews
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The Ovary of Eve is a rich and often hilarious account of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century efforts to understand conception. In these early years of the Scientific Revolution, the most intelligent men and women of the day struggled to come to terms with the origins of new life, and one theoryâpreformationâsparked an intensely heated debate that continued for over a hundred years. Clara Pinto-Correia traces the history of this much maligned theory through the cultural capitals of Europe.
"The most wonderfully eye-opening, or imagination-opening book, as amusing as it is instructive."âMary Warnock, London Observer
"[A] fascinating and often humorous study of a reproductive theory that flourished from the mid-17th century to the mid-18th century."âNina C. Ayoub, Chronicle of Higher Education
"More than just a good story, The Ovary of Eve is an object lesson about the history of science: Don't trust it. . . . Pinto-Correia says she wants to tell the story of history's losers. In doing so, she makes defeat sound more appealing than victory."âEmily Eakin, Nation.
"A sparkling history of preformation as it once affected every facet of European culture."âRobert Taylor, Boston Globe
"The most wonderfully eye-opening, or imagination-opening book, as amusing as it is instructive."âMary Warnock, London Observer
"[A] fascinating and often humorous study of a reproductive theory that flourished from the mid-17th century to the mid-18th century."âNina C. Ayoub, Chronicle of Higher Education
"More than just a good story, The Ovary of Eve is an object lesson about the history of science: Don't trust it. . . . Pinto-Correia says she wants to tell the story of history's losers. In doing so, she makes defeat sound more appealing than victory."âEmily Eakin, Nation.
"A sparkling history of preformation as it once affected every facet of European culture."âRobert Taylor, Boston Globe
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9780226669526 | details & prices | 396 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.70 lbs | List price $41.00
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