Databases have revolutionized nearly every aspect of our lives. Information of all sorts is
being collected on a massive scale, from Google to Facebook and well beyond. But as the …

Natural history, loosely defined as the observational study of organisms in the habitats
where they occur, is recognized at the roots of ecology. Although the centrality of natural …

In 1524, Pope Clement VII gave two condemned criminals to his physician to test a
promising new antidote. After each convict ate a marzipan cake poisoned with deadly …

This volume offers a comprehensive historical survey of medicine in sixteenth-century
Europe and examines both medical theories and practices within their intellectual and social …

My lifelong partner Teresa is a practical ecological thinker, and she was there at the birth of
the idea that transformed into this book. My understanding of ecological ideas and practices …

Why is it that nature writing has reappeared in such profusion just as the planet becomes
city? Is it because nature is being extinguished or occluded rather than tended and …

In recent years, cultural studies and cultural theory have experienced a new wave of
ecological thought. Despite the engagement with the Anthropocene the history of ecology …

The essays and original visualizations collected in Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds
explore the relationships among natural things-ranging from pollen in a gust of wind to a …

Drawing on recent literatures that explore the complicated role of 'Indigenous intermediaries'
within histories of geographical exploration, and bringing these into dialogue with research …

The naturalist's field is often taken as a romanticized place of awe and wonder or a side
activity to scientific work. This special issue seeks to establish the field as neither the origin …