{"product_id":"9781851243198","title":"John Aubrey and the Advancement of Learning","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Aubrey (1626–97) was one of the best-connected scholars and antiquaries in the great decades of the British scientific revolution. He is remembered as a pioneer historian and the father of English life-writing, whose \u003ci\u003eBrief Lives\u003c\/i\u003e remains a lasting portrait of a generation of eminent thinkers and nobles. But Aubrey’s intellectual interests were much broader. He was one of the first Fellows of the Royal Society, and he was acquainted with leading scientists of the generation of Robert Hooke and Isaac Newton. Aubrey championed Hooke’s geological theories, radical for the time, that proposed the organic origin of fossils. In addition, Aubrey was a keen mathematician and an early donor to the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology and the Bodleian Library. Extensively illustrated, \u003ci\u003eJohn Aubrey and the Advancement of Learning\u003c\/i\u003e presents all of Aubrey’s varied interests and pursuits in their intellectual milieu. Published to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society, this is the first accessible and illustrated guide to Aubrey’s many diverse achievements as a biographer, natural philosopher and scientist, and antiquary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bodleian Library, University of Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038289871088,"sku":"9781851243198","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781851243198_p0.jpg?v=1763596460","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781851243198","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}