Things that talk

DASTON Lorraine Things that talk : object lessons from art and science New York : Zone books, 2004, 1 vol. (447 p.) ISBN 978-1-89095-144-3 MOND 490 Résumé : Imagine a world without things. There would be nothing to describe, explain, remark on, interpret, or complain about. Without things, we would, in short, stop speaking ; we would become as mute as objects are alleged to be. In nine original essays, internationally renowned historians of art and of science seek to understand how objects be..