Information Cultures – serie
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Leibniz Discovers Asia
Social Networking in the Republic of Letters
Inbunden, 2019
893 kr
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How did early modern scholars—as exemplified by Leibniz—search for their origins in the study of language?Who are the nations of Europe, and where did they come from? Early modern people were as curious about their origins as we are today. Lacking twenty-first-century DNA research, …
Maker of Pedigrees
Jakob Wilhelm Imhoff and the Meanings of Genealogy in Early Modern Europe
Inbunden, 2023
804 kr
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A history of genealogical knowledge-making strategies in the early modern world.In The Maker of Pedigrees, Markus Friedrich explores the complex and fascinating world of central European genealogy practices during the Baroque era. Drawing on archival material from a dozen European institutions, …
Centaur in London
Reading and Observation in Early Modern Science
Inbunden, 2023
898 kr
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A nuanced reframing of the dual importance of reading and observation for early modern naturalists.Historians traditionally argue that the sciences were born in early modern Europe during the so-called Scientific Revolution. At the heart of this narrative lies a supposed shift from the knowledge of …
How Writing Made Us Human, 3000 BCE to Now
Inbunden, 2023
450 kr
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A sweeping history of how writing has preserved cultural practices, traditions, and knowledge throughout human history.In How Writing Made Us Human, 3000 BCE to Now, Walter Stephens condenses the massive history of the written word into an accessible, engaging narrative. The history of writing is …
In the Land of Marvels
Science, Fabricated Realities, and Industrial Espionage in the Age of the Grand Tour
Inbunden, 2023
648 kr
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How a journey through Italy casts light on secrets, stereotypes, and the manipulation of information in eighteenth-century science.Winner of the Paul Bunge Prize by the German Chemical SocietyIn 1749, the celebrated French physicist Jean-Antoine Nollet set out on a journey through Italy to solve an …
Cradle of Words
Language and Knowledge in the Spanish Empire
Inbunden, 2025
765 kr
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How languages served as archives of local knowledge and a crucial resource for both the human and natural history of the Americas in the Spanish empire.In the sixteenth century, the conquest of the Americas exposed Spanish writers to previously unknown peoples and their many languages. The …
Sailing School
Navigating Science and Skill, 1550-1800
Inbunden, 2019
742 kr
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Hands-on science in the Age of Exploration.Winner of the John Lyman Book Award in Naval and Maritime Science and Technology by the North American Society for Oceanic History and the Leo Gershoy Prize by the American Historical AssociationThroughout the Age of Exploration, European maritime …
