Publication

2013 - BRILL

Language

English

Word Count

74,000 words, Guess

Page Count

296 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789004252974
  • ISBN-109004252975
  • Better World Books9789004252974
  • Open LibraryOL29684917M

Classifications

  • LCCQ185.C27 2013eb

Description

"Cabinets of Experimental Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Europe is an ambitious contribution to the growing interest in how science came to engage the attention of a public outside the academic and professional spheres and how collections of instruments played a formative role in this development. Collections of physical instruments for research and demonstration appeared throughout Europe in the eighteenth century and the coverage of the book is correspondingly broad. While collections in different cultural and geographical locations had much in common, there were significant local modifications. The essays in this book illustrate how science, sometimes thought to be monolithic and universal, can maintain core intellectual characteristics and practical techniques while adapting to particular sites and circumstances" --Back cover.

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  • Cabinets of Experimental Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century EuropeBRILL2013-01-01

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