Scientific Instruments Between East and West

Scientific Instruments between East and West is a collection of essays on the transmission of knowledge about scientific instruments and the trade in such instruments between the Eastern and Western worlds.

About the author

Neil Brown has a BSc in Physics and an MSc in the History of Technology, and spent most of his working life at the Science Museum in London, curating a wide range of physical science and engineering artefacts.

Silke Ackermann (PhD), studied History, Languages and Cultures of the Orient, and History of Science. She has been the Director of the History of Science Museum in Oxford since 2014 following sixteen years in a variety of curatorial and managerial roles at the British Museum.

Feza Günergun has a BSc in Chemical Engineering, and a PhD in the History of Medicine. She is the Head of the Department of the History of Science (Istanbul University) and the editor of the journal Osmanlı Bilimi Araştırmaları (Studies in Ottoman Science).

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.2019
• EAN: 9789004412835
• ISBN: 978-90-04-41283-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 578 g
• Series: Scientific Instruments and Col
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous