Materials and Expertise in Early Modern Europe - Between Market and Laboratory

Klappentext Papers of two workshops which were held at the Max-Planck-Institut f'ur Wissenschaftsgeschichte! Berlin! in July 2004 and December 2006. Zusammenfassung It is often assumed that natural philosophy was the forerunner of early modern natural sciences. This title emphasizes the laboratories! workshops! and marketplaces as arenas where hands-on experience united with higher learning. It tells the stories of metals! gunpowder! pigments and foods! and demonstrates the practices of technical experts.

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• Authors: Ursula Klein, Ursula (EDT)/ Spary Klein, Ursula Spary Klein, E. C. Klein Spary
• Assisted by: Ursula Klein (Editor), Klein Ursula (Editor), E. C. Spary (Editor), E. C. (University of Warwick) Spary (Editor), Spary E. C. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2010
• EAN: 9780226439686
• ISBN: 978-0-226-43968-6
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Europa, Europe, SCIENCE / History, History of Science