Measuring the New World - Enlightenment Science and South America

Informationen zum Autor Neil Safier is associate professor of history at the University of British Columbia. Klappentext Examining the transatlantic flow of knowledge from West to East! this book explores how the social and cultural worlds of South America contributed to the production of European scientific knowledge during the Enlightenment. Zusammenfassung Examining the transatlantic flow of knowledge from West to East! this book explores how the social and cultural worlds of South America contributed to the production of European scientific knowledge during the Enlightenment.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Neil Safier, Safier Neil
• Edition: University Of Chicago Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 14.06.2012
• EAN: 9780226733623
• ISBN: 978-0-226-73362-3
• Pages: 408
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences naturelles en général; South America, SCIENCE / History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Science, Cartography, map-making and projections, C 1700 To C 1800