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Matthias Schemmel

TOPOI Research Group Director (Excellence Cluster 264)

Dr.

Residence: April 1, 2008 - October 31, 2012


Current work:


Long-term development of spatial cognition; history of early modern mechanics; history of modern physics and astronomy; history of Chinese science

Contact

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Boltzmannstraße 22
14195 Berlin
Germany
schemmel@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

Projects

Beyond the Myth of Universal Space and Impenetrable Matter: The Overlapping Worlds of General Relativity and Quantum Theory
Expansion of Theoretical Mechanics in the Early Modern Period
Historical Epistemology of Space: Experience and Theoretical Reflection in the Historical Development of Spatial Knowledge
History and Foundations of Quantum Physics: Consolidation, Extension, and Reception
History of Quantum Gravity
Knowledge and Belief in Early Modern Science
Knowledge as a Fellow Traveller
The Genesis of General Relativity (four-volumes edition)
The Impact of Cosmological Knowledge on the Generalization of Spatial Concepts
The Impact of Geographial Knowledge on the Generalization of Spatial Concepts: From Ancient to Modern Maps
The Impenetrability of Matter: Space and Matter in Early Modern Science
The Reorganization of Classical Knowledge on Gravitation
The Transformation of Ancient Spatial Knowledge in its Intercultural Transfer: The Early Modern Translation of Euclid’s Elements into Chinese
The Use of Scholastic Tools in Early Modern Mechanics
Writing and Reflection on Elementary Actions and Professional Practices: The Chinese Mohist Canon and Its Counterparts in Greek Science

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