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Vorstellung der Publikationsplattform der Excellenzcluster Topoi
PRESS RELEASE (PDF)Presentation of the Publication Platform of Excellence Cluster Topoi
PRESS RELEASE (PDF)Dreaming, Motion, Meaning: Onieric Transport in Early Modern Europe
The history of theorizing about the meaning of dreams is an ancient one, and many of its problematics remain the same as they were for Aristotle in hi
Publications, Wonder and Science: Imagining Worlds in Early Modern Europe (Cornell University Press, 1999); paperback, Spring 2004.
Archival Reasoning: Astronomy, Chronology, History
Coordinated on a global scale, collective observation of the Mercury transit of 1753 and the Venus transits of 1761 and 1769 exemplify Enlightenment c
Kants naturtheoretische Begriffe (KNB)
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Die Datenbank erfasst systematisch die naturtheoretischen Begriffe von Immanuel Kant und stellt sie in den Kontext der Naturwissenschaften des 18. Jahrhunderts.
Kants naturtheoretische Begriffe (KNB)
Visit websiteThis database systematically comprises of the concepts of Kant's natural philosophy and places them in the context of the sciences of the eighteenth century (in German).
A Matter of Time: Transforming Timekeeping in Nineteenth-century Japan
The use of clocks for timekeeping seems to be a straightforward and almost intuitive routine. Yet glancing at mechanical clocks designed in a culture
Publications, Frumer, Y. (2014). Translating Time: Habits of Western-Style Timekeeping in Late Edo Japan. Technology and Culture 55(4), 785-820.
Collective Observation
Natural philosopher Edmond Halley’s 1686 map of the world winds is emblematic of a new scientific predicament that emerged in the mid-seventeenth cent
Color Beginnings
Color was long excluded from the “characters” or “differentiae” used to describe species and thus to distinguish species from each other. For late eig
Bringing Chymistry into Shape: The Ideas, Intellectual Context, and Influence of Daniel Sennert (1572-1637)
In this dissertation project "Bringing Chymistry into Shape: The Ideas, Intellectual Context, and Influence of Daniel Sennert (1572–1637)," Joel