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Extracting Knowledge from Optical Artifacts: On Mydorge’s Experiments
Claude Mydorge (1585–1647) is a remarkable figure closely linked into the intellectual circle around Mersenne and Descartes. Educated by the Jesuits a
Crafting a Natural History of Art in Early Modern Antwerp
This project examined the relationship between craft, curiosity, and the pursuit of natural knowledge in Antwerp during the second half of the sevente
History of Science ON CALL: Richard Rottenburg (in German)
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More“One of Geometry’s Nicest Applications”: Crafting the Georg-Tiefer Stollen (1771–1799)
In the second half of the eighteenth century, mine surveying in German ore mines was gaining steam. Methods were improving, due to both the found
Why Are There So Many Theories of Quantum Gravity?
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History For Physics: What Do Historians of Physics Do?
MoreInstitute's Colloquium: The Mathematical Formalization of the Historical Disciplines
MoreInstitute's Colloquium: The Mathematical Formalization of the Historical Disciplines
MoreA Visual Imprint of Moving Air
Graphical representations of acoustic space confront lay and expert publics with images of phenomena that cannot be seen. Transient, time-based, and e