200 Search Results
Alchemy as the Art of Dyeing: The Fourfold Division of Alchemy and the Enochian Tradition
What is Graeco-Egyptian alchemy? What kinds of techniques and craft practices does it encompass? And what were its goals? This Working Group paper pro
Experimental Imagery: An Investigation of Fifteenth-Century Alchemical Expression (Image, Symbol, and Word)
Medieval alchemy employed a distinctive language, imagery, and metaphorical expression in its writings. Non-verbal elements played a vital role in thi
Chinesischsprachiger "History of Science Reader" in Shanghai Review of Books gelobt
Zur Rezension (auf Chinesisch)Chinese-language "History of Science Reader” praised in Shanghai Review of Books
Go to Review (in Chinese)Dangerous Drugs: Global Medicines in Early Modern Russia
In 1645, the dying Tsar Mikhail Romanov was examined by his German doctors and prescribed, via Latin instructions, Chinese rhubarb, Alexandrine Senna,
Director Emerita Lorraine Daston in Scientific American on language and science
Go to ArticleDeath’s Paperwork: Gender, Authority, and Memory in Early Modern Science
I propose to consider the posthumous handling of the papers of seventeenth-century British naturalists and medical practitioners. When a naturalist di
Development of Phonology as a Field of Study in Late Imperial China, 1500–1900
This is a project on phonology, the study of the sounds of human language, in China in the period 1500–1900. The ultimate aim of this research is to q
Translating Medicine in the Premodern World
In recent years, translation (broadly defined) has emerged as a central research strand. Explorations of the epistemic process and impact of knowledge
Betwixt and Between: Sound in the Humanities and Sciences
The broad domain of acoustics that emerged in academic life throughout the modern era is usually categorized as part of the natural sciences. Yet the
Events, Betwixt and Between: Sound in the Humanities and Sciences, February 2018, More, Vossius Center for History of Humanities and Sciences