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The Politics of Popularization and the Fate of Physiology in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Germany
In the German-speaking states of the 1840s and 50s, revolution was in the air. While the political revolutions of 1848–1849 are best known, the life s
Lecture | Jun 15, 2018 | 11:00 to 12:30
The Illustrated Book in Lyon (1480–1600) - Equipex Biblissima
MoreThe Word in the World
The last century devoted considerable critical attention to questions of how language relates to the world and reached pessimistic views in both direc
Workshop | Jun 25-Jun 26, 2018 | 10:00 to 16:50
The Safavid Multi-Text-Manuscript 1984.463 (Harvard University, Sackler Museum)—its Content and Context
MoreSeminar | Jun 5, 2018 | 11:00 to 15:00
Tensions between Variability of Ancient Texts and Normativity of Databases: Case Studies
MorePremodern Conversations Series | May 31, 2018 | 16:00 to 17:30
A History of Rules: Algorithms, Patterns, and Recipes
MoreEuclide's Elements in the West and China: Communication and Transmission of Mathematical Knowledge along the Silk Road
Zhigang Ji Jihe Yuanben(几何原本), translated by Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi in 1607
This project has two distinct but interlocking elements: The first starts from the general context of cultural communication between Ch
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The Demarcation of Science in Historical Perspective
The image of science as a mirror of nature has been key not only to defining science but also to its treatment as a historical phenomenon. This image
Knowledge in Transit
We often think about knowledge being made in specific places, and then passed on to others, so that the making and communicating of knowledge are sepa