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Timothy Brook
Timothy Brook is professor of Chinese history and Republic of China Chair at the University of B...
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A Price History of Ming China
This research project examines that most basic fact of economic history—prices—in China during the Ming period (1368–1644), though particularly its se
Leonardo's Intellectual Cosmos
No 76
The intellectual cosmos of Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) is seemingly inexhaustible. It echoes the diversity and cultural abundance of the Renaissance, which he embodies in all its facets like few others of his time. He applied his curiosity and creative commitment to all fields of knowledge, from the forces of nature, both large and small, to all varieties of human form and design.
Jürgen Renn
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Leonardos intellektueller Kosmos
No 76
Der intellektuelle Kosmos Leonardo da Vincis (1452–1519) scheint ebenso unerschöpflich zu sein, wie die Vielfalt und der kulturelle Reichtum der Renaissance, die er wie nur wenige andere in allen ihren Facetten verkörpert. Seine Neugier und sein schöpferisches Engagement galten allen Wissensbereichen, von den Kräften der Natur im Großen und Kleinen bis in alle Varietäten menschlicher Gestalt und Gestaltung.
Jürgen Renn
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Figures of the Invisible: Geometrical Icons in Renaissance Christian Humanism, 1300–1600
Today, mathematical images may seem unrelated to interior religious experience. But during the long passage from the late medieval to the early modern
Two Ways of Experience in the Writings of Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) was a prophet and a unique intellectual. Hildegard wrote that her visionary experiences were the sole source for the v
Zeit Online on Dirk Wintergruen becoming one of three new directors at Klassik Stiftung Weimar
Go to article (German)Dirk Wintergruen wird einer von drei neuen Vorständen der Klassik Stiftung Weimar, so Zeit Online
Go to article (German)A New History of Medieval Science: Ideas, Objects, and Instruments in Europe and Islamdom, 800–1650
I will be working on chapters for a co-authored book, intended for an audience of students, historians of modern science, and lay readers, on medieval
Knowledge in Translation: Linnaeus and Other Knowledges
I will use my stay at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science to pursue two interrelated research projects. The first, in collaboration wi