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N° 454
- Markham Geller Markham J. Geller
Esoteric Knowledge in Antiquity (TOPOI – Dahlem Seminar for the History of Ancient Sciences Vol. II)
"Understanding is Within One’s Grasp” (遼 然 在 握 Liaoran zai wo): Hand Mnemonics and Chinese Arts of Memory
When Chinese authors included diagrams of hands with characters inscribed on them in their books, they used the hand as a tu 圖—a diagram, map, illustr
N° 495
- Markus Asper
Science Writing and Its Settings: Some Ancient Greek Modes
Underground Mathematics: Craft Culture and Knowledge Production in Early Modern Europe
Thomas Morel tells the story of subterranean geometry, a forgotten discipline that developed in the silver mines of early modern Europe. Mining and metallurgy were of great significance to the rulers of early modern Europe, required for the silver bullion that fuelled warfare and numerous other uses.
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Liberal Sound: Milton Babbitt and the RCA Synthesizer
“Liberal Sound” considers the impact of a man and a machine on Cold War musical modernism. The machine is the Mark II, RCA’s second programmable sound
Secretsharers: Intersecting Systems of Knowledge and Ethnographic Encounters in the American Southwest, 1880–1930
Adam Fulton Johnson'S dissertation project investigates encounters between Anglo anthropologists and Pueblo and Navajo Indian communities in the South
The Formative Years of Relativity: the History and Meaning of Einstein’s Princeton Lectures
First published in 1922 and based on lectures delivered in May 1921, Albert Einstein’s The Meaning of Relativity offered an overview and explanation of the then new and controversial theory of relativity. The work would go on to become a monumental classic, printed in numerous editions and translations worldwide. Now, The Formative Years of Relativity introduces Einstein’s masterpiece to new audiences.
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Deposing the Demon: Jan Baptista van Helmont and the Authority of Magic in Early Modern Medicine
This project explores the participation of esoteric knowledge in early modern scientific development through the works of the Dutch chymical physician
Media and Methods of Practical Knowledge Transmission: Craftsmanship and the Qing Court
This project addressed sociocultural issues, knowledge mobility across space, and the social context of artisans. In this context, socialcultural issu
Cosmic Ice Theory—Science, Fiction and the Public, 1894–1945
At the end of the nineteenth century, Werner Siemens proclaimed the beginning of the scientific age in Germany. At the same time, academic scholars, p
Publications, “Kosmische Ent-Fremdung. Zur Geschichte der Welteislehre und ihrer epistemischen Dinge,” in: Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften 1 (2006).