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Scherer, Heinrich, Critica quadri partita, in qua plura recens inventa, et emendata circa geographiae artificium, historiam, technicam, et astrologiam scitu dignissima explicantur, 1710
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Dept. Renn

Structural Changes in Systems of Knowledge (1994–2024)

On January 1, 2024, Etienne Benson took over as Acting Director of Department 1 until its closure at the end of December 2024.
Contact: dept1office@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de.

Jürgen Renn is now Director at the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology.
Contact: <rennoffice@gea.mpg.de>.

Researchers

Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellow (Dec 2015 - Sep 2017)

Visiting Scholar (Aug 2016 - Oct 2016)

Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow (Sep 2018 - Oct 2018)

Beyond the Canon: Towards a History of Mathematical Practices in India

Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (May 2017 - Jun 2017)

Persian Astronomy in Byzantium

Visiting Senior Research Fellow (Jan 2019 - Dec 2024)

The Codex Ashb. 361 (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, Italy) and the manuscript O (Biblioteca Panizzi, Reggio Emilia, Italy): From Leonardo da Vinci’s Codices to Giovanni Battista Venturi’s studies

Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (Aug 2019 - Sep 2019)

Gottfried Leibniz's Networks: Science at the Confluence of Practice and Sociability

(Feb 2014 - May 2014)

Research Scholar (Nov 2022 - Mar 2024)

Thema: Maschinelles Lernen in und für die Archäologie

Visiting Scholar (May 2016 - Jun 2016)

Visiting Scholar (Apr 2016 - Jun 2016)

(Sep 2014 - Dec 2014)

Visiting Scholar (Sep 2017 - Oct 2017)

The Epistemological Transformation of Mechanics in the Nineteenth Century: Interactions between Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy

Research Scholar (Jul 2016 - Jun 2020)

Transmission and History of Antique Scientific Texts such as Ptolemy’s Geography, using Computational Humanities

Artist in Residence (May 2019 - Jun 2019)

Hopium Economy Substance Dependencies in the Anthropocene

Journalist in Residence (May 2023 - Jun 2023)

Visiting Scholar (Apr 2016 - Jul 2017)

Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (Sep 2020 - Aug 2021)

The Treadmill of Protection: Evaluating the Social Costs of Saving Disappearing Coasts

(Mar 2015 - Apr 2015)

Visiting Scholar (Jul 2016 - Jul 2016)

Measuring the Heaven and Earth: Jesuits and Their Scientific Activity in China

(Apr 2015 - Jul 2015)

(Jul 2016 - Aug 2016)

Visiting Scholar (May 2018 - Dec 2022)

Analyzing the Patterns and Mechanisms Driving the Great Acceleration of the Anthropocence

Research Scholar (Jan 2004 - Dec 2016)

History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

(Jul 2004 - Dec 2014)

Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (Aug 2016 - Feb 2020)

Visiting Scholar (Sep 2017 - Sep 2017)

Paracelsus: Completing Nature, Recreating the Soul

(Mar 2014 - Jun 2014)

Predoctoral Fellow (May 2016 - Aug 2016)

(Apr 2015 - Sep 2018)

(Jul 2014 - Aug 2014)

Former Director (Mar 1994 - Dec 2023)

Visiting Scholar (Aug 2017 - Sep 2017)

Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow (Feb 2018 - Dec 2020)

The History of Black Holes

Visiting Scholar (Jul 2017 - Jul 2017)

Development of Knowledge Systems

Visiting Scholar (Jul 2016 - Jan 2017)

Artist in Residence (May 2019 - Jun 2019)

Hopium Economy Substance Dependencies in the Anthropocene

Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (Mar 2016 - Mar 2018)

Visiting Senior Research Fellow (Jan 2023 - Jan 2025)

Bibliometrie in der Wissenschaftsgeschichte

Departmental Assistant

Journalist in Residence (Jan 2017 - Feb 2017)

Darwin's Reef Paradox as a Model for Media Innovation

Visiting Scholar (Jun 2016 - Jul 2016)

(Oct 2013 - Oct 2013)

Visiting Scholar (Oct 2016 - Nov 2016)

Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow (Jul 2018 - Aug 2018)

chin. Partnergruppe

(Jan 2015 - Feb 2015)

Visiting Scholar (Jan 2016 - May 2016)

(Jan 2016 - Dec 2017)

Visiting Scholar (Oct 2016 - Oct 2017)

Concessions of Interest and Struggles for Rights versus Technology Dependence: A Case Study of Jinpu Railway 1908-1937

Visiting Scholar (Aug 2016 - Mar 2017)

Justifying the Existence of the Higgs Boson: The Logic of a "Five Sigma" Discovery

Visiting Scholar (Jun 2016 - Jul 2016)