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25 Years of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science: Alumni Greetings
MoreTranscultural Wonders: Encounters with the Exotic in the Dutch Republic
This research project tracked the production, exchange, and consumption of exotic objects in the Netherlands and along Eurasian contact routes during
Experiments, Models, Paper Tools: Cultures of Organic Chemistry in the Nineteenth Century
In the early nineteenth century, chemistry emerged in Europe as a truly experimental discipline. What set this process in motion, and how did it evolve? Experimentalization in chemistry was driven by a seemingly innocuous tool: the sign system of chemical formulas invented by the Swedish chemist Jacob Berzelius
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Natural History and History Painting in Rubens’ Animals
In 1616, Prince Elector Maximilian I of Bavaria (r. 1573–1651) commissioned four hunt paintings from Peter Paul Rubens, then one of the most sought af
Publications"Attention and the Values of Nature in the Enlightenment," forthcoming in: Lorraine Daston and Fernando Vidal, eds., The Moral Authority o, Funding Institutions, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
In Memoriam: Wolfgang Edelstein (1929–2020)
Das Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte trauert um Wolfgang Edelstein
Mar 2, 2020In Memoriam: Wolfgang Edelstein (1929–2020)
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science mourns the loss of Wolfgang Edelstein
Mar 2, 2020Renaissance Planetary Horology
The main focus of this research project was Renaissance planetary horology. The narrative of the Scientific Revolution rests on three major buttresses
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POSTPONED: Democracy or Mediarchy? Agential Cuts and Mattering in the Collapsing Anthropocene
MoreBerliner Zentrum für Wissensgeschichte veröffentlicht neue Webseite
Das Berliner Zentrum für Wissensgeschichte veröffentlicht seine neue Webseite
Mar 5, 2020Berlin Center for the History of Knowledge Launches New Website
The Berlin Center for the History of Knowledge launches its new website
Mar 5, 2020