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Leonardos intellektueller Kosmos
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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
Visualizations of the Planets in the Graeco-Roman World (ca. 300 BCE-600 CE)
Using texts and images, this project explores the ways in which the planets were imagined and visually represented in the Graeco-Roman world in a diac
Mathematics, the Body, and the Soul: Nicolaus Steno and the Search for Certainty in the 17th Century
Nicolaus Steno (1638–1686) became famous for scientific discoveries such as naming the so-called female testicles as ovaries, describing the heart as
Anthropocene Formations: Process Landscapes of Petromodernity
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