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School Library Book Collections in Ming, Qing, and Republican China
To understand intellectual life and knowledge production, it is critical to examine the circulation of information. In 1996, Timothy Brook published a
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Mineral Building Materials in China. Rediscovering Built Environments in the Large Datasets of Difangzhi, 10–20th Centuries
This project revisits construction activities in China by utilizing large datasets of the Chinese local gazette Difangzhi, dating from the tenth
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The Other Chemists’ War: The Uses, Dual Uses, and Abuses of Chemical Weapons in the Second World War
Alison’s dissertation highlights the long Second World War (1931–1945) as a transformative moment in the history of chemical weapons. Although the con
Vegetable · Animal · Transformation
“Vegetable · Animal · Transformation” examines a complex of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century strategies that engaged chemistry, biology, and d
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Artifact and Tonality: Musical Instrument Makers as Invisible Technicians in Twentieth-Century South India
In India, musical instrument making has so far not been explored from the perspective of history of science and technology. From the historical docume
Zhu Yuanzhang and the Nanjing City Wall: Knowledge of Astronomy and Divination
In the middle of the fourteenth century, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, expanded a city in Nanjing with the power of the who
Alles bewegt! Wissen unterwegs - Canzler & Kalmbach reden über Mobilität
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MorePolitics vs. Science: The Institutionalization of Astronomy in the Brazilian Empire (1824–1846)
The history of astronomy has recently been invigorated by approaches first used in social and cultural history. Historians of science have been sourci
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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