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Historical Epistemology of Space
In the history of Western epistemological thought, there is a long tradition of dividing spatial knowledge into a purely rational part, independent of
Continuity and Epistemic Developments of Astronomical Knowledge in the Longue Durée: The Sphaera-tradition
For about 400 years, Johannes Sacrobosco’s Tractatus de sphaera was one of the most important texts of European astronomical culture. The original tex
The Finale of Antiquity: The Analytic Turn of Mechanics between Traditional Models of Thought and Claims of Autonomy
The project deals with the transformation of antique concepts in mathematics, mechanics, and the theory of heat after the rise of classical physics in
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Scholastic Elaborations of Ancient Mechanics
Aristotelian mechanics remained dominant in Medieval times but was enriched in the 14th century by the work of the Oxford calculatores, who expanded t
The Use of Scholastic Tools in Early Modern Mechanics
The mathematical tools that were further developed or originated in the medieval scholastic tradition, such as the theory of proportions or the diagra
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Veronika Lipphardt, Forschungsgruppenleiterin am MPIWG, hat den Förderpreis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Medizin, Naturwissenschaft und Technik erhalten.
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Veronika Lipphardt, Forschungsgruppenleiterin am MPIWG, hat den Förderpreis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Medizin, Naturwissenschaft und Technik erhalten.
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Veronika Lipphardt, Research Group Director at the MPIWG, has received the Award of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Medizin, Naturwissenschaft und Technik.
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Veronika Lipphardt, Research Group Director at the MPIWG, has received the Award of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Medizin, Naturwissenschaft und Technik.
Oct 14, 2009
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