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Scholars of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) have a strong book publication record, with output including individual publications, group collaborations, and edited volumes. Our Working Group books are volumes written by two or more authors as the result of intensive collaboration, and are a particular specialty of the Institute.
The notion of time is, and has always been, omnipresent. So what could be more obvious than to research the topic from international and interdisciplinary perspectives? From ancient Greece to the present; from childhood perceptions to philosophical conceptions of time; and from ancient Chinese views of duration and transience to the importance of natural phenomena in the early modern period. The cross-epochal investigations in this volume demonstrate the great importance of the phenomenon of time for humankind.
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A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century covers the period from 1700 to 1815. Setting the progress of science and technology in its cultural context, the volume re-examines the changes that many have considered to constitute a "chemical revolution".
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This special issue stresses the importance of material culture in diplomatic studies of science and technology.
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The essays appearing in the Topical Collection initiative "Seeing Clearly Through COVID-19" follow a short-form essay format.
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Contributions to the International Workshop “Locality and Geographical Knowledge in Imperial China”. Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG), Berlin, 29 June to 1 July 2020
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Glas ist das erste von Menschen hergestellte Material, das nicht in der Natur vorkommt. Als Endprodukt eines komplexen Herstellungsprozesses hat Glas auch keine Ähnlichkeit mit den Ausgangsmaterialien. Glas wird in der Bronzezeit im östlichen Mittelmeerraum erfunden und als künstlicher Edelstein u.a. für prachtvolle Schmuckgegenstände, Architekturelemente und Gefäße genutzt.
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Iteraciones Los seis ensayos que componen este libro transitan en los márgenes del sentido de la búsqueda científica y en lo impredecible en los procesos de experimentación. A través de la epistemología histórica, su experiencia de laboratorio y su interpretación novedosa de la filosofía de Jacques Derrida, Rheinberger problematiza la creatividad en los contextos científicos, la legitimación de sus objetos y la presentación de sus resultados.
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A significant number of works have set forth, over the past decades, the emphasis laid by seventeenth-century mathematicians and philosophers on motion and kinematic notions in geometry. These works demonstrated the crucial role attributed in this context to genetic definitions, which state the mode of generation of geometrical objects instead of their essential properties.
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Chinese Translation of the Book " Life Atomic: A History of Radioisotopes in Science and Medicine", University of Chicago Press 2013 translated by Wang Juechun 王珏纯.
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La fascinante historia, alejada del parque infantil, de un artilugio empapado de magia, pasiones, leyendas, ritos, goce, erotismo, diversión o muerte.
El columpio ha acompañado a los seres humanos desde la Grecia clásica o la China preimperial. Sus usos han labrado un terreno fecundo entre el arte y la vida, entre el ritual y el conocimiento, entre la cultura y el juego.
This book offers a comprehensive study and account of the co-evolution of technological and scientific literature in the early modern period (1450-1750). It examines the various relationships of these literatures in six areas of knowledge - Architecture, Chemistry, Gunnery, Mechanical Engineering, Mining, and Practical Mathematics - which represent the main types of advanced technological and scientific knowledge of the era.
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The diffusion of innovations from the Near East into the ‘static’ surrounding peripheries has become a well-known archaeological paradigm, often summed up as Ex Oriente Lux.
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Kaum ein Bauwerk prägt unsere Umgebung wie die Autobahn. Ihre festen Fahrbahnen, weiten Linien und ihre kreuzungsfreie Netzgestalt bilden ein System, ohne das kein Supermarkt, kein Gewerbegebiet und keine Fußgängerzone funktionieren. Und obwohl die Nationalsozialisten die Autobahn bekanntermaßen nicht erfunden haben, so wurde das Fundament für den europäischen Hauptverkehrsweg doch von 1934 bis 1942 in die Landschaft betoniert.
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The astronomer's chair is a leitmotif in the history of astronomy, appearing in hundreds of drawings, prints, and photographs from a variety of sources. Nineteenth-century stargazers in particular seemed eager to display their observing chairs—task-specific, often mechanically adjustable observatory furniture designed for use in conjunction with telescopes.
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Erdöl — kein anderer Rohstoff durchdringt so viele Bereiche unseres Lebens: unsere Städte, unsere Körper, unsere Emotionen. Die Publikation Oil. Schönheit und Schrecken des Erdölzeitalters bietet komplex und vielfältig wie nie zuvor einen transdisziplinären Einblick in das globale Zeitalter des Erdöls und wie es Kunst und Künstler*innen inspirierte.
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Annemarie Tröger, born in 1939, was one of the founders of women's studies in the German-speaking world in the 1970s. Her seminars, lectures, publications were groundbreaking for many of her colleagues and students.
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A taboo-busting romp through the shame, stink and strange science of sweating. Sweating may be one of our weirdest biological functions, but it’s also one of our most vital and least understood. In The Joy of Sweat, Sarah Everts delves into its role in the body—and in human history.
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Inspired by Francis Bacon’s ant, spider, and bee as models of collecting, processing, and transforming knowledge, Kimberly Coulter, Wilko Graf von Hardenberg, and Finn Arne Jørgensen started "Ant Spider Bee" to reflect on ways technology was transforming the epistemologies, methods, and dissemination of environmental humanities research.
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