Author(s) Javier Ordóñez, Antonio Sánchez Publisher De Gruyter/Sciendo Presentation text Special issue “Standards: Taming Knowledge?”, with an introduction by the guest editors Javier Ordóñez and Antonio Sánchez to the four articles that it contains. They are case studies dealing with the setting of standards’ epistemological and institutional issues in the modern period, with approaches ranging… Continue reading HoST 14.1 (Jun. 2020) Special Issue – STANDARDS: TAMING KNOWLEDGE?
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Salomon Maimon’s Theory of Invention: Scientific Genius, Analysis and Euclidean Geometry
Author(s) Idit Chikurel Publisher De Gruyter Presentation text How can we invent new certain knowledge in a methodical manner? This question stands at the heart of Salomon Maimon’s theory of invention. Chikurel argues that Maimon’s contribution to the ars inveniendi tradition lies in the methods of invention which he prescribes for mathematics. Influenced by Proclus’… Continue reading Salomon Maimon’s Theory of Invention: Scientific Genius, Analysis and Euclidean Geometry
Stokes at 200 (Parts 1 &2)
Author(s) Silvana Cardoso, Julyan Cartwright, Herbert Hupper Publisher Royal Society Publishing Presentation text Royal Society Publishing has recently published a special double issue of Philosophical Transactions A entitled Stokes at 200 (Parts 1 &2) – compiled and edited by Silvana Cardoso, Julyan Cartwright, Herbert Huppert and Christopher Ness and the articles can be accessed at… Continue reading Stokes at 200 (Parts 1 &2)
Karine Chemla awarded the 2020 Neugebauer Prize
The Otto Neugebauer Prize is awarded every four years by the European Mathematical Society “for highly original and influential work in the field of history of mathematics that enhances our understanding of either the development of mathematics or a particular mathematical subject in any period and in any geographical region.” The Otto Neugebauer Prize Fund… Continue reading Karine Chemla awarded the 2020 Neugebauer Prize
Enlightening the plates of the Encyclopédie Perspectives and research on the Recueil de planches (1762-1772)
Organisers Alexandre Guilbaud, Sorbonne Université Alain Cernuschi, Université de Lausanne Malou Haine, Université Libre de Bruxelles Rational Diderot and D’Alembert’s Encyclopédie represented a very significant moment in the history of the transmission of knowledge, particularly scientific knowledge, in the European Enlightenment, notably because of the brand new importance it gave to illustrations, engraved and commented… Continue reading Enlightening the plates of the Encyclopédie Perspectives and research on the Recueil de planches (1762-1772)
Leadership of a Max Planck Research Group (at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science)
Institution Max Planck Society in Cooperation with Freie Universität Berlin Presentation text The candidate will lead a Max Planck Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) and is expected to teach and conduct research in the History of Science and the History of Knowledge at the Freie Universität Berlin.… Continue reading Leadership of a Max Planck Research Group (at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science)
The Age of Intoxication: Origins of the Global Drug Trade
Author(s) Benjamin Breen Title The Age of Intoxication: Origins of the Global Drug Trade Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press Presentation text Eating the flesh of an Egyptian mummy prevents the plague. Distilled poppies reduce melancholy. A Turkish drink called coffee increases alertness. Tobacco cures cancer. Such beliefs circulated in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, an… Continue reading The Age of Intoxication: Origins of the Global Drug Trade
Early-Career Conference for Historians of the Physical Sciences
Organisers Joanna Behrman, Center for the History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics Christian Joas, Niels Bohr Archive Greg Good, Center for the History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics Rational The American Institute of Physics (AIP) Center for the History of Physics and Niels Bohr Library & Archives are pleased… Continue reading Early-Career Conference for Historians of the Physical Sciences
History of Knowledge Seminar Series @ Utrecht University + Lecture by Lorraine Daston (Thursday 12 March 2020)
Organising institution Utrecht University / Descartes Centre Organiser(s) Lukas M. Verburgt Dates and time of the event Thursday 12 March 2020, 15:30-17:00 Place of the event Academiegebouw (University Hall), Domplein 29, Utrecht Rational CfA: Launch of History of Knowledge Seminar Series @ Utrecht University + Lecture by Lorraine Daston (MPIWG) on Thursday 12 March 2020… Continue reading History of Knowledge Seminar Series @ Utrecht University + Lecture by Lorraine Daston (Thursday 12 March 2020)
Outer Edge: Queer(y)ing STEM Collections
Organisers Dr Sophie Gerber, TMW Eleanor Armstrong, UCL Rational How can the science and technology museum, as a cultural and social institution, explore the opportunities of reflecting and developing a plural society? In what ways are these museums still bound by existing collecting, labeling, and exhibiting practices? How are museum curators, practitioners, scholars grappling with… Continue reading Outer Edge: Queer(y)ing STEM Collections