Instruments, Travel and Science Itineraries of Precision from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century

Name: Instruments, Travel and Science Itineraries of Precision from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century
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ISBN: 9780415272957

ISBN-10: 0415272955

ISBN-13: 9780415272957

Edition: 2004

Authors: Christian Licoppe, H. Otto Sibum, Marie-Noï¿½lle Bourguet

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We are now accustomed to conceive of science as an instrumental activity, producing numbers, measurements and graphs by means of sophisticated devices. This book investigates the historical process that gave rise to this instrumental culture. The contributors trace the displacement of instruments across the globe, the spread of practices or precision and the circulation and appropriation of skills and knowledge. Through comparative and contextual approaches, the volume confronts the tension between the local and the global, examining the process of the universalization of science. Bringing together case studies ranging from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, contributors discuss…

Book details

List price: $230.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 9/13/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 316
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.29" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



Marie-Noeuml




Simon Schaffer Golden Means: Assay Instruments and the Geography of Precision in the Guinea Trade



Christian Licoppe


The Project for a Map of Languedoc in Eighteenth-Century


France at the Contested Intersection between Astronomy and Geography


The Problem of Co-ordination between Philosophers


Instruments and Observations as a Keystone of Modernity



Jim Bennett The Travels and Trials of




Marie-Noeuml



Travel and Instruments (Mid-18th to Early 19th Century)



Giuliano Pancaldi Approaching Invention: the Reception of the Voltaic Battery in Europe



Kapil Raj When Human Travellers Become Instruments: The Indo-British Exploration of Central Asia in the 19th Century



Christophe Bonneuil The Manufacture of Species: Kew Gardens, the Empire, and the Standardization of Taxonomic Practises in Late 19th-Century Botany



H. Otto Sibum Exploring the Margins of Precision



Richard Staley Travelling Light



David Turnball Travelling Knowledge: Narratives, Assemblage and Encounters