Materials and Expertise in Early Modern Europe: Between Market and Laboratory

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It is often assumed that natural philosophy was the forerunner of early modern natural sciences. But where did these sciences' systematic observation and experimentation get their starts? In Materials and Expertise in Early Modern Europe , the laboratories, workshops, and marketplaces emerge as arenas where hands-on experience united with higher learning. In an age when chemistry, mineralogy, geology, and botany intersected with mining, metallurgy,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0226439682

ISBN13:9780226439686

Release Date:April 2010

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:408 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"

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Engineering History Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Technology

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