Collection, Laboratory, Theater: Scenes of Knowledge in the 17th Century (Theatrum Scientiarum: English Edition) (Theatrum Scientiarum: English Edition)
Contributors: Helmar Schramm (Editor); Ludger Schwarte (Editor); Jan Lazardzig (Editor)
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: June 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 594
ISBN-13: 9783110177367
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Theatre, drama; c 1600 to c 1700; Europe; Architecture; Science; Science/Mathematics; Planning; General; History; 17th century; Space (Architecture); Architecture and science; Communication in learning and scholarship
First sentence: On December 2nd, 1696, Robert Hooke addressed an unusual speech to the Royal Society (that honourable London society whose weekly meetings had, since the middle of the seventeenth century, aimed to serve the progress of science through practical experimentation).