Pursuing knowledge
Subtitle: scientific instruments, manuscripts and prints from Istanbul University collections = Bilginin izinde : İstanbul Üniversitesi koleksiyonlarından bilimsel aletler, yazmalar, baskılar
By: editor, Feza Günergun
Contributors: İstanbul Üniversitesi. II. Bayezid Türk Hamam Kültürü Müzesi; Scientific Instrument Symposium (35th : 2016 : Istanbul, Turkey)
Publisher: Istanbul Üniversitesi
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Istanbul
Language: eng; tur
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9786050706062
Subjects: Exhibitions; Scientific apparatus and instruments; Science; Study and teaching; Manuscripts; İstanbul Üniversitesi
Other titles: Bilginin izinde :
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Istanbul University Bayezid II Museum for Turkish Bath Culture, Istanbul, Turkey, September 26-December 26, 2016, and held in conjunction with the 35th Scientific Instrument Symposium, held in Istanbul, Turkey September 26-30, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-149).

English and Turkish.
Table of contents: title: Ottomans' quest for knowledge / Feza Günergun; title: Chronology: science from the East, techniques from the West: Turkey's 700-year long venture; title: Observatories and their instruments; title: Instruments from the West; title: Measuring, drawing and calculating; title: Experimenting, measuring, recording; title: Reaching distant objects and magnifying the tiny; title: Penetrating matter; title: Beware of electricity!; title: Physics in the classroom; title: Surveying and mapping; title: Melting, distilling, solving, evaporating ...; title: Discovering nature.