Cabinets of Experimental Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9789004252967
Subjects: Europe, social conditions; Europe, intellectual life; Physics, history; Science, history; Scientific apparatus and instruments
Description: "Cabinets of Experimental Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Europe is an ambitious contribution to the growing interest in how science came to engage the attention of a public outside the academic and professional spheres and how collections of instruments played a formative role in this development. Collections of physical instruments for research and demonstration appeared throughout Europe in the eighteenth century and the coverage of the book is correspondingly broad. While collections in different cultural and geographical locations had much in common, there were significant local modifications. The essays in this book illustrate how science, sometimes thought to be monolithic and universal, can maintain core intellectual characteristics and practical techniques while adapting to particular sites and circumstances" --Back cover.