Travels of learning : a geography of science in Europe

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    • Simões, Ana
    • Carneiro, Ana
    • Diogo, Marian Paula

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Travels of learning : a geography of science in Europe

edited by Ana Simões, Ana Carneiro and Marian Paula Diogo

(Boston studies in the philosophy of science, v. 233)

Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2003

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This volume offers a reappraisal of the topic of scientific and technological traveling and takes the viewpoint of the European peripheries, including case studies of Portugal, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Hungary and the Scandinavian countries. It contributes to the clarification of mechanisms of appropriation of scientific ideas, instruments, practices and of technological expertise. It is of interest to scholars and students of history and philosophy of science and technology, cultural and social history, science, technology and society studies.

Table of Contents

  • Notes on Contributors. Preface. Travels of Learning. Introductory Remarks
  • A. Simoes, A. Carneiro, M.P. Diogo. A Periphery between Two Centres? Portugal in the Scientific Route from Europe to China
  • H. Leitao. Scientific Travels of the Greek Scholars in the Eighteenth Century
  • M. Patiniotis. Yirmisekiz Mehmed Celebi's Travelogue and the Wonders that make a Scientific Centre
  • B. Kilinc. Emmanuel Mendes da Costa (1717-1791): A Case Study in Scientific Reputation
  • R. Hayward. Embodied Skills and Travelling Savants: Experimental Chemistry in Eighteenth-Century Sweden and England
  • B. Dolan. Constructing the Centre from the Periphery: SpanishTravellers to France at the Time of the Chemical Revolution
  • A. Garcia Belmar, J.R. Bertomeu Sanchez. Under the Banner of Catalan Industry. Scientific Journeys and Technology Transfer in Nineteenth-Century Barcelona
  • A. Nieto-Galan. Travelling Interchanges between the Russian Empire and Western Europe: Travels of Engineers during the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
  • I. Gouzevitch, D. Gouzevitch. Babbage, the Analytical Engine and the Turin Academy of Sciences
  • M. Segala. The Role of Travels in the Internationalisation of Nineteenth-Century Portuguese Geological Science
  • A. Carneiro, D. Areias, V. Leitao, L. Teixeira Pinto. Discovering Switzerland: Internationalisation of Nordic Students prior to World War II
  • T. Myllyntaus. Accommodation to a New Centre: Albert Szent-Gyoergyi's Trip to the Soviet Union
  • G. Pallo. Index.

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