Cultivating and Communicating Natural and Technical Knowledge around 1800

This is a book about some of the unexpected people and places involved in cultivating knowledge of the natural world and mastery of scientific apparatus around 1800, taking readers across continental Europe from the Enlightenment to the onset of academic professionalisation. The authors widen the ho...

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description This is a book about some of the unexpected people and places involved in cultivating knowledge of the natural world and mastery of scientific apparatus around 1800, taking readers across continental Europe from the Enlightenment to the onset of academic professionalisation. The authors widen the horizon of inquiry by looking beyond the scientific elite of academies and prestigious science sponsored by princely courts, the focus of previous major studies of this time period. They consider people of diverse professions and occupations who advanced scientific knowledge through practical means by devoting their spare time and personal resources, thereby crossing geographic, linguistic and societal barriers. The case studies together demonstrate that such individuals contributed substantially to the spread of new knowledge and found ways to contribute technical innovations to society. The present volume is devoted to these people: the devotees of science.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1618082025-07-18T05:01:15Z Cultivating and Communicating Natural and Technical Knowledge around 1800 Bijleveld, Nikolaj Dijkstra, Arjen Gessner, Samuel History of science, Professionalisation of knowledge, Enlightenment, Romanticism, Eise Eisinga thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history::NHDL European history: Renaissance thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PG Astronomy, space and time thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science This is a book about some of the unexpected people and places involved in cultivating knowledge of the natural world and mastery of scientific apparatus around 1800, taking readers across continental Europe from the Enlightenment to the onset of academic professionalisation. The authors widen the horizon of inquiry by looking beyond the scientific elite of academies and prestigious science sponsored by princely courts, the focus of previous major studies of this time period. They consider people of diverse professions and occupations who advanced scientific knowledge through practical means by devoting their spare time and personal resources, thereby crossing geographic, linguistic and societal barriers. The case studies together demonstrate that such individuals contributed substantially to the spread of new knowledge and found ways to contribute technical innovations to society. The present volume is devoted to these people: the devotees of science. 2025-06-27T05:02:03Z 2025-06-27T05:02:03Z 2025-06-26T12:20:15Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103841 9789463728577 9789048571833 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/161808 eng Studies in the History of Knowledge open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/103841/1/9789048556014.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/103841/1/9789048556014.pdf Amsterdam University Press 10.5117/9789463728577 10.5117/9789463728577 de2ecbe7-1037-4e96-8c3a-5a842d921e04 9789463728577 9789048571833 open access
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Cultivating and Communicating Natural and Technical Knowledge around 1800
title Cultivating and Communicating Natural and Technical Knowledge around 1800
title_full Cultivating and Communicating Natural and Technical Knowledge around 1800
title_fullStr Cultivating and Communicating Natural and Technical Knowledge around 1800
title_full_unstemmed Cultivating and Communicating Natural and Technical Knowledge around 1800
title_short Cultivating and Communicating Natural and Technical Knowledge around 1800
title_sort cultivating and communicating natural and technical knowledge around 1800
topic History of science, Professionalisation of knowledge, Enlightenment, Romanticism, Eise Eisinga
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