| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 291 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map |
| Series |
Nuncius series ; volume 12 |
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Nuncius series ; v. 12.
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| Contents |
Quid organum erat? : the idea of instrument in early modern Europe -- Organ making and natural philosophical knowledge in Marin Mersenne's Harmonie Universelle -- Habitus in corpore, habitus in anima : making and thinking in early modern Europe -- From idiotae to artistes : artisans, instruments, and the nature of craftsmanship in early modern Europe -- Repair, restoration, exhibition : instruments and the epistemic value of brokenness -- Instrument trajectories : ways of knowing the world |
| Summary |
"In a bid to claim 'scientific objects' as requiring a significant amount of conceptual labor, this book looks sequentially at instruments, habits, and museums. The goal is to uncover how, together, these material and immaterial activities, rules, and commitments form one meaningful and credible blueprint revealing the building blocks of knowledge production. They serve to conceptualize and examine the entire life of an instrument: from its ideation and craft to its use, reuse, circulation, recycling, and (if not obliterated) its final entry into a museum. It is such an epistemological triptych that guides this investigation"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 03, 2023) |
| Subject |
Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Europe -- History
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Science -- Europe -- History
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Museum objects -- Europe
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Museum objects.
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Science.
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Scientific apparatus and instruments.
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Europe.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2023018226 |
| ISBN |
9004504613 |
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9789004504615 |
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