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Expeditions as Experiments: Practising Observation and Documentation
Marianne Klemun (Ed.)
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Description for Expeditions as Experiments: Practising Observation and Documentation
Hardback. Editor(s): Klemun, Marianne; Spring, Ulrike. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 294 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBLL; PDX; RGR; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
This collection focuses on different expeditions and their role in the process of knowledge acquisition from the eighteenth century onwards. It investigates various forms of scientific practice conducted during, after and before expeditions, and it places this discussion into the scientific context of experiments. In treating expeditions as experiments in a heuristic sense, we also propose that the expedition is a variation on the laboratory in which different practices can be conducted and where the transformation of uncertain into certain knowledge is tested. The ... Read more
This collection focuses on different expeditions and their role in the process of knowledge acquisition from the eighteenth century onwards. It investigates various forms of scientific practice conducted during, after and before expeditions, and it places this discussion into the scientific context of experiments. In treating expeditions as experiments in a heuristic sense, we also propose that the expedition is a variation on the laboratory in which different practices can be conducted and where the transformation of uncertain into certain knowledge is tested. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Condition
New
Weight
525g
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137581051
SKU
V9781137581051
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99-15
About Marianne Klemun (Ed.)
Marianne Klemun is Professor of Modern History and, from 2006 to 2012, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. Her publications include (as Guest Editor) `Moved Natural Objects: Spaces in Between' in HOST - Journal of History of Science and Technology, Vol. 5 (2012). ... Read more
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