Empires of Knowledge

Name: Empires of Knowledge
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Empires of KnowledgeScientific Networks in the Early Modern World\nAuthor(s): Paula Findlen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138207127, 978-1138207127\nSynopsis\nEmpires of Knowledge charts the emergence of different kinds of scientific networks local and long-distance, informal and institutional, religious and secular as one of the important phenomena of the early modern world. It seeks to answer questions about what role these networks played in making knowledge, how information traveled, how it was transformed by travel, and who the brokers of this world were. Bringing together an international group of historians of science and medicine, this book looks at the changing relationship between knowledge and community in the early modern period through case studies connecting Europe, Asia, the Ottoman Empire, and the Americas. It explores a landscape of understanding (and misunderstanding) nature through examin.