Observing the World through Images - Couverture rigide

 
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Synopsis

The well-illustrated articles in Observing the World through Images offer insights into the uses of images in astronomy, mathematics, instrument-making, medicine and alchemy, highlighting shared forms as well as those peculiar to individual disciplines. Themes addressed include: the processes of image production and communication; the transformation of images through copying and adaptation for new purposes; genres and traditions of imagery in particular scientific disciplines; the mnemonic and pedagogical value of diagrams; the relationship between text and image; and the roles of diagrams as tools to think with.
Contributors include: Isabelle Pantin, Jennifer Rampling, Samuel Gessner, Renee Raphael, Karin Ekholm, Hester Higton, and Katie Taylor.

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À propos de l'auteur

Nicholas Jardine is emeritus professor at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge. His recent publications include La guerre des astronomes, 2 vols, Les Belles Lettres, 2008.
Isla Fay is a research associate on the AHRC-funded project 'Diagrams, Figures and the Transformation of Astronomy, 1450-1650' at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. She has published on pre-modern health and disease, including an edition of early civic sanitary provisions.

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