The Power of Images in Early Modern Science - Softcover

Lefèvre, Wolfgang

 
9783764324346: The Power of Images in Early Modern Science

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The book is dedicated to the role of visual representations in the history of early modern science. It brings together historical case studies from various fields and discusses epistemological questions such as the role of images as mediatory instances between practical and theoretical knowledge, the interaction between images and texts, and the potential of images to synthesize fragments of knowledge to a global picture.

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The book is dedicated to the role of visual representations in the history of early modern science. It brings together historical case studies from various fields and discusses epistemological questions such as the role of images as mediatory instances between practical and theoretical knowledge, the interaction between images and texts, and the potential of images to synthesize fragments of knowledge to a global picture.

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ISBN 10:  3034881002 ISBN 13:  9783034881005
Verlag: Birkhäuser, 2011
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