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Measuring the New World - 9780226733555
Un libro in lingua di Neil Safier edito da Univ of Chicago Pr, 2008
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Prior to 1735, South America was terra incognita to many Europeans. But that year, the Paris Academy of Sciences sent a mission to the Spanish American province of Quito (in present-day Ecuador) to study the curvature of the earth at the Equator. Equipped with quadrants and telescopes, the mission's participants referred to the transfer of scientific knowledge from Europe to the Andes as a “sacred fire” passing mysteriously through European astronomical instruments to observers in South America.
By taking an innovative interdisciplinary look at the traces of this expedition, Measuring the New World examines the transatlantic flow of knowledge from West to East. Through ephemeral monuments and geographical maps, this book explores how the social and cultural worlds of South America contributed to the production of European scientific knowledge during the Enlightenment. Neil Safier uses the notebooks of traveling philosophers, as well as specimens from the expedition, to place this particular scientific endeavor in the larger context of early modern print culture and the emerging intellectual category of scientist as author.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Measuring the New World
- Sottotitolo: Enlightenment Science and South America
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Neil Safier
- Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
- Collana: Univ of Chicago Pr (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 15 Settembre '08
- Genere: SCIENCE
- Argomenti : Scientific expeditions Ecuador Quito History 18th century Science Europe History 18th century Communication in science Europe History 18th century
- Pagine: 387
- Dimensioni mm: 234 x 165 x 31
- ISBN-10: 0226733556
- EAN-13: 9780226733555