Format:
xi, 294 Seiten
,
6 Illustrationen
,
22 cm
ISBN:
9781137581051
Series Statement:
Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology
Content:
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 experimental positioning of the expedition brings together an ensemble of techniques, strategies, material agents and social actors, and illuminates the steps leading from observation to facts and documentation. The chapters show the variety of scientific interests that motivated expeditions with their focus on natural history, geology, ichthyology, botany, zoology, helminthology, speleology, physical anthropology, oceanography, meteorology and magnetism.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis Seite 255-282
,
Mit Register
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781137581068
Language:
English
Subjects:
Geography
Keywords:
Expedition
;
Geschichte 1700-1960
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Klemun, Marianne 1955-
Author information:
Spring, Ulrike 1969-
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