Science & Knowledge
The Royal Society, learned societies, and the networks of knowledge that launched modern science.
Articles on Science & Knowledge (3)
Charting the New World: German Scientific Expeditions to South America, 1780–1800
How German scientific expeditions to South America between 1780 and 1800 reshaped European knowledge, state...
Scientific Societies and Knowledge Networks in the Dutch Golden Age
How scientific societies and knowledge networks reshaped the Dutch Republic's Golden Age, linking science to...
Science and Sovereignty: The Royal Society and the Expansion of British Knowledge, 1660–1720
How the Royal Society bound scientific inquiry to British statecraft, sovereignty and imperial ambition...
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