Science & Knowledge

The Royal Society, learned societies, and the networks of knowledge that launched modern science.

Articles on Science & Knowledge (3)

Early Modern History

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...

Early Modern History

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...

Early Modern History

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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