Journal Almagest, vol. 8/1

Almagest, International journal for the History of Scientific Ideas, 2017/1

  • Pages: 142 p.
  • Size:160 x 240 mm
  • Language(s):English
  • Publication Year:2017

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Articles

    Eduard I. Kolchinsky, "Nikolaĭ I. Vavilov in the realm of historical and scientific discussions"

    René Sigrist and Alexander Moutchnik, "Les fondements sociaux du premier essor de la botanique en Russie, 1700-1830"

    Noël Golvers, "Circulation of knowledge between Europe and China in the 17th-18th centuries: The role of material objects, from gadgets to instruments"

    Christián Carlos Carman, "Heraclides of Pontus on the Solar Anomaly"

    Book reviews

    Dimitris Koilakos, "Jimena Canales, The Physicist and the Philosopher: Einstein, Bergson and the Debate that Changed our Understanding of Time, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2015, 429 pages"

    Efthymios Nicolaidis, "Alexander Jones, A portable Cosmos. Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, Scientific Wonder of the Ancient World, Oxford: Oxford UP, 2017. 228 pages, illustrations and index"