{"product_id":"visual-cultures-in-science-and-technology-a-comparative-history-9780198829782","title":"Visual Cultures in Science and Technology: A Comparative History","description":"This book aims to provide a synthesis of the history, generation, use, and transfer of images in scientific practice. It delves into the rich reservoir of case studies on visual representations in scientific and technological practice that have accumulated over the past couple of decades by\u003cbr\u003ehistorians, sociologists, and philosophers of science. The main aim is thus located on the meta-level. It adopts an integrative view of recurrently noted general features of visual cultures in science and technology, something hitherto unachieved and believed by many to be a mission impossible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy systematic comparison of numerous case studies, the purview broadens away from myopic microanalysis in search of overriding patterns. The many different disciplines and research areas involved encompass mathematics, technology, natural history, medicine, the geosciences, astronomy, chemistry, and\u003cbr\u003ephysics. The chosen examples span the period from the Renaissance to the late 20th century. The broad range of visual representations in scientific practice is treated, as well as schooling in pattern recognition, design and implementation of visual devices, and a narrowing in on the special role of\u003cbr\u003eillustrators and image specialists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Klaus Hentschel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.70w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198829782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKlaus Hentschel, \u003cem\u003eHead of Section for the History of Science \u0026amp; Technology, History Department, Stuttgart University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrior to his current full professorship in the history of science and technology at the University of Stuttgart, Klaus Hentschel was a Lecturer\/Researcher at the Universities of Berlin, Gottingen and Berne, a Fellow at the Dibner Institute for the History of Science \u0026amp; Technology at MIT in Cambridge, \u003cbr\u003eMassachusetts 1996\/97 and Ernst Cassirer Guest Professor at the University of Hamburg 2003. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40092193816691,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":50.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_dc6fcbeb-8dbe-4585-ba07-c95f96be0582.jpg?v=1652797024","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/visual-cultures-in-science-and-technology-a-comparative-history-9780198829782","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}