Relocating Modern Science: Circulation and the Construction of Knowledge in South Asia and Europe, 1650-1900

Relocating Modern Science challenges the belief that modern science was created uniquely in the West and was subsequently diffused elsewhere. Through a detailed analysis of key moments in the history of science, it demonstrates the crucial roles of circulation and intercultural encounter for their emergence.

Author: K. Raj
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 03/01/2010
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780230238503

About the Author
KAPIL RAJ teaches at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris and is a member of the Centre Alexandre Koyré for the History of Science. He has published extensively on knowledge construction through processes of intercultural encounter and is currently working on a book on the urban and intellectual dynamics of Calcutta in the 18th century.