MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR WISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

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Jun 18, 2020
Measuring the Earth Discussion Group

 As part of the Measuring the Earth project the Art of Judgment research cluster is glad to announce its new discussion group, which will explore new ways to frame the history of geodesy and, in general, representations of the globe and the geosphere in an interdisciplinary perspective.   

In this meeting, we will discuss the following texts

  • Wilko Graf von Hardenberg, "Making a stable sea: the littorals of eighteenth century Europe and the origins of a spatial concept”, in preparation for an Isis focus section on littorals;

  • Marie-Noëlle Bourguet, “Landscape with Numbers. Natural History, Travel and Instruments in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries,” in Instruments, Travel and Science. Itineraries of Precision from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century, ed. Marie-Noëlle Bourguet, Christian Licoppe, and Heinz Otto Sibum (London and New York: Routledge, 2002), 96–125.
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In case you have questions about the discussion group or a specific session feel free to contact  Wilko Hardenberg.

2020-06-18T14:00:00SAVE IN I-CAL 2020-06-18 14:00:00 2020-06-18 15:00:00 Measuring the Earth Discussion Group  As part of the Measuring the Earth project the Art of Judgment research cluster is glad to announce its new discussion group, which will explore new ways to frame the history of geodesy and, in general, representations of the globe and the geosphere in an interdisciplinary perspective.    In this meeting, we will discuss the following texts Wilko Graf von Hardenberg, "Making a stable sea: the littorals of eighteenth century Europe and the origins of a spatial concept”, in preparation for an Isis focus section on littorals; Marie-Noëlle Bourguet, “Landscape with Numbers. Natural History, Travel and Instruments in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries,” in Instruments, Travel and Science. Itineraries of Precision from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century, ed. Marie-Noëlle Bourguet, Christian Licoppe, and Heinz Otto Sibum (London and New York: Routledge, 2002), 96–125. Wilko Graf von Hardenberg Wilko Graf von Hardenberg Europe/Berlin public