{"product_id":"empires-of-knowledge-paula-findlen-9781138207127","title":"Empires of Knowledge: Scientific Networks in the Early Modern World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmpires of Knowledge\u003c\/em\u003e charts the emergence of different kinds of scientific networks - local and long-distance, informal and institutional, religious and secular - as one of the important phenomena of the early modern world. It seeks to answer questions about what role these networks played in making knowledge, how information traveled, how it was transformed by travel, and who the brokers of this world were.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together an international group of historians of science and medicine, this book looks at the changing relationship between knowledge and community in the early modern period through case studies connecting Europe, Asia, the Ottoman Empire, and the Americas. It explores a landscape of understanding (and misunderstanding) nature through examinations of well-known intelligencers such as overseas missions, trading companies, and empires while incorporating more recent scholarship on the many less prominent go-betweens, such as translators and local experts, which made these networks of knowledge vibrant and truly global institutions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmpires of Knowledge is the perfect introduction to the global history of early modern science and medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paula Findlen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138207128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138207127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Paula Findlen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48659238682879,"sku":"9781138207127","price":235.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/empires-of-knowledge-paula-findlen-9781138207127","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}