{"product_id":"science-without-leisure-harun-kk-9780822945802","title":"Science Without Leisure: Practical Naturalism in Istanbul, 1660-1732","description":"Science in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Istanbul, Harun K?? argues, was without leisure, a phenomenon spurred by the hyperinflation a century earlier when scientific texts all but disappeared from the college curriculum and inflation reduced the wages of professors to one-tenth of what they were in the sixteenth century. It was during this tumultuous period that philosophy and theory, the more leisurely aspects of naturalism--and the pursuit of \"knowledge for knowledge's sake\"--vanished altogether from the city. But rather than put an end to science in Istanbul, this economic crisis was transformative, turning science into a practical matter, into something one learned through apprenticeship and provided as a service. In \u003ci\u003eScience without Leisure\u003c\/i\u003e, K?? reveals how Ottoman science, when measured against familiar narratives of the Scientific Revolution, was remarkably far less scholastic and philosophical and far more cosmopolitan and practical. His book explains why as practical naturalists deployed natural knowledge to lucrative ends without regard for scientific theories, science in the Ottoman Empire over the long term ultimately became the domain of physicians, bureaucrats, and engineers rather than of scholars and philosophers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harun K??\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822945800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822945802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020","brand":"Harun K??","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43947356487935,"sku":"9780822945802","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5e7230dc-9abf-4975-aeb4-4ffd7cfa77ed.jpg?v=1681518240","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/science-without-leisure-harun-kk-9780822945802","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}