The Power of Images in Early Modern Science (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783764324346)

The book is dedicated to the role of visual representations in the history of early modern science. It brings together historical case studies from various fields and discusses epistemological questions such as the role of images as mediatory instances between practical and theoretical knowledge, the interaction between images and texts, and the potential of images to synthesize fragments of knowledge to a global picture.

Author: Wolfgang Lefèvre, Jürgen Renn, Urs Schoepflin
ISBN-10: 3764324341
ISBN-13: 9783764324346
Publisher: Birkhauser
Language: English
Published: 07/23/2003
Pages: 308
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.13lbs
Size: 10.88h x 8.76w x 0.69d