A geohistorical study of 'the rise of modern science': mapping scientific practice through urban networks, 1500-1900

Using data on the ‘career’ paths of one thousand ‘leading scientists’ from 1450 to 1900, what is conventionally called the ‘rise of modern science’ is mapped as a changing geography of scientific practice in urban networks. Four distinctive networks of scientific practice are identified. A primate n...

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Main Authors: Peter J. Taylor, Michael Hoyler, David M. Evans
Format: Default Article
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Other earth sciences not elsewhere classified
Modern science
Space of flows
Scientists
Scientific centres
Scientific practice
Urban
Networks
Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/4983
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