Expeditions as Experiments Practising Observation and Documentation
This collection focuses on different expeditions and their role in the process of knowledge acquisition from the eighteenth century onwards. It investigates various forms of scientific practice conducted during, after and before expeditions, and it places
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EX P EDI T I O NS A S EX P ER I M ENT S Practising Observation and Documentation
PA LG R AV E S T U D I E S I N T H E H I S TO RY O F S C I E N C E A N D T E C H N O LO G Y
Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology Series Editors James Rodger Fleming Colby College South China, Maine, USA Roger D. Launius National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, USA
Designed to bridge the gap between the history of science and the history of technology, this series publishes the best new work by promising and accomplished authors in both areas. In particular, it offers historical perspectives on issues of current and ongoing concern, provides international and global perspectives on scientific issues, and encourages productive communication between historians and practicing scientists.
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Marianne Klemun • Ulrike Spring Editors
Expeditions as Experiments Practising Observation and Documentation
Editors Marianne Klemun University of Vienna Austria
Ulrike Spring Sogn og Fjordane University College Norway
Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology ISBN 978-1-137-58105-1 ISBN 978-1-137-58106-8 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-58106-8
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CONTENTS
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Expeditions as Experiments: An Introduction Marianne Klemun and Ulrike Spring
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An Idea Ahead of Its Time: Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Mobile Botanical Laboratory Alexandra Cook
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Experiments
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