"Greenwich near London" : The Royal Observatory and its London networks in the 17th and 18th centuries

Avec Rebekah Higgit, University of Kent.
Jeudi 8 février 2018, 17h à 19h
Institut des sciences de la communication 20 rue Berbier-du-Mets, Paris 13e Métro 7 « Les Gobelins »
Abstract
Built in Greenwich, the Royal Observatory (f. 1675) was situated outside the capital but was nevertheless deeply enmeshed within its knowledge networks and communities. While the astronomers royal cultivated links with astronomical, mathematical and scholarly communities within Britain, Europe and beyond – (...)

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Histoire des sciences, histoire de l'innovation