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History of Science and Technology Colloquium
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Friday, February 15th 2008
12:00 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 712 Social Sciencse Bldg (Ford Room) West Bank
Speaker: Pamela Smith, Department of History, Columbia University
Subject: Book Discussion: The Body of the Artisan: Art and Experience in the Scientific Revolution
*** NOTE Different Time and Place **
Pamela Smith demonstrates how much early modern science owed to an unlikely source: artists and artisans. Goldsmiths, locksmiths, carpenters, and painters were all sought after by early scientists for their intimate, hands-on knowledge of natural materials, as well as their ability to manipulate them.
Sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Study and Theorizing Early Modern Studies.
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