Scientific Visual Representations in History (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)

This book explores continuity and ruptures in the historical use of visual representations in science and related disciplines such as art history and anthropology. The book also considers more recent developments that attest to the unprecedented importance of scientific visualizations, such as video recordings, animations, simulations, graphs, and enhanced realities. The volume collects historical reflections concerned with the use of visual material, visualization, and vision in science from a historical perspective, ranging across multiple cultures from antiquity until present day. The focus is on visual representations such as drawings, prints, tables, mathematical symbols, photos, data visualizations, mapping processes, and (on a meta-level) visualizations of data extracted from historical sources to visually support the historical research itself. Continuity and ruptures between the past and present use of visual material are presented against the backdrop of the epistemic functions of visual material in science. The function of visual material is defined according to three major epistemic categories: exploration, transformation, and transmission of knowledge.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	2023
First published:	2023
Editors:	Matteo Valleriani • Giulia Giannini • Enrico Giannetto
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	360
Edition:	1st ed. 2023
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-111316-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	3-03-111316-0
Barcode:	9783031113161

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