—Born at the end of the thirteenth century, anatomical dissection went from being a sporadic rarity to a widespread experimental practice in Western scientific culture.— The opening of a cadaver with the aim of searching inside it to learn the...
—How the obsession of a collector contributed to the creation of network for the exchange and circulation of scientific knowledge on nature and its productions.— Ulisse Aldrovandi was one of the best-known naturalists of the second half of the...
—The passion for collecting wonders of nature led to the creation of an essential space for understanding the science of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: the cabinet of curiosities.— The passion for collecting that was unleashed in the...
—Twentieth century history of science invented a ‘Scientific Revolution’ for the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to acquire a prestigious past.— The Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is an invention of the...
—The crossroads of cultures, languages and religions in the Middle Ages: Muslims, Jews and Christians in the production of scientific knowledge.— We must bear in mind that, during the Middle Ages, Europe was a scene of profound and diverse cultural...
—Places where the transformation processes of raw materials for a great number of consumer products were carried out.— Apothecaries were a type of basic artisan, well recognised in medieval times. For a variable number of years, they trained in the rudiments of the...
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