The dreams of reason

The dreams of reason

—If a global map of the places of the Enlightenment were drawn up, the resulting image would be full of light and dark.—   At the end of the eighteenth century, many activities related to science had found spaces for their development, such as private...
Science in the public sphere

Science in the public sphere

—Spaces, figures and strategies at the service of the promotion and social approval of the sciences.—   Situating Chemistry is an online collaborative project whose main objective is to locate the spaces where chemistry has been carried out throughout history. It...
What is Enlightenment?

What is Enlightenment?

—Accounts, myths and superstitions about the Enlightenment and its relationship with the sciences.—   In 1783, a parish priest in Berlin, Johann Friedrich Zöllner, asked a question in a magazine: ‘Was ist Aufklärung?’ (What is Enlightenment?) The most...