—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...
—Physician to popes and kings, reformer of the teaching of medicine at the beginning of the fourteenth century, prolific writer, diplomat and theologian in search of a new Christianity.— Arnau de Vilanova is undoubtedly one of the most appealing...
—The synthesis of classical medicine carried out by Galen and his followers succeeded in creating the model that prevailed in the Western world until the eighteenth century.— Few figures dedicated to the study of the human body, both in health and...
—The beginning of a journey through the production of knowledge on nature in the civilisations of Antiquity: Mesopotamia, Egypt and classical Greece.— The term ‘science’ has different meanings, all of which are legitimate. It is not at...
Wellcome to Sabers en acció (Knowledge(s) in Action), your online multi-linguistic textbook on the history of science, technology and medicine. Knowledge(s) in Action is new journey through the history of science, technology and medicine based on the latest...
The editorial team
The editorial team of Sabers en acció (@sabersaccio) is made up of research and teaching staff from the Institut Interuniversitari López Piñero (IILP) and the Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica (SCHCT), as well as many other scholars from other academic institutions and research centres dedicated to the history of science, technology and medicine.
