Breaking the barrier of the invisible

Breaking the barrier of the invisible

—Telescopes and microscopes, instruments resulting from the knowledge and expertise of glass artisans, were a great contribution to the development of the new experimental philosophy of the seventeenth century.—   From the end of the fifteenth century...
Nature in the cabinet

Nature in the cabinet

—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...
Wellcome to Sabers en acció

Wellcome to Sabers en acció

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...