—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...
—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...
—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...
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.
