Gebundenes Buch

Early Modern Fire

Science, Technology, and the Urban Space

Beschreibung

Early Modern Fire offers new perspectives on the history of fire in early modern Europe. Analysing case studies from alchemy to fireworks, this volume shows the centrality of fire management to understanding the entangled histories of science, technology, and society.

Autor

Gianenrico Bernasconi, Ph.D. (2009, University of Paris 1-Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) is associate professor and "directeur de recherche" at the Université de Neuchâtel. He is the author of Objets portatifs au siècle des Lumières (Paris: 2015) and co-editor of several other volumes. Marco Storni, Ph.D. (2018, ENS Paris-Università di Bologna) is a postdoctoral fellow at the Université libre de Bruxelles. He is the author of Maupertuis. Le philosophe, l'académicien, le polémiste (Paris: 2022; prize of the Fondation Del Duca-Institut de France 2023).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9789004521759
• ISBN-10: 9004521755
• Artikelnr.: 70541884