The articles in this volume of ARCHIMEDES examine particular cases of `reception' in ways that emphasize pressing historiographical and methodological issues. S
The vast majority of European countries have never had a Newton, Pasteur or Einstein. Therefore a historical analysis of their scientific culture must be more t
This volume includes papers presented during a symposium on the spreading of the scientific revolution outside Western European countries, which was held during
Radically reorienting our understanding of the Enlightenment, this book explores the complex relations between "englightened" values and the making of scientifi