Du scribe au savant : Les porteurs du savoir de l'Antiquité à la révolution industrielle

by Yves Gingras, Peter Kkeating, Camille Limoges

French

Genres: History

366 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Yves Gingras is Professor and Canada Research Chair in History and Sociology of Science, Department of History, at Université du Québec à Montréal.

Reviews

[Fernando Pestana da Costa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent book about the history of Science, including medicine, from Antiquity until the mid-18th Century (as the subtitle points out) centred about the different modes of apprehension of Nature, which are reflected in the way those who produce, keep, and spread knowledge (scribes, scholars, but also printers, cartographers, or navigators) operate and interact with each other and with the society at large. A very enlightening book indeed!