Article ID: CBB001213942

Albrecht von Haller, patron dans son réseau: le rôle de la correspondance dans les controverses scientifiques (2013)

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Steinke, Hubert (Author)


Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Volume: 66, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 325-359


Publication Date: 2013
Edition Details: Part of a special issue, “La guerre en lettres: La controverse scientifique dans les correspondances des Lumières”
Language: French

In the early modern Republic of letters, the exchange of letters was considered a token of mutual friendship. Opponents in a scientific controversy thus rarely shared letters. Nevertheless, correspondence networks played a pivotal role in learned disputes. As the case of Albrecht von Haller shows, they were important tools to gather information, coordinate actions, build alliances, and ultimately mediate the conflict and reconciliate the opponents.

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Authors & Contributors
Monti, Maria Teresa
Boschung, Urs
Palomo, Miguel
Bassiri, Nima Rad
Vlahakis, George N.
Steinke, Hubert
Concepts
Controversies and disputes
Correspondence and corresponding
Human physiology
Botany
Medicine
Mathematics
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
Enlightenment
Places
Italy
Germany
Sweden
Berlin (Germany)
Institutions
Universität Göttingen
Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna
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