‘A meteor of spirit, science, talent and activity’ – thus Goethe described Petrus Camper (1722-1789). Goethe’s words contain all the elements that make Camper such a fascinating figure in the history of science and arts in the eighteenth-century Dutch Republic. This volume sheds new light on Camper’s versatility, engagement, and charisma in all fields and disciplines he ventured into and published on. It not only addresses his scientific activities, findings, and opinions, but also delves into his careers at the universities of Franeker, Amsterdam, and Groningen, his travels, relationships, friendships, and feuds, as well as the ways he communicated his wide-ranging research. Eleven case studies illustrate Camper’s views on eighteenth-century life and society, which motivated not just his scientific, but also his political, societal, literary, and artistic practice. Together they amount to a plea for an integration of all aspects of his scholarly life and persona.
...MoreReview Kelly J. Whitmer (2016) Review of "Petrus Camper in Context: Science, the Arts, and Society in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 844-845).
Chapter Miriam Claude Meijer (2015) Bones, law and order, in Amsterdam. Petrus Camper’s morphological insights. In: Petrus Camper in Context: Science, the Arts, and Society in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic (pp. 187-214).
Chapter Bart Ramakers (2015) To be read tastefully and fruitfully. Petrus Camper as a public scientist. In: Petrus Camper in Context: Science, the Arts, and Society in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic (pp. 153-186).
Chapter Wessel Krul (2015) A slight correction. Petrus Camper on the visual arts. In: Petrus Camper in Context: Science, the Arts, and Society in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic (pp. 215-242).
Chapter Andrew Cunningham (2015) Petrus (‘Peter’) Camper. A Dutchman in the medical world of eighteenth-century England. In: Petrus Camper in Context: Science, the Arts, and Society in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic (pp. 111-128).
Chapter Goffe Jensma (2015) ‘Aut bene, aut non’. Petrus Camper as a Frisian regent. In: Petrus Camper in Context: Science, the Arts, and Society in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic (pp. 43-74).
Chapter Reinhard Hildebrand (2015) Petrus Camper in his relationship to Samuel Thomas Soemmerring and other German scientists of the Goethezeit. In: Petrus Camper in Context: Science, the Arts, and Society in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic (pp. 129-152).
Chapter Klaas van Berkel; Bart Ramakers (2015) Petrus Camper in context. An introduction. In: Petrus Camper in Context: Science, the Arts, and Society in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic (pp. 9-16).
Chapter Pieter Caljé (2015) Petrus Camper and the demise of the Franeker academy. In: Petrus Camper in Context: Science, the Arts, and Society in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic (pp. 17-42).
Chapter Paul van de Akker (2015) Petrus Camper on natural design and the beauty of Apollo’s profile. In: Petrus Camper in Context: Science, the Arts, and Society in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic (pp. 243-274).
Chapter Freek Schmidt (2015) A passion for architecture. Petrus Camper and the Groningen town hall. In: Petrus Camper in Context: Science, the Arts, and Society in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic (pp. 275-308).
Chapter Klaas van Berkel (2015) Petrus Camper and the limits of the Enlightenment. In: Petrus Camper in Context: Science, the Arts, and Society in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic (pp. 75-90).
Chapter Jacob van Sluis (2015) Mutual affairs. Petrus Camper as seen by his friend François Hemsterhuis. In: Petrus Camper in Context: Science, the Arts, and Society in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic (pp. 91-110).
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La correspondance, 1785--1787, de Petrus Camper, 1722--1789 et son fils, Adriaan-Gilles Camper, 1759--1820
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Il metodo al tavolo anatomico: Descartes e la medicina
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Il problema della sensazione nell'opera di Alessandro Pascoli tra Cartesio e Haller
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“…dass der Mensch nur ein Mittelgeschöpf in Ansehung seiner Organe”
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Sebastiano Bartoli on Life and the Soul
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Boschung, Urs;
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Der Leipziger Medizinprofessor Christian Gottlieb Ludwig in seinen Briefen an Albrecht von Haller
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(2009)
“It could be seen more clearly in Unreasonable Animals than in Humans”: The Representation of the Rete Mirabile in Early Modern Anatomy
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Scharbert, Gerhard;
(2010)
“Psychologus nemo, nisi Physiologus” -- Johannes Müller und die Perspektiven einer médecine philosophique: Eine Entdeckung aus dem Universitätsarchiv
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The Scottish Enlightenment: Essays in Reinterpretation
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Chemistry, Mechanics and the Making of Anatomical Knowledge: Boerhaave vs. Ruysch on the Nature of the Glands
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Representing the Rhinoceros: The Royal Society between Art and Science in the Eighteenth Century
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Lamarck y la conservación adaptativa de la vida
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Conforti, Maria;
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The Experimenters' Anatomy
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Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission: Bridging the Gap (1890-1990)
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Lisa Devriese;
(2018)
The Influence of Bodily Changes on the Soul in Medieval Physiognomy
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Enrico Crivellato;
(2022)
Sul moto del cuore e del sangue. L'apparato cardiocircolatorio dall'antichità alla rivoluzione scientifica
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Hilloowala, Rumy;
(2004)
Leonardo da Vinci, Visual Perspective and the Crystalline Sphere (Lens): If Only Leonardo Had Had a Freezer
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Hobbins, Peter G.;
(2010)
Serpentine Science: Charles Kellaway and the Fluctuating Fortunes of Venom Research in Interwar Australia
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Denise Vincenti;
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Oeconomia Corporis: The Body’s Normal and Pathological Constitution at the Intersection of Philosophy and Medicine
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