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SUMMARY:The Book as Instrument\, 1570–1720 - Dr Boris Jardine (Munby Fel
 low at the University Library)
DTSTART:20141118T131000Z
DTEND:20141118T140000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Duncan Needham
DESCRIPTION:This richly illustrated talk gives a summary of my current res
 earch project\, which is an examination of the uses of books in early-mode
 rn science. In particular I am hunting for marginalia and other evidence o
 f the ways in which books were read and even handled. Far from being passi
 ve stores of information\, it is my contention that books could themselves
  be used as instruments – for doing work in astronomy\, mathematics and 
 the new natural philosophy. I will present the results of previous studies
  in this area alongside some of the more intriguing texts uncovered during
  the first month of my year’s research at the University Library.\n\nBor
 is Jardine is the Munby Fellow at the University Library\, 2014–15. Befo
 re that we was a curator at the Science Museum (London)\, and has studied 
 history of science at Leeds and Cambridge. His research deals with the lon
 g durée history of scientific instrumentation.\n
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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