Werrett, S;
(2014)
Matter and facts: material culture in the history of science.
In: Chapman, R and Wylie, A, (eds.)
Material evidence: learning from archaeological practice.
(pp. 339-352).
Routledge: New York, NY, USA.
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Abstract
This chapter explores changing approaches to material culture in the history of science and ways that archaeology and the history of science have served each other in the assessment of historical evidence. Historians have increasingly explored the role of the body, instruments, models, and other materials in the history of science, and use material re-enactments to learn more about past scientific practices. This work offers archaeologists opportunities to better understand archaeological assessments of evidence. Archaeology in turn offers new ways for historians of science to appreciate the material dimension of science and the places where it is practiced.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Matter and facts: material culture in the history of science |
| ISBN: | 0415837464 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780415837460 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.routledge.com/products/9780415837460 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2015 – Routledge. |
| Keywords: | material culture, history of science, evidence |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1470234 |
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