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Gardens, Knowledge and the Sciences in the Early Modern Period

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Hubertus Fischer

    1. Centre of Garden Art and Landscape Architecture, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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  2. Volker R. Remmert

    1. Interdisciplinary Centre for Science and Technology Studies (IZWT), Wuppertal University, Wuppertal, Germany

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  3. Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn

    1. Centre of Garden Art and Landscape Architecture, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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  • Discusses the outstanding contributions made by the mathematical sciences and botany to the genesis and development of early modern garden art and garden culture
  • Traces applications of specific forms of scientific and technological knowledge to horticulture and garden art in the early modern period
  • Elaborates on mathematization and scientization in early modern garden art (16th to 18th century)

Part of the book series: Trends in the History of Science (TRENDSHISTORYSCIENCE)

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Table of contents (17 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    • Hubertus Fischer, Volker R. Remmert, Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn
    Pages 1-6
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This volume focuses on the outstanding contributions made by botany and the mathematical sciences to the genesis and development of early modern garden art and garden culture. The many facets of the mathematical sciences and botany point to the increasingly “scientific” approach that was being adopted in and applied to garden art and garden culture in the early modern period. This development was deeply embedded in the philosophical, religious, political, cultural and social contexts, running parallel to the beginning of processes of scientization so characteristic for modern European history. This volume strikingly shows how these various developments are intertwined in gardens for various purposes.






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 “Gardens have increasingly become the focus of scholarly attention. … This stimulating volume is one of the latest, most relevant contributions. … While describing garden and landscape design in relation to theoretical knowledge, horticulture, botany, and mathematics, this timely volume successfully addresses how much garden knowledge shaped early modern culture, sciences, and philosophy. Ultimately, the volume engagingly contributes to the inclusion of gardens in the scientific revolution of early modernity.” (Fabrizio Baldassarri, ISIS, Vol. 108 (4), December, 2017)       

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre of Garden Art and Landscape Architecture, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Hubertus Fischer, Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn

  • Interdisciplinary Centre for Science and Technology Studies (IZWT), Wuppertal University, Wuppertal, Germany

    Volker R. Remmert

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Gardens, Knowledge and the Sciences in the Early Modern Period

  • Editors: Hubertus Fischer, Volker R. Remmert, Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn

  • Series Title: Trends in the History of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26342-7

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Cham

  • eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-26340-3Published: 04 June 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79936-0Published: 26 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-26342-7Published: 03 June 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2297-2951

  • Series E-ISSN: 2297-296X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 374

  • Number of Illustrations: 72 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: History of Mathematical Sciences

  • Industry Sectors: Electronics

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