Geography, Technology and Instruments of Exploration - Fraser MacDonald - Books - Taylor & Francis Ltd - 9781138547254 - February 12, 2018
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Fraser MacDonald
Geography, Technology and Instruments of Exploration 1st edition

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Focusing on aspects of the functioning of technology, and by looking at instruments and at instrumental performance, this book addresses the epistemological questions arising from examining the technological bases to geographical exploration and knowledge claims. Questions of geography and exploration and technology are addressed in historical and contemporary context and in different geographical locations and intellectual cultures. The collection brings together scholars in the history of geographical exploration, historians of science, historians of technology and, importantly, experts with curatorial responsibilities for, and museological expertise in, major instrument collections. Ranging in their focus from studies of astronomical practice to seismography, meteorological instruments and rockets, from radar to the hand-held barometer, the chapters of this book examine the ways in which instruments and questions of technology - too often overlooked hitherto - offer insight into the connections between geography and exploration.

282 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released February 12, 2018
ISBN13 9781138547254
Publishers Taylor & Francis Ltd
Pages 282
Dimensions 233 × 156 × 20 mm   ·   440 g
Language English  

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