FA-52720-06 | Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers | Robert D. Goulding | Vision, Optics, and Experimental Traditions in the Renaissance | 7/1/2006 - 5/31/2007 | $40,000.00 | Robert | D. | Goulding | | | | University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame | IN | 46556-4635 | USA | 2005 | History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Fellowships for University Teachers | Research Programs | 40000 | 0 | 40000 | 0 |
This project investigates competing narratives of light and vision in Europe in the period 1500-1700. Alongside the scholarly practices of mathematical optics, it considers the influence of magical experiment books and the effects of the early popularization of science. |