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In Memoriam Johannes Willem ('Hans') van Spronsen (1928-2009/2010)

Homburg, Ernst (Igitur, 2012-11-09)

A eulogy is given of dr Hans van Spronsen, one of the former secretaries of Gewina, and a renowned historian of chemistry.
De vette jaren: de Commissie-Casimir en het Nederlandse wetenschapsbeleid 1957-1970

Baneke, David (Igitur, 2012-11-09)

The Years of Abundance: the Casimir Committee and Dutch Science Policy 1957–1970 In October 1958, a committee of six prominent Dutch scientists and industrial managers presented a brief report in which they requested a ...
Wetenschap in een regionale context. Sociologie en economie aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Melis, Korrie; Molema, Marijn (Igitur, 2012-11-09)

Science in a regional context: Sociology and economy at the University of Groningen.The relation between a university and its regional service area is two-sided. A university depends on the regional service area, for example ...
De drinkwaterfluoridering in Nederland, 1946-1976. Een maatschappelijk debat zonder winnaars of verliezers

Edeler, Dennis; Eijkman, Michiel (Igitur, 2012-11-09)

The fluoridation of drinking water in the Netherlands, 1946-1976.A debate without a winner or a loser During the period 1946–1960, as a result of the shortage of dentists and the large number of dental caries under the ...
'De dageraad der natuurwetenschappen, ook in de volksschool'. Wetenschap, vormingsidealen en vrijdenken in het lager onderwijs (1855-1870)

Stolk, Vincent (Igitur, 2012-11-07)

'The dawn of science, in the primary school too'. Science, pedagogical ideals and freethinking in primary education (1855-1870)Historical research has been done into science education in primary schools in the Netherlands. ...
Een zeesfeer van Michiel Coignet?

Meskens, Ad (Igitur, 2012-06-28)

A Nautical Sphere by Coignet Michiel?In 1580 the Antwerp mathematician Michiel Coignetdescribed the nautical hemisphere, an instrument with which the longitude problem could, in theory, be solved. In 2008 an example of ...
Boekbesprekingen

Rubiés, Joan-Pau; Gent, Rob Van; Berkel, Klaas Van; Reiding, Jurrie (Igitur, 2012-06-26)
De relaties tussen Nederlandse astronomen en hun Sovjetcollega’s tijdens de Koude Oorlog: tussen pragmatisme en idealisme

Elbers, Astrid (Igitur, 2012-06-26)

Between pragmatism and idealism: relations between Dutch astronomers and their Soviet colleagues during the Cold WarDuring the Cold War, outstanding astronomical research was conducted in the Netherlands, as well as in the ...
Een heilzame vergissing. Het urine- en fecaliënprobleem van Grieken tot Gouwenaars

Tilburg, Cornelis Van (Igitur, 2012-06-26)

Nowadays, faeces and urine are considered as noxious and unhealthy. In ancient times, however, urine and excrements were seen as undangerous and even useful; urine for textile production and excrements for agriculture. The ...
Dwaasheid of retoriek? Cornelis van Leeuwen en de ‘Belachelijke Geometristen’

Nicolaije, Tim (Igitur, 2012-06-26)

Foolishness or rhetoric? Cornelis van Leeuwen and the 'Ridiculous Geometrists'In 1663–1664 the inhabitants of Amsterdam were – probably much to their amusement – confronted with a pamphlet war between teachers of mathematics. ...
The Louvain printers and the establishment of the Cartesian curriculum

Vanpaemel, Geert (Igitur, 2012-03-15)

With regard to the public circulation of knowledge, universities are often regarded as privileged institutions where information and ideas are formally transmitted through regulated didactic experiences. University life, ...
Early Cartesianism and the Journal des Sçavans, 1665–1671

Dobre, Mihnea (Igitur, 2012-03-15)

The appearance of scientific journals in the second half of the seventeenth century not only presented new opportunities for the dissemination of knowledge, but also offers the historian a privileged view of the shared ...
The conception of a mathematical instrument and its distance from the material world: the ‘Pantometra’ in Lisbon, 1638

Gessner, Samuel (Igitur, 2012-03-15)

At Lisbon in the 1630s a Jesuit of English birth, Ignace Stafford (1599–1642), wrote a thick treatise on calculating instruments, among them Gunter's sector, while he was a teacher of the 'Aula da Esfera' attached to the ...
Federico Cesi (1585–1630) and the correspondence network of his Accademia dei Lincei

Ubrizsy Savoia, Andrea (Igitur, 2012-03-15)

The difficulties in the circulation of ideas due to geographical distance are very noticeable in the work of the founder of the Academy of the Lincei, prince Federico Cesi. He was convinced that only collaboration between ...
Introduction: Networks and Institutions in the Circulation of Knowledge

Vanpaemel, Geert (Igitur, 2012-03-15)

Introduction to the special issue of Studium on networks and institutions on the Circulation of Knowledge.
‘Een dienblad met bonbons’: de restauratie van de Leidse Sterrewacht

Delft, Dirk van (Igitur, 2011-06-09)

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Een passie voor precisie: Frederik Kaiser en het instrumentarium van de Leidse Sterrewacht

Hooijmaijers, Hans (Igitur, 2011-06-09)

Passion for precision. Frederik Kaiser and the instrumentation of Leiden ObservatoryFrederik Kaiser (1808-1872) was one of the most inspiring directors of the Leiden astronomical observatory. In Dutch astronomy he introduced ...
Zwervende archieven: het Leidse Sterrewachtarchief in verleden, heden en toekomst

Baneke, David (Igitur, 2011-06-09)

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‘God is groot en wij begrijpen Hem niet’: Kaisers populaire sterrenkunde en het einde van de fysiko-theologie

Lunteren, Frans van (Igitur, 2011-06-09)

Frederik Kaiser, popular astronomy, and the decline of natural theologyThroughout his remarkable career the Leiden astronomer Frederik Kaiser (1808-1872) struggled to revive Dutch astronomy, which at the time was rather ...
Frederik Kaiser (1808-1872), een gekweld man met een missie

Zuidervaart, Huib (Igitur, 2011-06-09)

Frederik Kaiser (1808-1872), a tormented man with a missionThe Leiden astronomer Kaiser has been instrumental for the rise of Dutch astronomy in the late nineteenth-century. His career was impressive. In 1826, without any ...

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