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Lehre – Sammlung – Objekt

Das Mathematisch-Physikalische Kabinett des ehemaligen Jesuitenkollegs in Köln
  • Henrike Stein
Language: German
Published/Copyright: 2025
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Natural science collections were widespread in the early modern period. This volume focuses on the eventful collection history of the Chamber of Mathematics and Physics of the former Jesuit College in Cologne from its 17th-century beginnings to the present day. Political and (ecclesiastical) historical events influenced the organisation, function, and collection of instruments. As early as the 18th century, but more especially in the French period around 1800, the Jesuit collection developed into one of mathematics and physics, which Georg Simon Ohm later used to prepare for his important discovery of Ohm’s Law. In the context of science’s historical development towards modern natural science, the Cologne chamber played an active role, helping to shape this major transformation on a small scale.

Author / Editor information

Henrike Stein, art historian and historian, works as a research assistant at the Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal. She was a research assistant at the Chair of Early Modern History, University of Cologne until 2023. She studied art history, history and Latin in Cologne and Karlsruhe.

Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
December 16, 2024
eBook ISBN:
9783689240080
Hardcover published on:
December 16, 2024
Hardcover ISBN:
9783689241308
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
532
Coloured Illustrations:
148
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