https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/projects/departmentSchaefer_Animals
The Body of Animals | MPIWG
the bodyanimalsmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/anonymclassic-project
AnonymClassic Project | MPIWG
projectmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/gaza-beyond-strip-past-present-and-possible-futures-0
Gaza Beyond the Strip: Past, Present, and Possible Futures | MPIWG
the strippast presentpossible futuresgazabeyond
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/project/anthropocene-earth-history
Epistemic Configurations: The Formation of Anthropocene Knowledge | MPIWG
configurationsformationanthropoceneknowledgempiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/podcast/science-social-03-logart-history-40
Science Social 03: "LoGaRT: History 4.0" | MPIWG
In this episode of Science Social, Stephanie Hood talks with Shih-Pei Chen and Joe Dennis about LoGaRT - a set of digital tools to do research on Chinese Local...
sciencesociallogarthistorympiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/content/what-does-plan-want-fragments-response-kuala-lumpur
What Does a Plan Want? Fragments of a Response from Kuala Lumpur | MPIWG
a plan
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/projects/capturing-knowledge-captivity-trafficking-and-knowledge-acquisition-early-modern
Capturing Knowledge: Captivity, Trafficking, and Knowledge Acquisition in Early Modern China | MPIWG
early moderncapturingknowledgecaptivitytrafficking
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/content/experiencing-global-environment
Experiencing the Global Environment | MPIWG
global environmentexperiencingmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/news/predoctoral-fellow-teresa-hollerbach-represents-n2-initiative-berlin-science-week
Predoctoral Fellow Teresa Hollerbach represents N2 initiative at Berlin Science Week | MPIWG
Predoctoral Fellow Teresa Hollerbach represents the N2 initiative during the Berlin Science Week press conference.
berlin science week
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/content/thematic-cluster-visualizing-cosmologies
Thematic Cluster: Visualizing Cosmologies | MPIWG
thematic clustervisualizingcosmologiesmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/project/benedetti
Early Modern Mechanics: Benedetti | MPIWG
early modernmechanicsbenedettimpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/people/byang
Boshun Yang | MPIWG
Boshun Yang studied history of science and technology at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), obtaining his PhD in 2023 with a...
boshunyangmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/preprint/pascual-jordan-im-dritten-reich-schlaglichter
Pascual Jordan im Dritten Reich - Schlaglichter | MPIWG
pascual jordanimreichschlaglichtermpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/video/state-science-society-tangled-ties-chinas-plans-become-science-superpower
State-Science-Society: Tangled Ties in China's Plans to Become a Science Superpower | MPIWG
In this talk, Susan Greenhalgh outlines the distinctive features of China's path to scientific prominence and why they matter to the world.
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/preprint/optics-and-electrodynamics-moving-bodies
The Optics and Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies | MPIWG
moving bodiesopticselectrodynamicsmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/content/nobel-prize-physics-2017
On occasion of the announcement of the Nobel Prize for Physics: MPIWG scholars studied the history...
On occasion of the announcement of the Nobel Prize for Physics: MPIWG scholars studied the history of the search for gravitational waves.
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/content/ingenuity-gallery-art-and-knowledge-gallery-cornelis-van-der-geest
Ingenuity in the Gallery: Art and Knowledge in the Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest | MPIWG
in the gallery
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/projects/FG_Dupre_Bol_Marjolijn_Art-and-Deception
Art and Deception: Functions, Techniques, and Effects of Material Mimesis | MPIWG
artdeceptionfunctionstechniqueseffects
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/medieval-coats-arms-focus-ai
Medieval Coats of Arms in the Focus of AI | MPIWG
coats of armsin thefocus aimedievalmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cooperations-AZ
Cooperations | MPIWG
cooperationsmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/content/thematic-cluster-colonial-techniques-0
Thematic Cluster: Colonial Techniques | MPIWG
thematic clustercolonialtechniquesmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/wiwiko-china-informed-collaboration-china-expertise-german-academic-organizations
WiWiKo-China: Informed Collaboration - China Expertise for German Academic Organizations | MPIWG
academic organizationschinainformedcollaborationexpertise
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/content/secret-stucco-early-modern-italy
The Secret of Stucco in Early Modern Italy | MPIWG
the secretearly modernstuccoitalympiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/publications-resources/books
Publications | MPIWG
A list of books published by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG).
publicationsmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/projects/leonardos-intellectual-cosmos
Leonardo's Intellectual Cosmos | MPIWG
leonardointellectualcosmosmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/preprint/archimedes-and-ship-stability
Archimedes and Ship Stability | MPIWG
ship stabilityarchimedesmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/preprint/arabic-tradition-science-weights-and-balances
The Arabic Tradition of the Science of Weights and Balances | MPIWG
arabictraditionscienceweightsbalances
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/ability-and-authority-3
Ability and Authority | MPIWG
abilityauthoritympiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/page/astra-colloquium-ludic-languages
ASTRA Colloquium | MPIWG
astracolloquiummpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/resources/publications/books/0169
Translating Knowledge in the Early Modern Low Countries | MPIWG
Knowledge of nature may be common to all of humanity, yet it is written in many tongues. However, as the contributors to this volume show, translation is...
early modern low countriesin thetranslatingknowledgempiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/history-physics-what-do-historians-physics-do
History For Physics: What Do Historians of Physics Do? | MPIWG
what dohistoryphysicshistoriansmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/project/regularity-theory-causation
Regularity Theory of Causation | MPIWG
regularitytheorycausationmpiwg
https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/en/e/zodiac/news/2025_04_Iommelli.html
Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Marta...
research colloquium
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/content/ressourcenmobilisierung-wissenschaftspolitik-und-forschungspraxis-im-ns-herrschaftssystem
Ressourcenmobilisierung. Wissenschaftspolitik und Forschungspraxis im NS-Herrschaftssystem | MPIWG
wissenschaftspolitikundforschungspraxisimmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/people/clyu
Chuanyi Lyu | MPIWG
Chuanyi Lyu is a historian of ancient Chinese astronomy. He studied engineering at Wuhan Institute of Technology and pre-Qin history at Hubei Academy of Social...
mpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/news-events/media-press/press-releases
Media & Press | MPIWG
Press releases by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG).
media pressmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/aktuelles/karriere/artist-programm
Karriere | MPIWG
karrierempiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/job-position/wissenschaftlicher-mitarbeiterin
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in | MPIWG
wissenschaftlichermpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/job-position/visiting-scholarships-dept-iii-agriculture-and-making-sciences
Visiting Scholarships (Dept. III, "Agriculture and the Making of Sciences") | MPIWG
the making ofvisitingscholarshipsdeptiii
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/library/researchdatamanagement
Library | MPIWG
librarympiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/tectonic-plates-vorspeise-public-reading
Tectonic Plates: Vorspeise (Public Reading) | MPIWG
tectonic platespublic readingvorspeisempiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/search-and-keywords?search_api_fulltext=&tm_type=All&sm_aggregated_field_1%5B17%5D=17
Search and Keywords | MPIWG
searchkeywordsmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/news/archive?year=2018
News | MPIWG
newsmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/search-and-keywords?search_api_fulltext=&sm_aggregated_field_1%5B22%5D=22&tm_type=All
Search and Keywords | MPIWG
searchkeywordsmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/website/cuneiform-digital-library-initiative-cdli
Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI) | MPIWG
In this digital cuneiform research library, Assyriologists, curators, and historians of science work together on cuneiforms. Their goal is to make cuneiforms...
digital librarycuneiforminitiativecdlimpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/wear-and-tear-time-materiality-and-waste-early-modern-period
Wear and Tear: Time, Materiality, and Waste in the Early Modern Period | MPIWG
wear and tearearly modern period
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/resources/publications/books/0064
Menschenversuche : eine Anthologie ; 1750 - 2000 | MPIWG
eineanthologiempiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/content/das-leben-und-wirken-von-professor-dr-burchard-brentjes-1929-2012
Das Leben und Wirken von Professor Dr. Burchard Brentjes (1929-2012) | MPIWG
leben und wirken
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/field-walls-and-terraces-mamluk-bilad-al-sham
Field Walls and Terraces in Mamluk Bilad al-Sham | MPIWG
fieldwallsterracesmamluksham
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/job-position/media-officer-ende
Media Officer (EN/DE) | MPIWG
media officeren dempiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/podcast/south-asian-games-jacob-schmidt-madsen
South Asian Games with Jacob Schmidt-Madsen | MPIWG
MPIWG Postdoctoral Scholar Jacob Schmidt-Madsen is interviewed by The Channel to talk about how games reflect societies, how they affect our worldview, and the...
south asian gamesjacobschmidtmadsenmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/projects/RGBuettner
Between Knowledge and Innovation: The Unequal-Armed Balance | MPIWG
knowledgeinnovationunequalarmedbalance
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/publications-resources
Publications & Resources | MPIWG
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) offers publications including books, articles, preprints, and digital and open-access resources.
publicationsresourcesmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/resources/publications/books/0086
Erkenntnisagenten : Gaston Bachelard und die Reorganisation des Wissens | MPIWG
Etwas sichtbar machen, was eben noch nicht sichtbar war - Eine Wirklichkeit herstellen, die bisher nicht wirklich war - Denkbar machen, was eben noch undenkbar...
gaston bachelardunddiereorganisationdes
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/video/address
Address | MPIWG
addressmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/page/peter-damerow-funeral-oration
Trauerrede | MPIWG
trauerredempiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/content/colour-terminology
Colour Terminology | MPIWG
colourterminologympiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/content/new-job-offers-4
New Announcements for Research and Student Assistant Positions | MPIWG
New announcements for three postdoctoral fellowships and three student assistants in Department II (Prof. Daston), postdoctoral fellowships in the Research...
student assistant positionsnew announcementsfor researchmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/news-events/career/fellowship-program
Career | MPIWG
careermpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/content/unnatural-attitude-weimar-musical-thought
The Unnatural Attitude in Weimar Musical Thought | MPIWG
unnaturalattitudeweimarmusicalthought
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/podcast/how-elephants-experience-time-and-what-tells-us-about-protecting-them
How Elephants Experience Time, and What This Tells Us about Protecting Them | MPIWG
MPIWG Postdoctoral Scholar Khatijah Rahmat is interviewed by Mike DiGirolamo on Mongabay Newscast on the concept of animal temporality and how its...
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/putting-knowledge-practice-reading-agricultural-terraces-medieval-palestine
Putting Knowledge to Practice: "Reading" Agricultural Terraces in Medieval Palestine | MPIWG
practice readingputtingknowledge
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/content/waste-scale-and-materiality-african-anthropocene
Waste, Scale, and Materiality in the African Anthropocene | MPIWG
in thewastescalematerialityafrican
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/news/journalist-residence-fellowship
Journalist-in-Residence Fellowship | MPIWG
Call for Applications for Journalist-in-Residence Fellowship, deadline July 31, 2018
journalist in residencefellowshipmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/job-position/student-assistant-dept-i-0
Student Assistant (Dept. I) | MPIWG
student assistantdeptmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/news/alumna-mirjam-brusius-awarded-2022-dan-david-prize
Alumna Mirjam Brusius Awarded 2022 Dan David Prize | MPIWG
Alumna Mirjam Brusius is awarded prestigious Dan David Prize
alumnamirjamawardeddandavid
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/projects/naturalizing-deduction
Naturalizing Deduction | MPIWG
naturalizingdeductionmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/job-position/studentische-hilfskraft-imprs-0
Studentische Hilfskraft (IMPRS) | MPIWG
studentische hilfskraftimprsmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/projects/alfarabi-and-averroes-what-known-prior-scientific-demonstration
Alfarabi and Averroes on What is Known Prior to Scientific Demonstration | MPIWG
what is
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/project/pantheon
Decoding the Pantheon Columns | MPIWG
the pantheondecodingcolumnsmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/cosmic-games-real-gods-play-dice
Cosmic Games: Real Gods Play Dice | MPIWG
play dicecosmicgamesrealgods
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/news/lorraine-daston-receives-prestigious-dan-david-prize
Lorraine Daston receives prestigious Dan David Prize | MPIWG
Director Lorraine Daston awarded the prestigious Dan David Prize
lorraine dastonreceivesprestigiousdandavid
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/resources/publications/books/there-value-inconsistency
Is there Value in Inconsistency? | MPIWG
Isn't consistency simply another word for intellectual integrity? The fact that actions are inconsistent may be due to the imperfection of the actors. The...
valueinconsistencympiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/departments/max-planck-sabbatical-award-historicizing-deep-time
Max Planck Sabbatical Award: Historicizing Deep Time | MPIWG
About the Max Planck Research Group "Historical Epistemology of the Final Theory Program," led by Alexander Blum.
max plancksabbatical awarddeep timempiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/content/research-scholar
Research Scholar | MPIWG
research scholarmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/imprs
IMPRS | MPIWG
About the International Max Planck Research School "Knowledge and Its Resources: Historical Reciprocities," its research agenda and doctoral students.
imprsmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/content/finite-geometry-indivisibles-and-minima-middle-age-18th-century
Finite Geometry, Indivisibles and Minima from the Middle Age to the 18th Century | MPIWG
the middle age
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/veranstaltung/alchemy-between-practices-and-theories
Alchemy between Practices and Theories | MPIWG
alchemypracticestheoriesmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/content/award-0
Auszeichnung: Peter McLaughlin, Visiting Scholar am MPIWG, hat den Margherita-von-Brentano-Preis...
Auszeichnung: Peter McLaughlin, Visiting Scholar am MPIWG, hat den Margherita-von-Brentano-Preis 2009 erhalten.
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/people/croeder
Carolin Roeder | MPIWG
Carolin Roeder obtained her PhD in Modern European History from Harvard University (2017). Prior to joining the MPIWG in 2017, she was a Visiting Lecturer at...
carolinroedermpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/news-events/career/opportunities?fbclid=IwY2xjawRlrSpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBJak1Sdjg2TnhSWkFZUHpEc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHi6VOhqQlQbblTBJIVmtjNR6hMbNy6sJcID6q43NqqCnMo3hZotjm1Ls_8-R_aem_XaU6y22zt0x3wod-8QXKZg
Career | MPIWG
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) offers career opportunities in research, management, communications, and administration.
careermpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/moving-crops
Moving Crops | MPIWG
movingcropsmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/digital-humanities-multilinguality-non-latin-scripts-and-library
Digital Humanities: Multilinguality, Non-Latin Scripts and the Library | MPIWG
digital humanitiesand themultilingualitynonlatin
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/job-position/studentische-hilfskraft-fg-biomedical-sciences
Studentische Hilfskraft (FG Biomedical Sciences) | MPIWG
studentische hilfskraftbiomedical sciencesfgmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/?bundle_item=All&page=4&search_api_fulltext=&sm_aggregated_field_1%5B18%5D=18&tm_type=All
Home Page | MPIWG
Founded in 1994, the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin is one of the more than 80 research institutes administered by the Max...
home pagempiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/page/astra-colloquium
ASTRA Colloquium | MPIWG
astracolloquiummpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/podcast/invention-objectivity
The Invention of Objectivity | MPIWG
the inventionobjectivitympiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/projects/coral-commoning-oral-histories-knowledge
CORAL: Commoning Oral Histories of Knowledge | MPIWG
oral historiescoralcommoningknowledgempiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/veranstaltung/auftaktveranstaltung-grundlagenforschung-und-zukunftsgestaltung
Auftaktveranstaltung: Grundlagenforschung und Zukunftsgestaltung | MPIWG
auftaktveranstaltunggrundlagenforschungzukunftsgestaltungmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/open-access-FAQs
About Open Access | MPIWG
about open accessmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/events/past?events_year=2020%20
Past Events | MPIWG
past eventsmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/news/memoriam-jochen-schneider
In Memoriam: Jochen Schneider | MPIWG
In Memoriam: Jochen Schneider
in memoriamjochenschneidermpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/projects/edutrack-tracking-education-pathways-and-social-policies
EduTrack: Tracking Education Pathways and Social Policies | MPIWG
education pathwaysand socialtrackingpoliciesmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/projects/MRG_Choudhury
Constructions of the Brain: The Emergence of the Neurological Adolescent | MPIWG
of theconstructionsbrainemergenceneurological
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/people/cgu
Chao Gu | MPIWG
Chao Gu is an assistant professor at the Research Center for Chinese Politics, School of Government, Peking University. He received his PhD in 2013 from the...
chaogumpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/projects/DeptII_Daston_ISMI
Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative (ISMI) | MPIWG
scientific manuscriptsislamicinitiativeismimpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/institute
Institute | MPIWG
About the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG), getting here, and how to contact us.
institutempiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/catastrophe-and-deep-time
Catastrophe and Deep Time | MPIWG
deep timecatastrophempiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/people/ldaston
Lorraine Daston | MPIWG
Lorraine Daston has published on a wide range of topics in the history of science, including the history of probability and statistics, wonders in early modern...
lorraine dastonmpiwg
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/feature-story/evolution-knowledge-rethinking-science-anthropocene
The Evolution of Knowledge: Rethinking Science for the Anthropocene | MPIWG
The new volume "The Evolution of Knowledge: Rethinking Science for the Anthropocene" presents a new way of thinking about the history of science and...
the evolutionknowledgerethinkingscienceanthropocene