The Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge is dormant
As part of the Edition Open Access project, the Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge presented three subseries: Studies (monographs and edited volumes with interdisciplinary approaches to one subject matter), Proceedings (of conferences and workshops), and Textbooks.
All of the publications in these series present original peer-reviewed scientific work. They remain available for download in open-access digital formats (PDF files and ebooks) and were formerly available as print-on-demand books. All books were published using the Creative Commons licensing model to safeguard the interests of authors in defining their own rights of use.
To ensure maximum visibility, the different formats were assigned with an individual ISBN (PDF, epub, printed book). Optimal searchability is given in databases, (scientific) search engines, and national and international library catalogues (including KVK, Google Scholar, DOAB, Worldcat). The printed books are listed in the national and international book trade directories (VLB, KNOE, Buchhandel.de, Amazon, etc.).
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Proceedings
The Proceedings series presents the peer-reviewed results of a wide range of scientific meetings, for example, from The Globalization of Knowledge in the Iberian Colonial World, which examines the knowledge of botany, medicine, religion and mining in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies, to a volume presenting the results of meeting that examined the history of theory, experimentation, and interpretation of quantum physics.
All Proceedings volumes are listed here:
Proceedings 11
Culture and Cognition
Contributions by some of Peter Damerow’s closest companions, colleagues, and friends presented at a workshop held in his honor at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in December 19–20, 2013.
Proceedings 10
The Globalization of Knowledge in the Iberian Colonial World
Knowledge of botany, medicine, religion and mining in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies
Proceedings 9
Wissen Macht Geschlecht
Eine transnational vergleichende Auseinandersetzung mit drei zentralen Phänomenen des langen 20. Jahrhunderts: Wissen – Macht – Geschlecht.
Proceedings 8
Shifting Paradigms
Studies of the history of the history of science, with emphasis on the work of T.S. Kuhn.
Proceedings 7
Melammu
The present Melammu volume extends from Greece to India, with articles on Phrygia and Armenia, also viewing texts from ancient Israel, Egypt, and Mesopotamia.
Proceedings 6
„Dem Anwenden muss das Erkennen vorausgehen“
Ansätze zu Selbstverständnis, Transformation und Forschung in der Geschichte der KWG/MPG.
Proceedings 5
Traditions and Transformations in the History of Quantum Physics
Studies on the history of theory, experimentation, and interpretation of quantum physics.
Proceedings 4
Guidobaldo del Monte (1545–1607)
This volume describes the wide-ranging activities of Guidobaldo del Monte.
Proceedings 3
New Vistas on Old Problems
Recent approaches to long-standing questions about the foundations of quantum mechanics.
Proceedings 2
Catalysis for the Conversion of Biomass and Its Derivatives
The book focuses on chemical aspects, such as catalyst development product analysis or reaction engineering, but also seeks a wider perspective and convers related issues like bioeconomics and plant growth.
Proceedings 1
Herausforderung Energie
Die Atomdiskussion des Jahres 2011 berührt vielschichtige Aspekte der Energieversorgung. Das Buch bietet dazu aus der Sicht unterschiedlicher Fachdisziplinen aktuell Informationen und Hintergründe in allgemein verständlicher Form.
Studies
The Studies series is dedicated to key subjects in the history and development of knowledge. Each volume brings together diverse disciplinary perspectives, combining source-based empirical research with theoretically informed approaches. Typically emerging from collaborative working groups, the studies explore integrative solutions to topics such as the globalization of knowledge, multilingualism, and the nature of spatial thinking.
The series also highlights many of the MPIWG’s successful collaborations, including with the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome on an expansive three-volume history of architecture. This work spans Neolithic Western Asia, the Ancient Near East, Ancient Egypt, Classical Greece and Rome, the Early and High Middle Ages, and early modern Italy. Another notable collaboration, with the Humboldt University in Berlin, led to the publication of research results from a multidisciplinary project on the materiality of photographs and photo archives. Using a feature specially developed for this publication, the online presentation of Photo Objects features extensive photographic material that was linked to the printed volume, but would be beyond the scope of a traditional print publication. These examples underscore the scope of the Studies series and its commitment to advancing interdisciplinary scholarship.
All Proceedings volumes are listed here:
Studies 14
The Nation State
The book analyses political processes in the light of actual identifications and alliances.
Studies 13
Seri-Technics
Historical case studies showing diverse regional processes of silk textile production.
Studies 12
Photo-Objects
Taking the material approach to photography as a starting point the volume offers new insights into the epistemological potential of analog and digital photographs and photo archives in the humanities and sciences from a comparative viewpoint.
Studies 11
The History of Science in a World of Readers
An anthology of influential literature published in the history of science in English.
Studies 10
Multilingualism, Lingua Franca and Lingua Sacra
Studies in multilingualism, lingua franca and lingua sacra
Studies 9
Frühe Mikroskopie
Mikroskopie im 17. Jh. als Verschränkung von Fragestellungen, Objekten, Methoden
Studies 8
Spatial Thinking and External Representation
Results of the TOPOI working group on the historical epistemology of space
Studies 7
Cavendish
Biography of the eighteenth-century English natural philosopher and chemist Henry Cavendish
Studies 6
Domus solaratae
Baugeschichtliche Grundlagen zur Erkundung des Hochmittelalters mit Beitrag zur Planungsgeschichte in Europa
Studies 5
Wissensgeschichte der Architektur
Wissensgeschichte der Architektur vom Mittelalter bis zur Frühen Neuzeit.
Studies 4
Wissensgeschichte der Architektur
Wissensgeschichte der Architektur vom Alten Ägypten bis zum Antiken Rom.
Studies 3
Wissensgeschichte der Architektur
Wissensgeschichte der Architektur vom Neolithikum bis zum Alten Orient.
Studies 2
Research and Pedagogy
This book addresses how new ideas in emerging quantum physics were introduced in textbooks.
Studies 1
The Globalization of Knowledge in History
The extent to which globalized knowledge also existed in the past is an open question and, moreover, a question that is important for understanding present processes of globalization.
Textbooks
The Textbooks series presented only a limited number of volumes, one of which was the translation into German of the mathematical texts from Jens Høyrup’s book Algebra in Cuneiform. This project was undertaken in the 2019/20 school year by ten students from the St. Gertrudis Gymnasium in Ellwangen under the supervision of mathematician Professor Franz Lemmermeyer.
All Textbooks volumes are listed here:
Textbooks 3
Algebra in Keilschrift
Einführung in die sogenannte babylonische Algebra mit Erklärung der geometrischen Grundlage.
Textbooks 2
Algebra in Cuneiform
An introduction to so-called “Babylonian algebra” that explains its geometrical foundation.
Textbooks 1
Non-Isothermal Kinetic Methods
