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An Alchemist in Chains
How could a pious, Christian mystic spread radical Enlightenment ideas and freedom of thought? Johann Konrad Dippel was a radical pietist, an alchemist, a philosopher, a medical doctor, a renegade, a firebrand. He was also one of the most-read authors of early eighteenth-century Europe. Born at the Burg Frankenstein in the South of Germany, he was a truly cosmopolitan figure, straying between France, Berlin, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and various German states. From 1714-1719, he was in Altona near Hamburg, then the second city of Denmark-Norway. Here, a labyrinthine case was brought against him, terminating with his banishment to the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. This ...
Nineteenth-Century Nationalisms and Emotions in the Baltic Sea Region
A sense of loss is a driving force in most nationalist movements: territorial loss, the loss of traditions, language, national virtues or of a Golden Age. But which emotions charged the construction of loss and how did they change over time? To what objects and bodies did emotions stick? How was the production of loss gendered? Which figures of loss predated nationalist ideology and enabled loss within nationalist discourse? 13 scholars from different backgrounds answer these questions by exploring nationalist discourses during the long nineteenth century in the Baltic Sea region through political writings, lectures, novels, letters, paintings, and diaries. Contributors are: Eve Annuk, Jenny Bergenmar, Anna Bohlin, Jens Grandell, Heidi Grönstrand, Maciej Janowski, Jules Kielmann, Tiina Kinnunen, Kristina Malmio, Peter Nørgaard Larsen, Martin Olin, Jens Eike Schnall, and Bjarne Thorup Thomsen.
Nicolaus Steno
This is by far the most exhaustive biography on Niels Stensen, anatomist, geologist and bishop, better known as "Nicolaus Steno". We learn about the scientist’s family and background in Lutheran Denmark, of his teachers at home and abroad, of his studies and travels in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Bohemia and Germany, of his many pioneering achievements in anatomy and geology, of his encounters with Swammerdam, Malpighi and with members of the newly established Royal Society of London and the Accademia del Cimento in Florence, and with the philosopher Spinoza. It further treats Stensen’s religious conversion. The book includes the full set of Steno's anatomical and geological scientific papers in original language. The editors thoroughly translated the original Latin text to English, and included numerous footnotes on the background of this bibliographic and scientific treasure from the 17th century.
Alkymist i lænker
Johann Konrad Dippel var en eventyrlig skikkelse: pietist, mystiker, alkymist, fritænker, oplyser, provokatør – og bestseller. Hans skrifter om både teologi, lægevidenskab og filosofi og hans provokerende pamfletter gjorde ham berømt over landegrænserne. I de første årtier af 1700-tallet levede han et omflakkende liv i Nordeuropa og måtte ofte flygte eller blev forvist for sine synspunkter. Flere gange blev han smidt i fængsel og hans skrifter brændt. I 1719 var han i Altona – dengang det danske riges næststørste by – for at gøre guld. Så blev der rejst en sag imod ham, der endte med livslang forvisning til Bornholm. I sagen stillede Dippel, der var en af Europas førende intellektuelle, op til kamp imod greveparret Reventlow, det mægtigste adelspar i Danmark-Norge. Alkymist i lænker udforsker sagens detaljer som midtpunkt i en skildring af Dippels hæsblæsende liv, der aldrig før har været grundigt beskrevet på dansk. Bogen udkommer 10. august 2023 på 350-årsdagen for Johann Konrad Dippels fødsel.
Stochastic Dynamics Of Complex Systems: From Glasses To Evolution
Dynamical evolution over long time scales is a prominent feature of all the systems we intuitively think of as complex — for example, ecosystems, the brain or the economy. In physics, the term ageing is used for this type of slow change, occurring over time scales much longer than the patience, or indeed the lifetime, of the observer. The main focus of this book is on the stochastic processes which cause ageing, and the surprising fact that the ageing dynamics of systems which are very different at the microscopic level can be treated in similar ways.The first part of this book provides the necessary mathematical and computational tools and the second part describes the intuition needed to...
Niels Stensen. Kongelig anatom og fyrstelig geolog
Niels Stensen var en af Danmarkshistoriens mest banebrydende videnskabsmænd. På hans tid fandt man langt de fleste svar på tidens spørgsmål ved at diskutere filosofisk eller lede efter svarene i Biblen. Stensen var en af de første, der benyttede den naturvidenskabelige metode. Han undersøgte døde mennesker og dyr. Han udførte omhyggelige iagttagelser og konstruerede derefter en forklaring, som passede med det, han havde observeret. Han var den første, der forklarede, hvordan vi græder. Tidligere mente man, at spyt og tårer blev dannet hjernen, men Stensen beskrev i 1662 spytkirtler, tårekirtlen og tårekanalen. Han var også den første, som fastslog, at sjælen ikke kan sidde i hjertet. Desuden påviste han, at Jordens geologiske lag er dannet over tid, hvorefter de er blevet påvirket af naturens kræfter. Han foreslog ud fra sin opdagelse, at de geologiske lag er en slags registrering af, hvad der tidligere er sket på Jorden. Bogen er rigt illustreret med over 250 malerier, stik, kort og fotos.
Odins Imperium: Der Rudbeckianismus als Paradigma an den skandinavischen Universitäten (1680–1860) (2 vols.)
From a modern point of view, the four volumes of the Atlantica of Olaus Rudbeck the elder (1630-1702) seem to be not only the climax of Gothicism, but a key example of an early modern polymath. In Odins Imperium Bernd Roling reconstructs Rudbeck’s immense influence at Scandinavian universities, the debates he provoked, his manifold reception in early modern academic culture and the role Rudbeckianism played as paradigm of science until the Swedish romanticism of the 19th century. Taking into account all branches of science, Bernd Roling illustrates in detail Rudbeck’s majestic impact on antiquarianism, national mythology, and also on religious sciences and linguistics, but also documents the massive criticism the scholar from Uppsala received almost immediately. See inside the book.
Multifunctional Land Use
This book is a major contribution to the debate on future land development strategies, as well as helping to supporting land use decision making at all levels. Scientists from across Europe installed the Landscape Tomorrow network to prepare for upcoming challenges in research on sustainable land development. The book’s interdisciplinary perspective analyses, among other things, the general principles of land use multifunctionality and reports on a variety of success stories.
