Woher rührt die universale Faszination an Medien, die sich gegen die Evidenz durchsetzt, dass Bilder, Texte und Filme nie mehr sein können als bloße Zeichen? Exakt aus dieser Irritation heraus muss der Frage >wie Medien wirken< zunächst ein >warum< vorangestellt werden: Warum al…
This book is a collection of essays, written by an international group of historians of chemistry, about some of the most interesting chemists dating back into the 18th century. The contributing authors are well-established biographers, and their subjects make a diverse cast of …
The 'great man' of later Greek historical thought is the long product of traceable changes in ancient ideas about the meaning and impact of an individual life. At least as early as the birth of the Athenian democracy, questions about the ownership of the motion of history were b…
"Between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries in Europe, not all women fit the stereotype of passive housewife and mother. Many led bold and dynamic lives. In this collection of historical portraits, Maria Teresa Brolis tells the fascinating tales of fashion icons, art clients, b…
