Speakers from Scientific Academies and Foundations of which Cyril Ponnamperuma was a Member

Abstract This paper studies the “human circulatory statues” which Salomon Reisel designed in the 1670s in order to demonstrate the circulation of the blood and its effect on the brain. It investigates how Reisel intended this project to promote Descartes’ philosophy, and how it relates to contemporary diagrammatic schematizations of the blood circulation system. It further explores Reisel’s claims concerning the epistemological and practical advantages of working with a three-dimensional model and argues that Reisel intended his statua to address the concerns of his fellow physicians and, more specifically, to help in diagnostics. I consider the background, strategy and legacy of the essays in which Reisel presented his devices, as well as their relevance to the general project of the scientific journal – one of the earliest – in which they appeared, the Miscellanea Curiosa. Reisel was a leading physician who acted throughout his life as a mediator between the Royal Society and the Academia Naturæ Curiosorum. His articles, the paper argues, have much to tell us much about the role played by the recently established scientific academies and their journals in shaping the transmission of early modern science and medicine, in terms both of theories and of the knowledge embodied in scientific instruments.

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News of other scientific academies and societies

Notes and Records the Royal Society journal of the history of science ◽

10.1098/rsnr.1950.0021 ◽

1950 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 272-274

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Experimental Psychology ◽

Niels Bohr ◽

International Congress ◽

Classical Philology ◽

Sciences Humaines ◽

Academy Of Sciences ◽

Scientific Academies

THE ROYAL DANISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND LETTERS, COPENHAGEN During the year 1949 the Academy has been represented at several international meetings and congresses, among others: Conseil International de la Philosophic et des Sciences Humaines, Bruxelles. Union Academique Internationale, Bruxelles. The 3rd International Congress of Toponymy and Anthroponymy, Bruxelles. The XXIX International Congress of Americanists, New York. Le XVI Congres International d’Histoire de l’Art, Lisboa. The 7th Pacific Science Congress, Auckland and Christchurch. Union Internationale de Physique pure et appliquee, Firenze. Conseil International des Unions scientifiques, K∅benhavn (in the rooms of the Academy). Professor Dr Niels Bohr has been re-elected President of the Academy for the following five years. Obituary, national members 1949 27 May. Professor, Dr Martin Knudsen, physics, Secretary of the Academy, 1917-1945. 24 June. Professor, Dr S. Orla-Jensen, biochemistry. Election of national members Section of philosophy and humanistics. 1949 22 April Professor, Dr Franz Blatt, classical philology. Professor, Dr Edgar Rubin, experimental psychology.

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News of other Scientific Academies and Societies

Notes and Records the Royal Society journal of the history of science ◽

10.1098/rsnr.1946.0031 ◽

1946 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 212-215

Keyword(s):

Regular Feature ◽

Scientific Institutions ◽

The World ◽

Scientific Academies

The opportunity provided by the attendance at the Newton Tercentenary Celebrations of delegates from the leading Scientific Academies and Societies of the world was taken to invite those Academies and Societies to contribute a page of their news to Notes and Records . It is hoped that these contributions, of which the first to be received appear below, will become a regular feature, and will serve to strengthen the relations between scientists and scientific institutions of all countries. .

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Population Summit of the World's Scientific Academies

10.17226/9148 ◽

1993 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Scientific Academies

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Scientific academies and scientific societies as agents for promoting science culture in developing countries

International Journal of Technology Management ◽

10.1504/ijtm.2009.022681 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 46 (1/2) ◽

pp. 132 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Leo Wee Hin Tan ◽

R. Subramaniam

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Scientific Societies ◽

Science Culture ◽

Scientific Academies

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Tools for Science

Nuncius ◽

10.1163/18253911-03302003 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 236-264 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Emmanuelle Chapron

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

Case Studies ◽

Professional Knowledge ◽

The Public ◽

Scientific Institutions ◽

Definition Of ◽

Santa Maria ◽

Scientific Academies

Abstract This article presents an overall reflection on the libraries that were assembled in scientific institutions in France and Italy in the eighteenth century using case studies and comparative approaches. It focuses in particular on five scientific academies (located in Turin, Florence, Paris and Brest) and two Florentine institutions, the Museo di Fisica e di Storia Naturale and the Santa Maria Nuova Hospital. Decisions made regarding library premises, book procurement policies, catalogue publications and whether or not to open to the public were all investments that demonstrated the role of the written culture in the identity of scholarly communities, including those (such as the naval and surgeons’ communities) whose members had long been seen as professionals firmly rooted in a manual practice that was detached from theory. This article thus shows how libraries participated in the institutionalisation of scientific activities, the definition of professional knowledge and the formation of scholarly collectives.

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