This #NotesandRecords special issue demonstrates the complexity of plant studies, as early modern scholars conceived plants not only as a subject of botanical studies, but also as a laboratory object that mediates the study of nature: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/issue/7... #HistSci #HistSTM

An instructional map of the ‘sciences’ in early modern France doi.org/10.1098/rsnr... | #NotesAndRecords #HistSci

In order to understand early modern science, images are no less significant than words. A new #NotesandRecords special issue examines a wide range of images, from true-to-life drawings to carefully conceived schematics: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/issue/8... #HistSci #HistSTM

Leeuwenhoek in Mexico: new paths in the global circulation of scientific knowledge doi.org/10.1098/rsnr... | #NotesAndRecords #HistSci #AnthonyVanLeeuwenhoek

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Leeuwenhoek in Mexico: new paths in the global circulation of scientific knowledge: doi.org/10.1098/rsnr... Image: Biblioteca Nacional de México #NotesandRecords #HistSci

Chasing the light: the beginnings of sperm whale hunting in the (Western) South Atlantic: doi.org/10.1098/rsnr... Image: Museu Histórico Nacional/Ibram #NotesandRecords #HistSci

The earliest medical images of the plague: manuscripts of Aldobrandino of Siena’s Régime du corps, pestilence, and the Black Death: doi.org/10.1098/rsnr... Image: Bibliothèque nationale de France #NotesandRecords #HistSci #HistMed