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100 1 0 _aSteinke, Hubert
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245 0 0 _aAlbrecht von Haller at the Head of his Network: The Role of Correspondences in Scientific Controversies
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520 _aIn the early modern Republic of letters, the exchange of letters was considered a token of mutual friendship. Opponents in a scientific controversy thus rarely shared letters. Nevertheless, correspondence networks played a pivotal role in learned disputes. As the case of Albrecht von Haller shows, they were important tools to gather information, coordinate actions, build alliances, and ultimately mediate the conflict and reconciliate the opponents.
690 _ascientific controversy
690 _acorrespondence network
690 _aAlbrecht von Haller
690 _aRepublic of letters
786 0 _nRevue d’histoire des sciences | Volume 66 | 2 | 2013-12-01 | p. 325-359 | 0151-4105
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-d-histoire-des-sciences-2013-2-page-325?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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