Scientific experiments [ Politics & Society / Science ]
… consumption and shared experiences within the new associational forms of the public sphere. Practices > Politics & Society People > Science Keywords Audience Coffeehouses Conversation Public sphere Science Scientific experiments played a significant role in the spaces of sociability that characterized British society in the eighteenth century. They were shown in learned societies, educational institutions, clubs, assembly rooms, … public lectures offered to paying audiences. As epistemic practices, they were shaped by conventions forged in the Royal Society of London after its formation in 1660. The Royal Society had coalesced as a microcosm of the restored social …
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