Paula Findlen

Author of Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy

About the Author

Paula Findlen is Ubaldo Pierotti Professor of Italian History and Director of the Suppes Center for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at Stanford University, USA. Her previous works include Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy show more (1994), and, most recently, Empires of Knowledge: Scientific Networks in the Early Modern World (2019), Leonardo's Library (2019), and The Renaissance of Letters (2020). She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. show less

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Works by Paula Findlen

Athanasius Kircher: the Last Man Who Knew Everything (2004) — Editor — 107 copies

Merchants and Marvels: Commerce, Science, and Art in Early Modern Europe (2001) — Editor — 60 copies

Early Modern Things (Early Modern Themes) (2013) 31 copies

Beyond Florence (2003) 19 copies

The Italian Renaissance: The Essential Readings (2002) — Editor — 18 copies

Italy’s Eighteenth Century: Gender and Culture in the Age of the Grand Tour (2009) 7 copies

Empires of knowledge : scientific networks in the early modern world (2018) 7 copies

The Renaissance of Letters: Knowledge and Community in Italy, 1300-1650 (2019) 2 copies

The Structure of Knowledge: Classifications of Science and Learning Since the Renaissance 2 copies

FLESH AND SPIRIT: PRIVATE LIFE IN EARLY MODERN GERMANY.(Review): An article from: American Scholar 1 copy

'Kircher's Cosmos: On Athanasius Kircher' in The Nation, 22 April 2013 [review of Glassie's 'A Man of Misconceptions'] 1 copy

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The Contest for Knowledge: Debates over Women's Learning in Eighteenth-Century Italy (2005) — Translator — 13 copies

Worlds of Natural History (2018) — Contributor — 11 copies

For the sake of learning : essays in honor of Anthony Grafton (2016) — Contributor — 3 copies

Conflicting duties : science, medicine and religion in Rome, 1550-1750 (2010) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Canonical name: Findlen, Paula
Legal name: Findlen, Paula Elizabeth
Birthdate: 1964-05-19
Gender: female
Education: Wellesley College (BA|1984| Medieval/Renaissance Studies)
University of California, Berkeley (MA|1985|Ph.D|1989| History)
Occupations: Historian of Science
Historian of Early Modern Europe
university professor
Organizations: Stanford University
Stanford University, Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Co-Director)
Awards and honors: Fellow, American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2018)
Premio Galileo Galilei (2016)
Foreign Member, Accademia dell'Istituto delle Scienze (2011)
Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize (2004)
Pfizer Award (1996)
Howard Marraro Prize (1995) (show all 8)
Derek Price Prize (1995)
Nelson Prize (1990)
Relationships: Fontaine, Michelle (co-editor)
Osheim, Duane J. (co-editor)
Short biography: Paula Findlen (1964- ) is an American academic and historian, whose work focuses on the history of science and medicine, and the history of the Renaissance. She was educated at Wellesley College (BA), and the University of California, Berkeley (MA & PhD). Findlen is Professor of Early Modern Europe and History of Science, Ubaldo Pierotti Professor of Italian History, and Co-Director of the Suppes Center for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at Stanford University. Her book, Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy was given the Pfizer Award in 1996 by the History of Science Society.
Nationality: USA
Map Location: USA

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Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy (Studies on the History of Society and Culture , No 20) by Paula Findlen

Very informative but almost overly so...the writing is too dry and bogged down by details that the overall picture is hard to remember sometimes. More for academics than for leisure reading. I confess that I've fallen asleep a few times while trying to get through it.

Mar 8, 2009