Ранното Лондонско кралско дружество и Османската империя: по свидетелства от кореспонденцията на Хенри Олденбуг
The early Royal Society of London and the Ottoman empire: the evidence of the correspondence of Henry Oldenburg

Author(s): Iordan Avramov
Subject(s): History, Philosophy, History of Philosophy
Published by: Axia Academic Publishers
Keywords: Royal Society of London; Ottoman Empire in the seventeenth century; scientific communication; questionnaires for natural history
Summary/Abstract: Right from its beginning in 1660 the Royal Society of London embarked on a program of research in natural history. It inevitably included the Ottoman empire and was mostly organized by the first secretary of the Society, Henry Oldenburg, who took care of the business in those first formative years of the scientific academy. His correspondents were able to provide information from various parts of the Empire, but also from neighboring countries and regions. In this process a special role played the so-called questionnaires for natural history, which were designed by the Society’s Fellows and shaped not simply the research but also the correspondence itself.

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