Research Article

The Halle Orphanage as Scientific Community: Observation, Eclecticism, and Pietism in the Early Enlightenment. By Kelly Joan Whitmer. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2015. Pp. xii, 202. $40.00.)

Published: 2017-12-1

Journal: The Historian

DOI: 10.1111/hisn.12740

Abstract

"The Halle Orphanage as Scientific Community: Observation, Eclecticism, and Pietism in the Early Enlightenment. By Kelly Joan Whitmer. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2015. Pp. xii, 202. $40.00.)" The Historian, 79(4), pp. 918–919

Faculty Members

  • Richard Bowler - Salisbury University

Themes

  • Observation
  • Pietism
  • Eclecticism
  • Scientific community
  • Early Enlightenment
  • Historical contributions to science

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