Introduction
The Laboratory of Nature - Science in the Mountains
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4516449 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charlotte Bigg (0000-0002-4064-2740, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), David Aubin (0000-0002-5903-3283, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu-Paris Rive Gauche), Philipp Felsch (Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 311-321 |
| Publication date | 2009-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science in Context (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-8897 • E-ISSN: 1474-0664 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0269889709990020 |
| OpenAlex | W2111043999 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 22 |
Today I made the ascent of the highest mountain in this region, which for good reasons is called Ventosum, guided only by the desire to see the extraordinary altitude of the place" (Petrarque [1336] 1880, 6-7). Petrarch's ascent of the Mont Ventoux in 1336, or rather his account of it, established the mountain as a distinctive place for experiencing and understanding nature and self. Since then, the mountain has been sought out in increasing numbers by those pursuing spiritual elevation, bodily exertion, and/or scientific investigation. To this day, a pilgrimage church, several hotels, and an observatory are characteristically perched atop Mont Ventoux. And it is famous among cyclists as a legendarily difficultétapeof the Tour de France
Altitude (triangle · Archaeology · Elevation (ballistics · Geography · Pilgrimage · Engineering · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought · History · History of Science and Natural History · Mathematics · Polar Research and Ecology
The Physiology of Extremes
Elsa Faugère, Le making-of des grandes expéditions. Anthropologie des sciences de terrain
The category of mountain as source of legitimacy for national parks
Timeless spaces
Forschung und Freizeit
Alpinists and the Terrestrial Limits of Living Beings
Science on the Summit
Les alpinistes et les limites terrestres du vivant
Wordplay, world‐play, and interdisciplinary imaginations
Modern Mountains From the Enlightenment to the Anthropocene
Konsten att kontextualisera
Knowing a Sentient Mountain
Why Isn't Exploration a Science
The Scientific Life in the Alpine
The Laboratory Revolution in Medicine
The Heavens on Earth
When Human Travellers become Instruments
Imperial Eyes
Landscapes and Labscapes
The Healthy Body and Victorian Culture
Putting Science in Its Place
Instruments, travel and science
Making Space for Science
Albert Smith, the Alpine Club, and the Invention of Mountaineering in Mid-Victorian Britain
City as Truth-Spot
The American City
A History of Mountaineering in the Alps
The Place of Knowledge A Methodological Survey
Mind, Mountain, and History
The Heroic Science of Glacier Motion
Voyages, Mesures et Instruments Une nouvelle expérience du monde au Siècle des lumières
Sport, Hegemony and the Middle Class
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |