Professor Mirko Drazen Grmek (Krapina 1924--Paris 2000) was one of the most prominent Croatian scientists. Work in history of science directed him to the crossroads of various fields placing his approach in anthropological perspective. Two models will serve as illustrations of his main theories. The historical reconstruction of scientific discovery (mostly on examples of 17th century) will be p...

The Industrial Revolution is arguably one of the most important social phenomena responsible for shaping the modern world. Of course, some historians and economists have long contended that this was or was not a ‘‘revolution’’ in the strictest sense of the word and scholars still debate whether the use of this metaphor is problematic. Most writers agree that this was not an event, but rather a ...

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1.2 The title of the session is “Industrial Archaeology”; however, given that industry, technology and trade have been considered in detail in the other period seminars for the Regional Research Frameworks process this paper will consider the archaeology of the industrial period. The broad period band for the industrial period is 1750 to the present day. The major emphasis is upon the process o...