Pamela H. Smith is professor of history at Columbia University. She is the author of The Business of Alchemy: Science and Culture in the Holy Roman Empire and coeditor of Merchants and Marvels: Commerce, Science, and Art in Early Modern Europe.
"""A fascinating and significant contribution to a more social, collective, and diversified history of scientific (and artistic) transformations."" - Simon Werrett, Science ""Smith argues her point effectively through images as well as text. Her choice of artisanal artifacts is more than illustration; it is essential to her assertion that intellectual history is more than just a tale of 'great thinkers.'"" - Simon Ings, New Scientist"""