{"id":16163,"date":"2026-04-23T16:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/?p=16163"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:08:14","slug":"interconnected-worlds-johann-jakob-scheuchzer-and-the-scientific-discovery-of-the-alps-1500-1730","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/interconnected-worlds-johann-jakob-scheuchzer-and-the-scientific-discovery-of-the-alps-1500-1730\/","title":{"rendered":"Interconnected Worlds. Johann Jakob Scheuchzer and the Scientific Discovery of the Alps (1500-1730)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Les naturalistes dans les Alpes et la globalisation des savoirs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Le m\u00e9decin et naturaliste suisse Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) a \u00e9t\u00e9 le premier \u00e0 explorer les Alpes \u00e0 l&rsquo;aide d&rsquo;instruments scientifiques, tels que le barom\u00e8tre, le thermom\u00e8tre et l&rsquo;hygrom\u00e8tre. Plus qu&rsquo;un simple amoureux de la montagne, il a consacr\u00e9 son temps et ses efforts \u00e0 l&rsquo;observation et \u00e0 la mesure, et a publi\u00e9 de nombreux ouvrages. Dans cette publication, Simona Boscani Leoni (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/hist\/fr\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Section d&rsquo;histoire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/cirm\/fr\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche sur la montagne<\/a>) analyse le travail du chercheur et d\u00e9montre comment il refl\u00e8te une \u00e9poque o\u00f9 la science devient mondiale, aliment\u00e9e par la curiosit\u00e9 et l&rsquo;exploration \u00e0 la suite de la d\u00e9couverte de l&rsquo;Am\u00e9rique par les Europ\u00e9ens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les recherches de Jakob Scheuchzer adoptent les nouvelles m\u00e9thodes des acad\u00e9mies modernes: voyages, correspondance, enqu\u00eates et \u00e9criture en langue vernaculaire. En comparant les plantes, les animaux et les min\u00e9raux alpins avec des sp\u00e9cimens exotiques, il a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 leurs vertus et leurs bienfaits m\u00e9dicinaux et th\u00e9rapeutiques. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c0 travers son regard, les Alpes sont ainsi devenues plus qu&rsquo;un paysage accident\u00e9: elles se sont transform\u00e9es en un lieu de d\u00e9couvertes scientifiques, fa\u00e7onn\u00e9 par les \u00e9changes mondiaux et les premi\u00e8res ambitions nationales. L&rsquo;histoire de notre compr\u00e9hension des montagnes est aussi celle de l&rsquo;expansion et de l&rsquo;\u00e9volution de la science elle-m\u00eame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019int\u00e9gralit\u00e9 du volume est disponible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viella.it\/libro\/9791254696590\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sur le site de l\u2019\u00e9diteur<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simona Boscani Leoni, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.viella.it\/libro\/9791254696590\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interconnected Worlds. Johann Jakob Scheuchzer and the Scientific Discovery of the Alps (1500-1730)<\/a><\/em>, Rome, Viella, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"523\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/04\/2026-hist-interconnected-worlds-cover.png\" alt=\"Couverture de Interconnected Worlds. Johann Jakob Scheuchzer and the Scientific Discovery of the Alps (1500-1730)\" class=\"wp-image-16164\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/04\/2026-hist-interconnected-worlds-cover.png 523w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/04\/2026-hist-interconnected-worlds-cover-435x635.png 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>P\u00d4LE DE RECHERCHE ASSOCI\u00c9<\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/hist\/fr\/home\/menuinst\/recherche\/poles-de-recherche\/etudes-rurales-et-alpines-era.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00c9tudes rurales et alpines (ERA)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>TOUTES LES NOTICES DE<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simona Boscani Leoni<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"su-posts su-posts-teaser-loop \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-16163\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/interconnected-worlds-johann-jakob-scheuchzer-and-the-scientific-discovery-of-the-alps-1500-1730\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"523\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/04\/2026-hist-interconnected-worlds-cover.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"2026 hist interconnected worlds cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/04\/2026-hist-interconnected-worlds-cover.png 523w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/04\/2026-hist-interconnected-worlds-cover-435x635.png 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/interconnected-worlds-johann-jakob-scheuchzer-and-the-scientific-discovery-of-the-alps-1500-1730\/\">Interconnected Worlds. 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