This book tells eleven Urban Histories of Science from nine cities - Athens, Barcelona, Budapest, Dublin, Glasgow, Helsinki, Lisbon, Naples and Buenos Aires - situated on the margins of Europe or even outside of it. With a focus on the time around the turn of the 20th century, it contains episodes dealing with astronomy and archaeology, zoology and geology, engineering, hygiene and city planning. Yet why delve into the scientific culture of cities, which are considered marginal in terms of their production in science, technology and medicine? This book turns the tables and shows what...