Georgius Agricola as Humanist

Hannaway, Owen

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“…For example, perceptions of the negative impacts of dirty mining ( Harvey, 2014 ) by consumers are not linked to the provision of clean energy with low-carbon emissions, even though they are inextricably linked by the resources required to build renewable energy infrastructures. It illustrates the need for greater communication of the environmental and ethical frameworks within which the mining industry has variably operated ( Sidorenko et al., 2020 ), and which have been recognised from a humanist perspective in literature since Agricola's De re metallica ( Hannaway, 1992 ). The external forces influencing the interconnected critical metal-based value chain and technological development are embodied in social acceptance of mining.…”

Section: Criticality and The Value Chainmentioning

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The re-direction of small deposit mining: Technological solutions for raw materials supply security in a whole systems context

Moore

Whyte

Roberts³

et al. 2020

Resources, Conservation & Recycling: X

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Large-scale mining of low-grade ores is energy-intensive and generates vast wastes. It has limited suitability for production of specialist metals that are required in relatively small quantities. An approach that limits environmental impact by restricting mining to high-grade deposits requires the investigation of small ore deposits as alternative sources of metals. The return on investment from small deposits is incompatible with the expensive surveys needed to secure investment and the high costs of managing risk. But increasing energy and transport costs may create space in the market for small-deposit mining with highly-competitive technological solutions. It can be argued that small-deposit mining is ethical because it must involve cooperation between mining companies and local residents who share a collective expectation and responsibility for their quality of life. However, small-deposit mining tends to be a limited, short-term initiative, which requires consideration of the extended ‘afterlife’ of mines. This manuscript is the culmination of five years of cross-sector dialogue and stakeholder engagement activities. It debates what constitutes a small deposit and describes the interactions between mining and manufacturing, investment, environment and society. It reaches the conclusion that technological innovations will support the re-emergence of small deposit mining as an important part of a diverse raw materials production sector. We do not suggest a return to past approaches, to mining of small, high-grade deposits, but a consideration of alternative narratives of localised, community-orientated mining processes, thus giving social, economic and environmental context to the needs of the present day.

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The re-direction of small deposit mining: Technological solutions for raw materials supply security in a whole systems context

Moore

Whyte

Roberts³

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“…However some reviews in English indicate a growing interest in Agricola's works among English-speaking scholars (see, e.g. Hannaway (1992) and Beretta (1999)).…”

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Signal-to-noise ratio in Renaissance writing: an example concerning Georgius Agricola (1494-1555).

Branagan¹,

Emerson²,

Kelly³

2014

Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales

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The modem term 'Signal to Noise Ratio' -a measure in science for comparing the level of a desired signal with that of its background noise -is used here with reference to the views of Adam Siber expressed in an elegy comparing the scientific and literary output of mediocre writers with that of Georgius Agricola (1494 -1555). Written in Latin, much of Agricola's important work still remains untranslated into English, but his numerous works formed the basis of the understanding of many geological and mineralogical principles. The authors, in the process of translating one of his works -De ortu <& causis suhterraneorum -found the prefatory elegy which is also written in Latin. This paper outlines salient aspects of Agricola's life, including the social, 'scientific' and technological milieu in which he worked, and the influence on him of writers, both contemporary and ancient. This serves as background to our translation of Siber's elegy, wherein Agricola's communication skills are compared most favourably with those of lesser communicators.

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“…Signalons la thèse pionnière, malheureusement restée inédite, de Gusta Sigurs 49 , qui porte sur le langage médical et, plus tard, les travaux sur le signe 46 Il est vain d'esquisser ici une bibliographie sur la rhétorique à la Renaissance. Je cite seulement les références les plus utiles dans le cadre des rapports entre les médecins naturalistes et les théoriciens de la Renaissance, ou les ouvrages généraux indispensables: Akkerman/ Vanderjadt 1988;Castor 1964;Cogan 1984;Fumaroli 1980;Goyet 1996;Hannaway 1992;Mack 1993;Moss 2002. 47 Gesner est à lui seul l'auteur de quatre énormes in-folio totalisant plus de 4000 pages.…”

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L’histoire naturelle du XVIe siècle: historiographie, méthodologie et perspectives

Glardon¹

2006

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Georgius Agricola as Humanist

Cited by 19 publications

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The re-direction of small deposit mining: Technological solutions for raw materials supply security in a whole systems context

The re-direction of small deposit mining: Technological solutions for raw materials supply security in a whole systems context

Signal-to-noise ratio in Renaissance writing: an example concerning Georgius Agricola (1494-1555).

L’histoire naturelle du XVIe siècle: historiographie, méthodologie et perspectives

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