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    Event Series

    Institute's Colloquium 2022–23

    Science Diplomacy and Science in Times of War

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  • Satellite view of Rotterdam

    Feature Story

    No. 80

    Anthropocene Formations: Process Landscapes of Petromodernity

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  • Maier Atalanta Fugiens, 1618.

    Feature Story

    N. 79

    A Vital Force? Exploring Agricultural Uses of Alchemy in Early Modern Europe, ca. 1550-1730

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  • Albert Einstein at Princeton, standing in front of a blackboard

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    No. 78

    Dreams of Unification: The Role of Mathematics in Final Theory Programs

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Founded in 1994, the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin is one of the more than 80 research institutes administered by the Max Planck Society. It is dedicated to the study of the history of science and aims to understand scientific thinking and practice as historical phenomena. Researchers pursue a historical epistemology in their studies of how new categories of thought, proof, and experience have emerged.

 

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Announcing the Institute's Colloquium Program 2022–23: "Science Diplomacy and Science in Times of War"

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Book "The Evolution of Knowledge" by Jürgen Renn translated into German

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"Dream of the unity of science": Lorraine Daston awarded the Gerda Henkel Prize

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Events

Department III Introduction

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China’s Digital Endeavour: Current Trends and Theoretical Issues

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Philosophical Perspectives on Medieval Theories of Science

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Animal Mobilities Authors Workshop

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