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Florence Hsia, Dagmar Schäfer (2019)

History of science, technology, and medicine : a second look at Joseph Needham

Hsia, F., & Schäfer, D. (2019). History of science, technology, and medicine: a second look at Joseph Needham. Isis, 110(1), 94-99. doi:10.1086/702895.

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Inventing the Decibel: An Episode in the History of Sonic Thinking

In late 1920s New York, telephone engineers publicly measured city noise using equipment from mass hearing tests, and named the results as percentages
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Gemeinsame Veröffentlichung in Isis wirft einen zweiten Blick auf Joseph Needham

Dagmar Schäfer und Florence Hsia werfen in Isis-Sonderausgabe einen zweiten Blick auf Joseph Needham

Apr 2, 2019
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Joint Publication in Isis Takes a Second Look at Joseph Needham

Dagmar Schäfer and Florence Hsia take a second look at Joseph Needham in Isis special issue

Apr 2, 2019
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Keyboard Playing and the Reconceptualization of Polyphonic Music in Early Modern Italy

In early modern Italy, seminal changes in the concept and structure of polyphony were rooted in a shift of praxis defined by the increasing role of ke
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Institut heißt Journalist-in-Residence Laura Spinney willkommen

MPIWG heißt Laura Spinney als Journalist-in-Residence willkommen

Apr 2, 2019 Laura Spinneys Website
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Welcomes Journalist in Residence Laura Spinney

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Welcomes Journalist in Residence Laura Spinney

Apr 2, 2019 Laura Spinney's Website
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Roundtable | Apr 10, 2019  |  15:00 to 17:00

Of Materiality and Minds: Provocations in the History of Science Across Environments

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Regulating "Regulations and Precedents" (zeli): Framing the Shape and Change of Technological Knowledge at the Qing Court

The “Models and Regulations” (則例) extant today that relate to the Qing palace demonstrate an increase in the codification and systematization of techn
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Barbara Wolff (2019)

„Derartige kolossale Opfer ...“
Der Nobelpreis für Physik für das Jahr 1921 – was geschah mit dem Preisgeld?

Wolff, B. (2019). „Derartige kolossale Opfer..“ Der Nobelpreis für Physik für das Jahr 1921 – was geschah mit dem Preisgeld?. Berlin: Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte.

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