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Ptolemy’s Geography
Ptolemy’s Geography (second century CE) contains a catalog where localities are listed with their geographical coordinates, as well as concrete instru
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The research project investigates the genesis of Ptolemy’s geographical catalog of places, in particular by considering its structure and the relation
Ptolemy’s Astronomy
Did Ptolemy—as he claims––catalogue his own star observations in the Almagest, or were the coordinates measured more than two hundred years ago by Hip
Medieval Astronomical Diagrams
Early medieval manuscripts of only four authors (Pliny, Macrobius, Martianus Capella, Calcidius) carried late Roman astronomical knowledge to the cent
Ancient Babylonian Astronomy
The first complex and at the same time empirically exact scientific theories date back to the year 2000 BC. A series of projects investigated the inte
Cold Nuclear Fusion
In spring 1989, two research teams attracted the attention of researchers and the public: they seemed to have succeeded to conduct the fusion of light
Heuristical Strategies: In Pursuit of Quasars
A fruitful test for theoretical approaches in the field of philosophy of science is to apply them to individual scientific research projects. At which
Science Social 07: Leonardo's Intellectual Cosmos
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Sarah Lowengard is a New York City-based historian of technology and science whose research inte...
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Making Animal Materialities in Time
The work of recreating the stickiness of a gecko’s toes or mimicking a biological morphology through mineralization exemplify how materials science en
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The research carried out by the Working Group culminated in a special issue published in HSNS 53 (3) in July 2023.
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Working Group, Kjell Ericson, Particpants, Astrid Schrader