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Though their Causes be not yet discover'd": Occult Traditions in the Making of Newton's Natural Philosophy
My dissertation provides a preliminary attempt to show how Newton’s natural philosophy can be seen to have emerged from the work of his predecessors.
Good Science: Epistemic Values and Scholarly Reputations in Europe, 1770–1830
The present project is aimed at confronting the processes of institutionalization, professionalization, and specialization of knowledge with the hypot
Naeem Revisits Naeem et al. 1994: Reading Between the Lines of a Scientific Paper
Writing scientific papers is, arguably, the most important task in a scientist’s working life. Papers are the universal currency by which scientists a
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The Development of Emergence in Physics
In the second half of the twentieth century, condensed matter physicists began demanding their share on the podium of the fundamental physical science
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This project’s point of departure is to analyze Anderson’s gradual appropriation of the concept of emergence from the 1980s onwards, comparing it with
“Experimentalität” von Hans-Jörg Rheinberger rezensiert in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Review of “Experimentalität” by Hans-Jörg Rheinberger
Lorraine Daston erhält Dan David Preis
Direktorin Lorraine Daston wurde der reputationsreiche Dan-David-Preis in Tel Aviv verliehen
May 7, 2018Lorraine Daston Receives Dan David Prize
Director Lorraine Daston awarded the prestigious Dan David Prize in Tel Aviv
May 7, 2018Euclide's Elements in the West and China: Communication and Transmission of Mathematical Knowledge along the Silk Road
Zhigang Ji Jihe Yuanben(几何原本), translated by Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi in 1607
This project has two distinct but interlocking elements: The first starts from the general context of cultural communication between Ch
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Islam through American Eyes: The Life and Culture of Clifford Geertz
In the twentieth century, Western anthropologists studied the social practices of Arab and Muslim communities to an unprecedented extent. In the proce