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The Subjective "I" and the Objective Eye in the Study of Animal Behavior
In this project Marga Vicedo-Castello examined the methods used by students of animal behavior in the context of their historical development, co
Publications, “Daniel Lehrman versus Konrad Lorenz on Instincts: Facts, Semantics, and Politics in the Study of Animal Behavior.” (manuscript).
Fabricating Reliable Phenomena in Industrial Laboratories ca. 1925
That the methods of the physical sciences could benefit engineering practice was a proposition widely embraced by the 1920s. Many scientists and engin
Funding Institutions, Central European University
Rationalizing Listening: Musicology, Emotions, and the Concert Hall, 1900-1930
During the first three decades of the twentieth century musicologists and music critics increasingly problematized the role of emotions in listening e
Publications, Ziemer, Hansjakob. "Versachlichung der Klänge. Musikwissenschaft, Emotion und Konzertleben 1900-1930." In: Rationalisierungen des Gefühls: Zum Verhältnis von Wissenschaft und Emotionen, 1880-1930, eds.: Daniel Morat / Uffa Jensen. München: Wilhelm Fink, 2008, p. 211-230.
Clinical Observation and the Making of Cultural-Historical Psychology
In the 1920 to 1930s, Soviet psychologists developed an original research program, which they themselves characterized as "cultural-historical" psycho
Animal Models of Human Behavior: Cultures of Observation
Natural and social scientists have long been fascinated by the biological basis of human behavior. By anthropomorphizing animal behavior, biologists f
De rebus naturae: Objects and Observers in Hellenistic Science
Daryn Lehoux's project explored the complex interrelationships between the objects of scientific inquiry, and the norms, processes, and structures of
Publications, ‘Observers, Objects, and the Embedded Eye; Or, Seeing and Knowing in Ptolemy and Galen,’ Isis, 98 (2007) p. 447-467, Funding Institutions, University of Manchester
The Dancing Bees: Karl von Frisch, the Honeybee Dances, and Twentieth-century Sciences of Communication
The Dancing Bees is a dual biography that explores the life and work of the experimental physiologist Karl von Frisch (1886–1982) vis à vis his favore
Models and the Middle Way
The Greek word philanthrōpos, explained Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in 1693, means affection regulated by divine wisdom. It is a universal benevolence,
Publications, “Unmittelbare Erkenntnis. Das Modell des Salomonischen Tempels im Waisenhaus zu Halle als Anschauungsobjekt der frühen Aufklärung,” Bildwelten des Wissens: kunsthistorisches Jahrbuch für Bildkritik: Bildendes Sehen Vol. 7.1 (October, 2009).
Atomic Food for Peace?—Materializing a Radiant Idea in a Transnational Network of Research and Development
As a title for her project, “Atomic Food for Peace” is Karin Zachmann's invention. As a concept, however, it clearly existed in the mid-1950s. The ide
The Science of Walking
This project investigated a problem that has hardly received attention from historians: the emergence of the scientific study of human walking in the
Publications, Mayer, A. (2013). Wissenschaft vom Gehen: die Erforschung der Bewegung im 19. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer.