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Nature and Nation: Documentation and the Practice of Natural History at the Australian Museum, 1850-1890
From the earliest years of the Australian colony of New South Wales, natural history served as a vital lens and organising principle for colonists' en
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Vegetable · Animal · Transformation
“Vegetable · Animal · Transformation” examines a complex of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century strategies that engaged chemistry, biology, and d
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Breeding Against Extinction: Knowledges and Practices of Species Conservation in Interwar Poland
Despite numerous episodes of captive reproduction for display and acclimatization purposes, systematic breeding for species conservation became the ce
Validating the Animal Welfare Sciences in 20th Century Western Europe: A Scientific or a Political Practice?
Animal welfare was originally devised as a scientific tool, in order to provide rational, all-convincing arguments to animal advocacy. It is therefore
Practices of Validation in the Biomedical Sciences
No 77
In 2021, the validity of Covid-19 tests became an issue of political and public concern. Can we rely on tests to re-open schools, shops, and museums while the pandemic is still in full swing? Seeking to communicate to the public, scientific experts have explained in podcasts and newspapers the meaning of technical terms connected to a test’s “validity,” such as “sensitivity” and “specificity,” which indicate the proportion of infected and non-infected people, respectively, that will be correctly identified as such by the test.
Praktiken der Validierung in der Biomedizinischen Forschung
No 77
Nachdem spätestens 2021 deutlich wurde, dass die Corona-Pandemie nicht vollständig eingedämmt werden könne, wurde die Bewertung von Covid-19-Tests zu einem vieldiskutierten Thema in der Politik und Öffentlichkeit. Können wir uns ausreichend auf Schnelltests verlassen, um Schulen, Geschäfte und Museen wieder zu öffnen, während die Pandemie noch in vollem Gange ist? In Podcasts und Zeitungen erläuterten wissenschaftliche Expert*innen Fachbegriffe wie die „Spezifität“ und „Sensitivität“ von Tests. Diese Bewertungskategorien werden herangezogen, um darzustellen, wie groß der Anteil der Infizierten und Nicht-Infizierten ist, die mit dem betreffenden diagnostischen Test richtig erkannt werden.
A New History of Medieval Science: Ideas, Objects, and Instruments in Europe and Islamdom, 800–1650
I will be working on chapters for a co-authored book, intended for an audience of students, historians of modern science, and lay readers, on medieval
Gina Surita
Gina Surita is a PhD candidate in the Program in History of Science at Princeton University. Her...
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Lorraine Daston on Renaissance Science
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