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Moral Progress
In several recent articles, I have been attempting to articulate a coherent account of concepts of progress. These articles build towards a book, curr
Brass Instrument Psychology: Timing—1840–1940
The term “brass instrument psychology,” a common term used in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to describe laboratory psychology, sho
Virtual Laboratory Project, Essay on Titchener’s Photo Album , Funding Institutions, East Carolina University
The Shaping of Generality in the Emergence of Enumerative Geometry (1852–1900)
At the outset of the second half of the nineteenth century, geometers belonging to the so-called “synthetic tradition” began discovering the propertie
Generations of Reason
"Generations of Reason" follows the path of reason blazed by three generations of an English family from the middle of the eighteenth to the end of th
A Cultural History of Heredity
This project centered on the scientific and technological practices in which knowledge of heredity was materially entrenched and in which it unfolded
Related digital sources, vlp.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de, Funding Institutions, Government of Liechtenstein
Premodern Conversations Series | Sep 27, 2018 | 16:00 to 17:30
Optical Diagrams as Paper Tools: Giambattista Della Porta and the Beginnings of Modern Optics
MoreForschungsgruppenleiter Alexander Blum erhält "SISFA Best Paper" - Auszeichnung
Forschungsgruppenleiter Alexander Blum erhält die Auszeichnung "Best Paper" auf der SISFA-Konferenz.
Oct 7, 2018 Zur SISFA-Website (italienisch)Research Group Leader Alexander Blum Awarded SISFA Best Paper
Research Group Leader Alexander Blum awarded "Best Paper" prize at SISFA conference
Oct 7, 2018 Go to SISFA Website (in Italian)Workshop | Oct 29, 2018 | 09:00 to 17:30
Euclid on the Road. Cross-Cultural Transmission, Translation, and Transformation of the Elements
MoreEarly Modern Exchanges in Sanskrit Astral Sciences (EMESAS)
This project investigates the geometrical concepts in Sanskrit astronomy of early modern India (c. 1500 to 1800 CE) as it engaged with Græco-Islamic i