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The Invention of Objectivity
MoreCausality and Causal Reasoning
Models of causal reasoning based on an advanced theory of causal regularity explain causal reasoning in the history of science, and are the core of co
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
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
Discovery of the Urea Cycle
In 1932, Hans Krebs––Nobel laureate of 1953––and his assistant Kurt Henseleit discovered the steps of urea synthesis in mammals. This was the first me
The Cardiovascular Origins of Early Modern Neuroscience
Scientists and physicians are not immune to the excesses of enthusiasm, and in the middle of the seventeenth century no single achievement gained more
The Invention of the Normal Child: The Developmental Norms and the Visual Technologies of Arnold Gesell’s Laboratory (1911-1948)
Developmental norms for assessing whether a child is developing "normally" have been subject to critique since their inception. While for some critics
Historicizing China’s Climate Change Science
China’s scientific research related to climate change has a long history, evolving primarily from atmospheric science and meteorological research deve
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Sarah Lowengard
Sarah Lowengard is a New York City-based historian of technology and science whose research inte...
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Laurence Douny
Laurence Douny is an Anthropologist and Africanist. In 2007, she earned her PhD from University ...
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