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Charting the Weather: Graphical Representations in Late Eighteenth-Century Meteorology
This project examines the use of barometric charts by late eighteenth-century meteorologists, such as Nikolaus von Béguelin (Berlin) and Marc-Auguste
Jürgen Renn und Jochen Büttner mit Beitrag in „Das Wissen der Antike“, einer neuen Spezialausgabe von Spektrum.
Jürgen Renn und Jochen Büttner mit Beitrag in „Das Wissen der Antike“, einer neuen Spezialausgabe von Spektrum
Dec 19, 2017 Spektrum der WissenschaftJürgen Renn and Jochen Büttner in Spektrum Special Issue, “Das Wissen der Antike.”
Jürgen Renn and Jochen Büttner contribute to “Das Wissen der Antike,” the most recent Spektrum special issue
Dec 19, 2017 Spektrum der WissenschaftHistoricizing the Applied Humanities
The term “applied humanities” first appeared in the 1950s, when cybernetics and then the postwar reform of school and university education prompted th
Personal webpage, Anke te Heesen, Chair for the History of Science
Engineering Metropolis: Contagion, Capital, and the Making of British Colonial Cairo, 1880s–1920s
This book project explores the intersection of real estate investment and public health crises in British Colonial Cairo (1880s-1920s). Civil engineer
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At the Front Door? Women Scientists at the Humboldt University, 1946–1961
The project investigates the conditions faced by female academics at the University of Berlin from its reopening in 1946 until 1961. It asks whether t
Capturing Knowledge: Captivity, Trafficking, and Knowledge Acquisition in Early Modern China
During my visit, I plan to work on a project that explores the little studied connection between cross-border captivity and knowledge acquisition in 1
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Taking Poo Samples to School was an Essential Part of South Korea's Modernization
No 7
A North Korean soldier recently escaped across the demilitarised zone, the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas, and a remnant of the July 1953 ceasefire to the Korean conflict. On his arrival in South Korea, much was made of the precarious state of his health. Following surgery to treat the soldier’s wounds, his South Korean medical team made an interesting update. The patient was in recovery, but his body remained filled with intestinal parasites, taken as a sign of North Korea’s underdeveloped public health system. One worm reportedly reached 27cm in length, indicating that it had been living in the man’s gut for a significant amount of time.
Taking Poo Samples to School was an Essential Part of South Korea's Modernization
No 7
A North Korean soldier recently escaped across the demilitarised zone, the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas, and a remnant of the July 1953 ceasefire to the Korean conflict. On his arrival in South Korea, much was made of the precarious state of his health. Following surgery to treat the soldier’s wounds, his South Korean medical team made an interesting update. The patient was in recovery, but his body remained filled with intestinal parasites, taken as a sign of North Korea’s underdeveloped public health system. One worm reportedly reached 27cm in length, indicating that it had been living in the man’s gut for a significant amount of time.
Israel and Europe. Building Bridges via the History of Science
Matteo Valleriani veröffentlicht in Centaurus Bericht über die Lage der Wissenschaftsgeschichte in Israel
Feb 26, 2018 Centaurus Zum Artikel