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Mathematics, the Body, and the Soul: Nicolaus Steno and the Search for Certainty in the 17th Century
Nicolaus Steno (1638–1686) became famous for scientific discoveries such as naming the so-called female testicles as ovaries, describing the heart as
Anthropocene Formations: Process Landscapes of Petromodernity
No 80
The satellite image above shows the Port of Rotterdam, the biggest harbor in Europe. At Maasvlakte 2, an artificial island just off the coastline, the world’s largest tankers are able to dock. Around 100 million tons of crude oil reach Rotterdam each year, half of which are processed on-site in five petrochemical refineries, including Europe’s largest, the Shell refinery at Pernis. A pipeline system connects further plants in the Netherlands, Antwerp in Belgium, and the Rhine-Ruhr region of Germany, accounting for about 40 percent of the EU’s petrochemical production. In process landscapes such as these, the abstract concept of “petromodernity”—the ongoing historical period in which societies are based on the consumption of cheap energy and conveniences enabled by petroleum products—is present in all its complexity. By deciphering such exemplary geographies, our project contributes to a cultural theory of petrochemical modernity and the Anthropocene.
Benjamin Steininger
Alexander Klose
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Anthropozän-Formationen: Prozesslandschaften der Petromoderne
No 80
Die Satellitenaufnahme oben zeigt Rotterdam, den größten Hafen Europas. An „Maasvlakte 2“, der künstlich aufgeschütteten Insel unmittelbar vor der Küste, können die weltgrößten Tanker anlegen. Jährlich gelangen rund 100 Millionen Tonnen Rohöl nach Rotterdam. Die Hälfte davon wird direkt vor Ort in fünf petrochemischen Raffinerien im Hafen verarbeitet – darunter mit der Shell Raffinerie in Pernis die größte Europas. Ein Pipelinesystem verbindet den Hafen mit weiteren Anlagen - in den Niederlanden, im belgischen Antwerpen und in der deutschen Rhein-Ruhr-Region - die zusammengenommen für rund 40 Prozent der petrochemischen Produktion in der EU stehen.
Benjamin Steininger
Alexander Klose
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Accademia Nazionale Di San Luca - Roger Penrose
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MoreMediterranean Nautical Cartography: Islands or Gateways of Knowledge?
This project investigates the complex syncretic nature of some of the few extant Maghrebi-Arabic and Ottoman-Turkish sea charts and atlases of the Med
Validating Laboratory Diagnostics in Medical Parasitology: Morphological and Molecularized Approaches between Clinical, Epistemic, and Political Interests
Parasite in the context of infectious diseases is an umbrella term for a wide variety of eukaryotic organisms. Medical parasitology therefore has been
Yael Barash
Yael Barash is a PhD candidate under the supervision of Prof. Yosef Schwartz at the Cohn Institu...
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Mattia Mantovani
Mattia Mantovani studied philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin, obtaining his PhD in 2...
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The Mobility of Natural History Collections: Dead Animals, Museums, and Digitization
Mobility is a defining feature in the life and history of natural history objects. Focusing on the life of natural history collections in terms of the