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Shifting Paradigms : Thomas S. Kuhn and the History of Science
The publication of Thomas S. Kuhn’s "Structure of Scientific Revolutions" in 1962 stands for a turning point in the history and philosophy of science. The repercussions of this work have rearticulated the theoretical framework of history and philosophy of science and have also generated discussions that contributed to the formation of the communities of historians as well as philosophers of science in many parts of the world.
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Duncan Liddel (1561-1613): Networks of Polymathy and the Northern European Renaissance
This collective volume in the history of early-modern science and medicine investigates the transfer of knowledge between Germany and Scotland focusing on the Scottish mathematician and physician Duncan Liddel of Aberdeen.
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The Aristotelian Mechanics : Text and Diagrams
This book examines the transmission processes of the Aristotelian Mechanics. It does so to enable readers to appreciate the value of the treatise based on solid knowledge of the principles of the text.
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Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions at Fifty: Reflections on a Science Classic
Thomas S. Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was a watershed event when it was published in 1962, upending the previous understanding of science as a slow, logical accumulation of facts and introducing, with the concept of the “paradigm shift,” social and psychological considerations into the heart of the scientific process.
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Globalization of Knowledge in the Post-Antique Mediterranean, 700–1500
The contributions to this volume enter into a dialogue about the routes, modes and institutions that transferred and transformed knowledge across the late antique Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf.
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Wissen, Macht, Geschlecht : ein ABC der transnationalen Zeitgeschichte
Im Zentrum der vorliegenden Festschrift stehen Begriffe, die mit Carola Sachses Arbeit und dem Themenfeld Wissen – Macht – Geschlecht. Zeitgeschichte in transnationalen Bezügen verbunden sind. Es konzentriert sich auf die transnational vergleichende Auseinandersetzung mit zentralen Phänomenen des langen 20. Jahrhunderts.
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The Globalization of Knowledge in the Iberian Colonial World
This volume investigates processes of knowledge formation in the Iberian colonies by attempting to understand the Spanish and Portuguese contribution to the European scientific tradition, and by tracing the origins and history of this knowledge to find out how it was gained.
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Der Kupferstecher und der Philosoph : Albert Flocon trifft Gaston Bachelard
Die bislang wenig beachtete, doch ungewöhnlich fruchtbare Begegnung zwischen dem Kupferstecher Albert Flocon und dem Wissenschaftsphilosophen Gaston Bachelard ist als emblematisch für die wechselseitige Beeinflussung von Philosophie und Kunst, von Geistesarbeit und Handwerk zu verstehen.
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Comets and Wondrous Signs in the Sky: Natural History and Religious Polemic in Early Modern France and Germany
This project took as a starting point the well-known comet of 1556, often called the Charles V comet after Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who abdicated
Heredity Explored : Between Public Domain and Experimental Science, 1850–1930
This book examines the wide range of scientific and social arenas in which the concept of inheritance gained relevance in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Although genetics emerged as a scientific discipline during this period, the idea of inheritance also played a role in a variety of medical, agricultural, industrial, and political contexts.
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