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Darwin and the "Natural" Science of Emotions
The aim of this project is to examine the methods and techniques that were developed by Darwin to turn feelings from widely different domains into obj
Beauty and the Microscope: The Use, Design, and Values of Fashionable Instruments in the Enlightenment
Ian Lawson's new project investigates the fashion for microscopes, and other optical instruments, in the eighteenth century—after their initial popula
Feeding Germany: Nutrition and the German Countryside, 1871–1923
This project examines scientific eating and the science of nutrition in Germany between 1871 and 1923. It probes notions of what it meant for food to
Translating Medicine in the Premodern World
In recent years, translation (broadly defined) has emerged as a central research strand. Explorations of the epistemic process and impact of knowledge
A Historical and Critical Neuroscience of Music
Over the past twenty years neuroscience huge strides have been made in our understanding of how the brain reacts to music, and representations of musi
Crystals, Colloids, and Fibers: The Organization of (Living) Matter and the Limits of Microscopic Vision, 1882–1938
What does it mean for living matter to be “organized”? For much of the nineteenth century it was assumed that the complexity of vital phenomena corres
Betwixt and Between: Sound in the Humanities and Sciences
The broad domain of acoustics that emerged in academic life throughout the modern era is usually categorized as part of the natural sciences. Yet the
Events, Betwixt and Between: Sound in the Humanities and Sciences, February 2018, More, Vossius Center for History of Humanities and Sciences
Fluorophores and Electronic Imaging in Cell Biology, 1945–95
This project foregrounded the tool of light in the history of molecular biology by offering an historical analysis of the coupling of fluorescence lig
Publications, "Transitive Light and Digital Pictures: Fluorophores and Electronic Imaging in Cell Biology During the 1980s”, HSS 2003 Annual Meeting, November 23, 2003.
A History of Scientific Methods and Expertise in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
In nineteenth-century society, the sciences gained in importance. Technology and industry, nutrition, public health, and the law are only a few exampl
Publications, Shifting and Rearranging. Physical Methods and the Transformation of Modern Chemistry. Sagamore Beach, Mass.: Science History Publications, 2006
Experimenting with Life’s Potential: The Bio-Politics of Nutrition
Robyn Smith's project worked with the claim that the social sciences can use the data of the life sciences to inform and nuance our understanding of "
Funding Institutions, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada