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The Reception of Latitude and Longitude in Early Modern China, 1644–1900
This project examines Qing scholars’ effort to integrate conventional Chinese cartographical practice and the Jesuit-style latitude-longitude coordina
The Cambridge Cockpit and the Paradoxes of Fatigue
I am researching and writing a book which has the provisional title of The Cambridge Cockpit. The aim is to analyze the work of the Psycholo
Economics as a Coordination Tool: Investment Planning in Électricité de France, from Nationalization to the '70s
This project focuses on the electricity sector in postwar France and a series of tools developed for investment planning by a small group of engineer-
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School Library Book Collections in Ming, Qing, and Republican China
To understand intellectual life and knowledge production, it is critical to examine the circulation of information. In 1996, Timothy Brook published a
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Premodern History of Signification: Putting Experiences into Words, Images, and Signs
Reflections on signs and procedures of signifying had a profound impact on a wide range of early scientific practices across the globe, from medi
Historicizing Critique(s) in Medicine
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MehrThe Wild Silk of West Africa: Towards an Indigenous Science of Materials
West African societies have a long history of interactions with insect materials as a primary source of inspiration, creativity, and innovation. Ideas
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