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Epistemologies of the Living between 1900 and 1960
“We suspect that, to do mathematics, it would suffice that we be angels. But to do biology, even with the aid of intelligence, we sometimes need to fe
The Government of Techno-Science and Techno-Products at Global Level
Dominique Pestre's research project dealt with the government of techno-sciences and techno-industrial products at various scales since the Second Wor
Publications, Pestre, D. (Ed.). (2014). Le Gouvernement des Techno-sciences. Gouverner le progrès et ses dégâts depuis 1945. Paris, La Découverte., Funding Institutions, Centre Alexandre Koyré
Practices and Paths of Rationality in Eighteenth-century Naples
The aim of Francesco Paolo de Ceglia's research is to shed light on the way in which eighteenth-century science examined a particular category of mira
Conditional Inequalities: American Pure and Applied Mathematics from the Cold War to the Present
In her dissertation project, Alma Steingart tracked the development of the American mathematical community in the decades following World War II. Math
A Cultural History of Breathing
Familiar breathing—right under our noses—has at times followed and at times constituted the ever-changing boundary between what is considered “natural
Science and the Senses: Experience and Observation in Medieval Europe
This book project extended the work from Katy Park's article “Observation in the Margins, 500–1500,” which was commissioned for Lorraine Daston and El
Funding Institutions, Harvard University
Science and Technology in Italian Postwar Cultural Journals
After the liberation from Fascism and the end of Second World War, Italy put many efforts in the reconstruction of the country based on industrial dev
History of Statistics at the Berlin University and the Berlin School of Economics (Handels-Hochschule), from 1860 until 1960
Annette Vogt's recent research project investigates the history of statistics at the Berlin University and at the Berlin School of Economics (Handels-
The Anthropocene Project
The Anthropocene hypothesis proposes that with the invention of James Watt’s steam engine, the Earth entered a new geologic era characterized by an un
Science and the Cultural Cold War: Thinking Science on the Opposite Sides of the Iron Curtain
Thinking about science and its social, political, and cultural implications became a matter of primary concern at the very center of political and cul