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Practicing the Correspondence Principle in the old Quantum Theory: a Transformation through Implementation
This book presents a history of the correspondence principle from a new perspective. The author provides a unique exploration of the relation between the practice of theory and conceptual development in physics. In the process, he argues for a new understanding of the history of the old quantum theory and the emergence of quantum mechanics.
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In Pursuit of the Great Peace: Han Dynasty Classicism and the Making of Early Medieval Literati Culture
Through an examination of the Great Peace (taiping), one of the first utopian visions in Chinese history, Zhao Lu describes the transformation of literati culture that occurred during the Han Dynasty. Driven by anxiety over losing the mandate of Heaven, the imperial court encouraged classicism in order to establish the Great Peace and follow Heaven’s will.
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Article by Postdoctoral Fellow Maria Avxentevskaya for The Conversation reprinted in MaxPlanckForschung
Go to ArticleManchu and the Study of Language in China
This project focused on the Manchu language, particularly its script, and its study from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. Manchu was no
MPIWG dankt Direktorin em. Prof. Lorraine Daston
MPIWG dankt Direktorin em. Prof. Lorraine Daston
Sep 16, 2019 Abt. II-ArchivMPIWG Extends Gratitude to Director Emerita Lorraine Daston
MPIWG extends gratitude to Director emerita Lorraine Daston
Sep 16, 2019 View Department II ArchiveNoisy Politics: Acoustics, Sound, and Music in an Age of Populism
The wave of populism sweeping liberal democracies is often associated with the emergence of social media. And, indeed, the “twitterization” of politic
Lorraine Daston (2019)
Objektivität und Unparteilichkeit : epistemische Tugenden in den Geisteswissenschaften
Daston, L. (2019). Objektivität und Unparteilichkeit: epistemische Tugenden in den Geisteswissenschaften. In A. Gelhard, R. Hackler, & S. Zanetti (Eds.), Epistemische Tugenden: zur Geschichte und Gegenwart eines Konzepts (pp. 201-216). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck.
Artificial “Listening”: From Fechner to Sensor Fusion
At the MPIWG, I will develop one chapter of a larger forthcoming book for MIT Press that focuses on how we make sense in our current age of artificial
Leopoldina fordert Sofortmaßnahmen zum Schutz des Klimas
Leopoldina fordert Sofortmaßnahmen zum Schutz des Klimas
Jul 23, 2019 Zum Artikel