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The Relationship Between Theory Formation and Disciplinary Organization in the Creation of French Psychology
This project concerned the development of psychology in France and the ways in which theories, social organization, and physical structures came toget
On the History of Cloning. A Comparative Analysis of Life Sciences in Germany since 1950
This project aimed at uncovering the scientific and cultural layers in the twentieth century history of cloning. The study addressed the relationship
Funding Institutions, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
The Popular Science Book: A New Genre between Literature and Science in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century
In Europe, popular science books emerged during the second half of the nineteenth century. They were not only written by scientists who wanted to make
History and Anthropology of Premature Babies' Care in Post-WWII France
This project followed and went beyond a first anthropological and ontological dissertation interest, shifting in thematical space from technical organ
Representation and the Production of Knowledge in Molecular Evolution
Molecular evolution is a discipline born in the late 1960s as a result of the integration of different types of scientific traditions (experimental, t
Publications, (with A. Barahona) "The experimental roots of the Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution," in: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 17 (1996), pp. 3–30., Funding Institutions, National University of Mexico (UNAM)
Pragmatism and the Life Sciences. The Emergence of an Evolutionary Philosophy
In 1891 C.S. Peirce wrote in an article with the title “The Architecture of Theories," "Now Philosophy Requires Thoroughgoing Evolutionism of None” (P
Publications, Un empirisme spéculatif. Lecture de Procès et réalité, Paris: J. Vrin, 2006.
Cosmic Ice Theory—Science, Fiction and the Public, 1894–1945
At the end of the nineteenth century, Werner Siemens proclaimed the beginning of the scientific age in Germany. At the same time, academic scholars, p
Publications, “Kosmische Ent-Fremdung. Zur Geschichte der Welteislehre und ihrer epistemischen Dinge,” in: Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften 1 (2006).
Müller’s Lab: A Multi-Perspective Approach to the History of Science
The anatomist and physiologist Johannes Müller (1801–58) trained a generation of scientists who left contradictory descriptions of their teacher. By a
Publications
“The Lab as a Literary Creation,” Infectio Research Group, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Oslo, September 2005.
, Funding Institutions, Emory University, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Thinking with Images, Thinking with Words
Debates about how people think can lead to angry, emotional stand-offs as people defend what they regard as crucial aspects of their identities. Acros
Publications, “The Lab as a Literary Creation,” Infectio Research Group, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Oslo, September 2005., Related Digital Resources, The Virtual Laboratory, Funding Institutions, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Emory University
High Performance in Elite Sports: A Cultural History of Medicine, Psychology, and Society during the Weimar Republic and Nazism
Focusing on discourses about high performances in sports and work in Weimar and Nazi Germany, this project aimed at a comprehensive cultural history o
Funding Institutions, Australian Research Council