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Herodotus Among the Moderns
Over the centuries, Herodotus’ readers have cast him as “the father of history” and “the father of lies,” as a Greek patriot and a barbarian lover, as
Codes of Experimenting and Experimental Spaces around 1900
Experiments as a scientific method and epistemological activity provided the basis for a variety of scientific disciplines in Germany around 1900; at
Brass Instrument Psychology: Timing—1840–1940
The term “brass instrument psychology,” a common term used in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to describe laboratory psychology, sho
Virtual Laboratory Project, Essay on Titchener’s Photo Album , Funding Institutions, East Carolina University
Architecture in Two Dimensions. From Drawing to Photography
From the early Renaissance—from Leon Battista Alberti—to Le Corbusier and the Bauhaus to today’s computer modeling, architects have perennially strugg
Circuit Stories: Resonant Circuitry at the Interface of Music and Media
This project examines several episodes in the history of researching and utilizing electric and electronic oscillations, connecting narratives from th
History Today über das Buch Threads of Global Desire, herausgegeben von u. a. Dagmar Schäfer
Zum ArtikelHistory Today praises book Threads of Global Desire by Dagmar Schäfer, Giorgio Riello, and Luca Molà
Read Full ReviewState, Mining, and Transfer of Innovation in Early Modern Europe
In a comparative way, my project attempts to analyze particular channels and personae involved in the transfer of practical, scientific and administra
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Experiment, Gestural Knowledge, and Scientific Change in the Age of Precision
Scientific change is not necessarily a revolutionary moment; more often it emerges incrementally. Experimentation, therefore, plays a central role bec
Wefts of Innovation in Premodern China (13th–17th Century)
“Cloths are for all (衣被群生)” declared the Chinese statesman Ouyang Xiu歐陽修(1007–1071) once in a memorandum to the throne. Although Ouyang did not s