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Appareil du sens—Concepts of the Human Senses in Scientific Observations
This project examined the conceptualization of the human senses in observational practices from 1750 to 1830. Starting with a discussion on the task o
Publications, “Haut und Zirkel. Ein Entstehungsherd: Ernst Heinrich Webers Untersuchungen ‘Ueber den Tastsinn’,“ in: Michael Hagner (ed.), Ansichten der Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 2001, pp. 191–223., Funding Institutions, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Epidemiology, Chronic Diseases, and the Risk Factor Approach since the 1920s: Shifts in our Concepts of Health and Disease
One of the main sources of contemporary issues around the definitions of health and disease is the importance of the “risk approach” to disease and of
Funding Institutions, Fondation des Treilles
A History of Scientific Methods and Expertise in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
In nineteenth-century society, the sciences gained in importance. Technology and industry, nutrition, public health, and the law are only a few exampl
Publications, Shifting and Rearranging. Physical Methods and the Transformation of Modern Chemistry. Sagamore Beach, Mass.: Science History Publications, 2006
Encountering Hermes in the Unknown: Exploring Experimental Vitamin Research during World War I
Despite the practical knowledge throughout the nineteenth century that citrus fruit prevented and cured scurvy, and that rickets and beriberi were dis
Funding Institutions, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Anticipation in Hereditary Disease in Europe 1900–50
The history of the concept of anticipation in hereditary disease, the notion that certain hereditary illnesses strike earlier and often more harshly i
A China-Centered Perspective on the Travels of Rice, Tea, and Cotton through Early Modern Eurasia
During the colonial period, Westerners deliberately planned the introduction of valuable Asian crops such as rice, tea, or cotton to territories under
The Art of Judgement in Wetlands
The ecological category of wetland is very recent and it came into use only in the second half of the last century, when the dramatic loss of wet land
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In spite of this awareness, the notion of wetland is highly problematic: it is not self-evident what constitutes wetlands as they are, by definition,
External/Cooperation Event | Nov 9, 2020 | 17:00 to 18:00
Online Event: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award Ceremony 2020 (in German)
MPIWG Director Dagmar Schäfer is presented with the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award.
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Kooperations-Veranstaltung | Nov 9, 2020 | 17:00 to 18:00
Online-Event: Verleihung der Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preise 2020
Die Geschäftsführende Direktorin des MPIWG, Dagmar Schäfer, ist eine der diesjährigen Preisträger*innen des Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preises. In dieser virtuellen Verleihung nimmt sie den Preis offiziell entgegen.
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