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The Cambridge Cockpit and the Paradoxes of Fatigue
I am researching and writing a book which has the provisional title of The Cambridge Cockpit. The aim is to analyze the work of the Psycholo
Mineral Building Materials in China. Rediscovering Built Environments in the Large Datasets of Difangzhi, 10–20th Centuries
This project revisits construction activities in China by utilizing large datasets of the Chinese local gazette Difangzhi, dating from the tenth
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Premodern History of Signification: Putting Experiences into Words, Images, and Signs
Reflections on signs and procedures of signifying had a profound impact on a wide range of early scientific practices across the globe, from medi
The Wild Silk of West Africa: Towards an Indigenous Science of Materials
West African societies have a long history of interactions with insect materials as a primary source of inspiration, creativity, and innovation. Ideas
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Vegetable · Animal · Transformation
“Vegetable · Animal · Transformation” examines a complex of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century strategies that engaged chemistry, biology, and d
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Measuring the Earth: A Digital Repository for the History of Modern Geodesy
This project aims to provide an open repository of primary sources for the history of late modern geodetical research. Moreover, it will study the app
Politics vs. Science: The Institutionalization of Astronomy in the Brazilian Empire (1824–1846)
The history of astronomy has recently been invigorated by approaches first used in social and cultural history. Historians of science have been sourci
Practices of Validation in the Biomedical Sciences
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Praktiken der Validierung in der Biomedizinischen Forschung
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Medical Epistemology in Renaissance Italy: Theory and Practice
The overarching objective of the project is to offer case studies of the epistemology of medicine in Renaissance Italy which show its impact in shapin