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Toward a Quantitative History of Data
The twenty-first century is a century of data. Our lives are tangled in webs of data, and tools for creating, storing, communicating, and manipulating
Editing Le mecaniche and Reevaluating the Practical Knowledge of Renaissance Engineers
My main objective is to publish a critical edition, a French translation, and a systematic commentary of Galileo’s Le mecaniche. After confronting the
Evolution in Times of Revolution: Darwinism, Nature, and Ideology in the Soviet Union
This project examines the conflicted history of Darwinism in Soviet Russia and the political implications of the theory of evolution for Bolshevik the
Derek Ratcliffe, Raptors, and the History of Conservation Science and Politics
Derek Ratcliffe (1929–2005) was the U.K.’s foremost conservation biologist and field naturalist in the 1960s,1970s and 1980s. He was also a prolific a
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Generating Experimental Knowledge: Experimental Systems, Concept Formation and the Pivotal Role of Error
Experimentation, a core procedure of modern science, has received new attention in history and philosophy of science in the last two decades. While a
Funding Institutions, German Israeli Foundation (GIF)
Colloquium | Oct 2, 2018 | 14:00 to 15:30
Man-Like Apes: Chimps, Gorillas, Orangutans and European Explorers
MoreNatural Selection in the Lab: Background Knowledge and Its Role in Evolution of Experimental Systems
Background knowledge and its role in scientific research are rather new topics on which very little has been written. Sir Karl Popper, the first philo
Workshop | Dec 7, 2018 | 09:30 to 18:00
Transnational Conceptions of Nature and Ecology
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