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A Cultural History of Heredity
This project centered on the scientific and technological practices in which knowledge of heredity was materially entrenched and in which it unfolded
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A Yogācāra Buddhist Theory of Metaphor
This book is about what metaphors mean and do within Buddhist texts. More specifically, it is about the fundamental Buddhist ambivalence toward language, which is seen as obstructive and yet necessary for liberation, as well as the ingenious response to this tension that one Buddhist philosophical school—the early Indian Yogācāra (3rd–6th century CE)—proposed by arguing that all language use is in fact metaphorical (upacāra).
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An Ethnography of NGO Practice in India: Utopias of Development
Through an ethnographic study of the "Barefoot College," an internationally renowned non- governmental development organization (NGO) situated in Rajasthan, India, this book investigates the methods and practices by which a development organization materializes and manages a construction of success.
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Zwei Gulden vom Fuder: Mathematik der Fassmessung und praktisches Visierwissen im 15. Jahrhundert
Wieviel Wein ist eigentlich in einem Holzfass enthalten? Diese Frage stellt sich nicht nur der Liebhaber eines guten Tropfens: Im mittelalterlichen Weinhandel war sie von essentieller Bedeutung, denn die von den Städten beim Weinverkauf erhobene Steuer stellte eine wesentliche Einnahmequelle dar. Da die handgefertigten Fässer nicht normiert waren, erfanden kluge Köpfe für ihre Inhaltsbestimmung einfach zu bedienende Messstäbe, die Visierruten.
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“First Research Article” Fellowship Program (Dept. III) (EN)
“First Research Article” Fellowship Program
at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
September 1, 2019–January 31, 2020
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“First Research Article” Fellowship Program (Dept. III) (EN)
“First Research Article” Fellowship Program
at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
September 1, 2019–January 31, 2020
The
The Scientific and Cultural Phenomenon of European Bison in the 19th–early 20th Century
My research project is focused on European bison, Bison bonasus (a species that was once widespread almost throughout Europe) and the Bialowieza Fores
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Using this expedition as a case, I am going to analyse the re-formulation of the research question in the process of studying European bison: how were