A Landmark in the History of Science
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DOI: 10.1007/s10699-020-09721-w
Abstract: This paper presents and discusses an authentic landmark in the history of science, namely H. v. Foerster’s Cybernetics of Cybernetics, 1974, a most fundamental book based on the students’ notes. This is a book rarely… read more here.
Keywords: science; landmark history; history science; science landmark ... See more keywords
From museumization to decolonization: fostering critical dialogues in the history of science with a Haida eagle mask.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0007087423000043
Abstract: This paper explores the process from museumization to decolonization through an examination of a Haida eagle mask currently on display in the Exploring Medicine gallery at the Science Museum in London. While elements of this… read more here.
Keywords: science; haida eagle; decolonization; eagle mask ... See more keywords
Retracing and rewriting Hooke’s Micrographia book for teaching history of science
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DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2017.1285807
Abstract: Abstract The history of science is an important component to acquire for achieving scientific literacy. In this study, a collaborative activity was applied in which the students were presented with the historical context in which… read more here.
Keywords: microscopic world; book; history; history science ... See more keywords
Mapping the relations between history and history of science: the case of the history of psychiatry
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DOI: 10.1080/13642529.2017.1333286
Abstract: Abstract One of the main questions that undoubtedly ‘tortures’ historians of science is how their research object can fruitfully be an essential part of a discussion with, and about, history per se. In other words,… read more here.
Keywords: history psychiatry; science; case history; history ... See more keywords
Race, material culture, and the global history of science
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DOI: 10.1080/23801883.2021.1892911
Abstract: In this article I discuss three major themes raised by reviewers of my book, Materials of the Mind: Phrenology, Race, and the Global History of Science, 1815–1920 (Chicago, 2019). In turn, I analys... read more here.
Keywords: history science; race material; history; global history ... See more keywords
Historians of Science Translating the History of Science: Blur versus Grit
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DOI: 10.1086/701296
Abstract: Every discipline of inquiry takes certain tasks for granted. They are not seen as the big questions that inspire and guide the field, even though they have been the practices that shape and imprint its… read more here.
Keywords: science; science translating; translating history; history science ... See more keywords
The History of Science and the Science of History: Computational Methods, Algorithms, and the Future of the Field
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DOI: 10.1086/705543
Abstract: Many researchers insist that computational methods will transform the historical profession, while an equally large number reject these claims as unwarranted hype. This study attempts to place the debate in historical and social context. The… read more here.
Keywords: science; science science; history; history science ... See more keywords
A well-told history of science in South Africa
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DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2021/11967
Abstract: Gevers reviews The Scientific Imagination in South Africa: 1700 to the Present by William Beinart and Saul Dubow. read more here.
Keywords: south africa; well told; science south; science ... See more keywords