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Commemorative Practices in Science

Author : Pnina G. Abir-Am
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780226000923
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Commemorative Practices in Science by : Pnina G. Abir-Am

Download or read book Commemorative Practices in Science written by Pnina G. Abir-Am and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume breaks new ground in the study of how national culture, disciplinary tradition, epistemological choice, and political expediency affect the construction of collective memory and, then, how historians work with—and sometimes against—those constructions. Essays focus on a variety of commemorative rites, ranging from the quincentennial of Copernicus to the centennials of Pasteur, Darwin, and Planck; from the tercentenary of Harvard to the half centennial of Los Alamos; from the centennial of evolutionary theory to anniversaries of research schools in molecular biology. Contributors include Clark A. Elliott, Owen Gingerich, Dieter Hoffmann, Dominque Pestre, Robert W. Seidel, and V. Betty Smocovitis.

Cultures of Commemoration

Author : P.J. Rhodes
Publisher : OUP/British Academy
ISBN 13 : 9780197264669
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (646 download)

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Download or read book Cultures of Commemoration written by P.J. Rhodes and published by OUP/British Academy. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents studies of military commemorative practices in Western culture, from 5th-century BC Greece, through two World Wars, to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. This new comparative approach reveals that the distant past has had a lasting influence on commemorative practice in modern times.

Writing about Lives in Science

Author : Paola Govoni
Publisher : V&R unipress GmbH
ISBN 13 : 384710263X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (471 download)

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Book Synopsis Writing about Lives in Science by : Paola Govoni

Download or read book Writing about Lives in Science written by Paola Govoni and published by V&R unipress GmbH. This book was released on 2014 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following discussions on scientific biography carried out over the past few decades, this book proposes a kaleidoscopic survey of the uses of biography as a tool to understand science and its context. The authors belong to a variety of academic and professional fields, including the history of science, anthropology, literary studies, and science journalism. The period covered spans from 1732, when Laura Bassi was the first woman to get a tenured professorship of physics, to 2009, when Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider were the first women's team to have won a Nobel Prize in science.

The Philosophy and Practice of Science

Author : David B. Teplow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009445278
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy and Practice of Science written by David B. Teplow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a novel synthesis of the philosophy and practice of science, covering its diverse theoretical, metaphysical, logical, philosophical, and practical elements. The process of science is generally taught in its empirical form: what science is, how it works, what it has achieved, and what it might achieve in the future. What is often absent is how to think deeply about science and how to apply its lessons in the pursuit of truth, in other words, knowing how to know. In this volume, David Teplow presents illustrative examples of science practice, history and philosophy of science, and sociological aspects of the scientific community, to address commonalities among these disciplines. In doing so, he challenges cherished beliefs and suggests to students, philosophers, and practicing scientists new, epistemically superior, ways of thinking about and doing science.

The History and Poetics of Scientific Biography

Author : Thomas Söderqvist
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317028899
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The History and Poetics of Scientific Biography written by Thomas Söderqvist and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographies of scientists carry an increasingly prominent role in today's publishing climate. Traditional historical and sociological accounts of science are complemented by narratives that emphasize the importance of the scientific subject in the production of science. Not least is the realization that the role of science in culture is much more accessible when presented through the lives of its practitioners. Taken as a genre, such biographies play an important role in the public understanding of science. In recent years there has been an increasing number of monographs and collections about biography in general and literary biography in particular. However, biographies of scientists, engineers and medical doctors have rarely been the topic of scholarly inquiry. As such this volume of essays will be welcomed by those interested in the genre of science biography, and who wish to re-examine its history, foundational problems and theoretical implications. Borrowing approaches and methods from cultural studies and the history, philosophy and sociology of science, the contributions cover a broad range of subjects, periods and locations. By presenting such a rich diversity of essays, the volume is able to chart the reoccurring conceptual problems and devices that have influenced scientific biographies from classical antiquity to the present day. In so doing it provides a compelling overview of the history of the genre, suggesting that the different valuations given scientific biography over time have been largely fuelled by vested professional interests.

Medical societies and scientific culture in nineteenth-century Belgium

Author : Joris Vandendriessche
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526133229
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Medical societies and scientific culture in nineteenth-century Belgium written by Joris Vandendriessche and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-28 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the first comprehensive study of nineteenth-century medical societies as scientific institutions. It analyses how physicians gathered to share, discuss, evaluate, publish and even celebrate their studies, uncovering the codes of conduct that underpinned these activities. The book discusses the publishing procedures of medical journals, the tradition of oratory in academies, the networks of anatomists and the commemorations of famous physicians such as Vesalius. Its setting is nineteenth-century Belgium, a young nation state in which the freedoms of press and association were constitutionally established. The book shows how Belgian physicians participated in a civil society shaped by the values of social engagement, polite debate and a free press. Given its broad focus on science, sociability and citizenship, it will be of interest to all those seeking to understand the position of science in nineteenth-century society.

The Nationalization of Scientific Knowledge in the Habsburg Empire, 1848-1918

Author : M. Ash
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137264977
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)

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Book Synopsis The Nationalization of Scientific Knowledge in the Habsburg Empire, 1848-1918 by : M. Ash

Download or read book The Nationalization of Scientific Knowledge in the Habsburg Empire, 1848-1918 written by M. Ash and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-07-23 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume challenges the widespread belief that scientific knowledge as such is international. Employing case studies from Austria, Poland, the Czech lands, and Hungary, the authors show how scientists in the late Habsburg Monarchy simultaneously nationalized and internationalized their knowledge.

Literary Scholarship in Late Imperial Russia

Author : Andy Byford
Publisher : MHRA
ISBN 13 : 1904350917
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Literary Scholarship in Late Imperial Russia written by Andy Byford and published by MHRA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The turn of the 20th century was a decisive moment in the institutionalization of Russia's literary scholarship. This is the first book in the English language to provide an indepth analysis of the emergence of Russia's literary academia in the pre-Revolutionary era. In particular, Byford examines the rhetoric of self-representation of major academic establishments devoted to literary study, the canonization of exemplary literary historians and philologists, and attempts by Russian literary academics of this era to define their work as a distinct form of scholarship.

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Author : M. -H. Chiu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9460917194
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry written by M. -H. Chiu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a companion to the IYC-2011 celebration. The eleven chapters are organized into three sections: Section 1: Marie Curie’s Impact on Science and Society, Section 2: Women Chemists in the Past Two Centuries, and Section 3: Policy Implications. The authors invited to contribute to this book were asked to orient their chapter around a particular aspect of Marie Curie’s life such as the ethical aspects of her research, women’s role in research or her influence on the image of chemists. Our hope is that this book will positively influence young women’s minds and decisions they make in learning of chemistry/science like Marie Curie’s biography. But we do hope this book opens an avenue for young women to explore the possibility of being a scientist, or at least to appreciate chemistry as a human enterprise that has its merit in contributing to sustainability in our world. Also we hope that both men and women will realize that women are fully competent and capable of conducting creative and fascinating scientific research.

The Literary and Cultural Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe

Author : Thomas F. Glick
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1780937121
Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Literary and Cultural Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe written by Thomas F. Glick and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond his pivotal place in the history of scientific thought, Charles Darwin's writings and his theory of evolution by natural selection have also had a profound impact on art and culture and continue to do so to this day. The Literary and Cultural Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe is a comprehensive survey of this enduring cultural impact throughout the continent. With chapters written by leading international scholars that explore how literary writers and popular culture responded to Darwin's thought, the book also includes an extensive timeline of his cultural reception in Europe and bibliographies of major translations in each country.

Epistemic Virtues in the Sciences and the Humanities

Author : Jeroen van Dongen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319488937
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Book Synopsis Epistemic Virtues in the Sciences and the Humanities by : Jeroen van Dongen

Download or read book Epistemic Virtues in the Sciences and the Humanities written by Jeroen van Dongen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how physicists, astronomers, chemists, and historians in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries employed ‘epistemic virtues’ such as accuracy, objectivity, and intellectual courage. In doing so, it takes the first step in providing an integrated history of the sciences and humanities. It assists in addressing such questions as: What kind of perspective would enable us to compare organic chemists in their labs with paleographers in the Vatican Archives, or anthropologists on a field trip with mathematicians poring over their formulas? While the concept of epistemic virtues has previously been discussed, primarily in the contexts of the history and philosophy of science, this volume is the first to enlist the concept in bridging the gap between the histories of the sciences and the humanities. Chapters research whether epistemic virtues can serve as a tool to transcend the institutional disciplinary boundaries and thus help to attain a ‘post-disciplinary’ historiography of modern knowledge. Readers will gain a contextualization of epistemic virtues in time and space as the book shows that scholars themselves often spoke in terms of virtue and vice about their tasks and accomplishments. This collection of essays opens up new perspectives on questions, discourses, and practices shared across the disciplines, even at a time when the neo-Kantian distinction between sciences and humanities enjoyed its greatest authority. Scholars including historians of science and of the humanities, intellectual historians, virtue epistemologists, and philosophers of science will all find this book of particular interest and value.

Legitimizing ESS

Author : Thomas Kaiserfeld
Publisher : Nordic Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9187351102
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Legitimizing ESS written by Thomas Kaiserfeld and published by Nordic Academic Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Big Science' is a broad epithet that can be associated with research projects as different as the Manhattan Project, the Hubble Telescope-construction, and the CERN-establishment in Geneva. While the science produced by these projects is vastly different, they have in common the fact that they all involve huge budgets, big facilities, complex instrumentation, years of planning, and large multidisciplinary teams of researchers. In this book the authors examine the complexity of the cultural, social, and political processes from which and in which Big Science develops. They do so by focusing upon the planning and development of the European Spallation Source, ESS, that is to be located in Lund in southern Sweden. Together, the chapters represent a variety of perspectives to highlight the complexity of the processes that are integral to Big Science. Thus, this volume examines the very different roles Big Science may be given in different contexts: locally, regionally, nationally and internationally, as well as historically. The book is based on the research of scholars based at Lund University from the disciplines of archive and library sciences, art history and visual studies, ethnology, gender studies, geography, history of ideas and sciences, media and communication, philosophy, and policy research.

The Historiography of Contemporary Science, Technology, and Medicine

Author : Ronald E. Doel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134482973
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Book Synopsis The Historiography of Contemporary Science, Technology, and Medicine by : Ronald E. Doel

Download or read book The Historiography of Contemporary Science, Technology, and Medicine written by Ronald E. Doel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-10-02 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together authorities on the history, historiography and methodology of recent and contemporary science, this book reviews the problems facing historians of technology, contemporary science and medicine and explores new ways forward.

Milestones in Systematics

Author : David M. Williams
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0203643038
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Milestones in Systematics written by David M. Williams and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-05-12 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a historical analysis of the evolution of systematics during the last one hundred years, Milestones in Systematics reviews many of the major issues in systematic theory and practice that have driven the working methods of systematics during the 20th century and looks at the issues most likely to preoccupy systematists in the immediate fu

The Story of Science: Einstein Adds a New Dimension

Author : Joy Hakim
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588345270
Total Pages : 1068 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Science: Einstein Adds a New Dimension written by Joy Hakim and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 1068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In volume three, students will look over Albert Einstein's shoulder as he and his colleagues develop a new kind of physics. It leads in two directions: to knowledge of the vast universe and its future (insights build on Einstein's theories of relativity), and to an understanding of the astonishingly small subatomic world (the realm of quantum physics). Students will learn why relativity and quantum theory revolutionized our world and led to the most important ideas in modern science, maybe of all time. In the three-book The Story of Science series, master storyteller Joy Hakim narrates the evolution of scientific thought from ancient times to the present. With lively, character-driven narrative, Hakim spotlights the achievements of some of the world's greatest scientists and encourages a similiar spirit of inquiry in readers. The books include hundreds of color photographs, charts, maps, and diagrams; informative sidebars; suggestions for further reading; and excerpts from the writings of great scientists.

A Single Sky

Author : David P.D. Munns
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262304279
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book A Single Sky written by David P.D. Munns and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2012-10-26 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How radio astronomers challenged national borders, disciplinary boundaries, and the constraints of vision to create an international scientific community. For more than three thousand years, the science of astronomy depended on visible light. In just the last sixty years, radio technology has fundamentally altered how astronomers see the universe. Combining the wartime innovation of radar and the established standards of traditional optical telescopes, the “radio telescope” offered humanity a new vision of the universe. In A Single Sky, the historian David Munns explains how the idea of the radio telescope emerged from a new scientific community uniting the power of radio with the international aspirations of the discipline of astronomy. The radio astronomers challenged Cold War era rivalries by forging a united scientific community looking at a single sky. Munns tells the interconnecting stories of Australian, British, Dutch, and American radio astronomers, all seeking to learn how to see the universe by means of radio. Jointly, this international array of radio astronomers built a new “community” style of science opposing the “glamour” of nuclear physics. A Single Sky describes a communitarian style of science, a culture of interdisciplinary and international integration and cooperation, and counters the notion that recent science has been driven by competition. Collaboration, or what a prominent radio astronomer called “a blending of radio invention and astronomical insight,” produced a science as revolutionary as Galileo's first observations with a telescope. Working together, the community of radio astronomers revealed the structure of the galaxy.

Econophysics and Capital Asset Pricing

Author : James Ming Chen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319634658
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Econophysics and Capital Asset Pricing written by James Ming Chen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-04 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book rehabilitates beta as a definition of systemic risk by using particle physics to evaluate discrete components of financial risk. Much of the frustration with beta stems from the failure to disaggregate its discrete components; conventional beta is often treated as if it were "atomic" in the original Greek sense: uncut and indivisible. By analogy to the Standard Model of particle physics theory's three generations of matter and the three-way interaction of quarks, Chen divides beta as the fundamental unit of systemic financial risk into three matching pairs of "baryonic" components. The resulting econophysics of beta explains no fewer than three of the most significant anomalies and puzzles in mathematical finance. Moreover, the model's three-way analysis of systemic risk connects the mechanics of mathematical finance with phenomena usually attributed to behavioral influences on capital markets. Adding consideration of volatility and correlation, and of the distinct cash flow and discount rate components of systematic risk, harmonizes mathematical finance with labor markets, human capital, and macroeconomics.