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Gender, Embodiment, and the History of the Scholarly Persona
Niskanen, Kirsti and Michael J. Barany. (Eds.). 2021. Gender, Embodiment, and the History of the Scholarly Persona. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham...
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The Scientific Imagination in South Africa: 1700 to the Present
Beinart, William and Saul Dubow. 2021. The Scientific Imagination in South Africa: 1700 to the Present. Cambridge University Press. https://...
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Sleeping beauties: Dormant innovations in nature and culture
Innovations in biological evolution and in human culture – from science to the arts – arise by processes with multiple parallels.
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Metaphors of identity, recognition and connection in the 20th century - cell biology and literature
Every knowledge-based discipline proceeds trough history by coining new terms.
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The Major Metaphors of Evolution: Darwinism Then and Now
Agosta, Salvatore J and Daniel R. Brooks. 2020. The Major Metaphors of Evolution: Darwinism Then and Now. Springer. https://www.springer.com...
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John Tyler Bonner: Remembering a scientific pioneer
Brigandt, Ingo, Laura A. Katz, Vidyanand Nanjundiah, Scott F. Gilbert, Peter R. Grant, Rosemary B. Grant, Alan C. Love, Stuart A. Newman, Ma...
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Scientific persona and internalization of research – the role of the Rockefeller Foundation in creating scientific and scholarly identities and promoting academic careers in early twentieth century Sweden
American philanthropy, notably the Rockefeller Foundation (RF), played an important role in the internalization of research in Europe after the First World War.
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The Foundations of Virology
Frederick A. Murphy. 2014. The Foundations of Virology. Infinity Publishing (West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, 574 pp). ISBN-13: 978-07414736...
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Ernst Mayr’s Interactions with J. B. S. Haldane
Rao, Veena and Vidyanand Nanjundiah. 2016. Ernst Mayr’s Interactions with J. B. S. Haldane. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 38(1...
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Simply Darwin
Ruse, Michael. 2016. Simply Darwin. New York: Simply Charly. http://simplycharly.com/people/charles-darwin/read/books/simply-darwin
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Nobel Prizes and Notable Discoveries
Norrby, Erling. 2016. Nobel Prizes and Notable Discoveries. Singapore: World Scientific. http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.114...
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Debating Darwin
Richards, Robert J and Michael Ruse. 2016. Debating Darwin. Chicago: Universtity of Chicago Press. http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/...
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Ovisshetens Poesi: Lundensiska Naturalhistorikers Skildringar Från Främmande Världar
Dunér, David. 2016. Ovisshetens Poesi: Lundensiska Naturalhistorikers Skildringar Från Främmande Världar. Pp. 91–106 in Svenska Linnésällska...
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On the Plausibility of Intelligent Life on Other Worlds
Dunér, David. 2017. On the Plausibility of Intelligent Life on Other Worlds. Environmental Humanities, 9(2), 433–453. https://doi.org/10.121...
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National Park Science
Carruthers, Jane. 2017. National Park Science. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108123471
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Prepared for Both: Lund University and the Surrounding World
Broberg, Gunner and David Dunér. 2017. Prepared for Both: Lund University and the Surrounding World. Lund University. http://intern.shop.lu....
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Complexity and the Shift in Modern Science
Science has shifted in the last 120 years from a grounding in the Enlightenment ideas of formalism, determinacy, rationality, and stasis; to a new grounding in organicism, indeterminacy, contingent behavior, and evolutionary openness.
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Science in South Africa – a synoptic history
The history of science and of scientific knowledge in South Africa is a growing field of interest but it remains relatively fragmented.
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Generating Knowledge: Conservation Sciences in South Africa’s National Parks
Over many years a considerable body of reliable scientific information has been generated in or about South Africa’s national parks, both by scientists employed by the organization and by outside researchers working with SANParks.
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Elie Metchnikoff: A Passionate Scientist
Elie Metchnikoff, Nobel laureate in Medicine and Physiology in 1908, is the father of innate immunity, the rapid, but non-specific defense against infection.
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Discovery and ethical dimensions of the natural sciences
The archives of Nobel Prizes have been used for the production of two books, Nobel Prizes and Life Sciences(2010) and Nobel Prizes and Nature’s Surprises (2013).
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The Foundations of Virology
At STIAS the text of an extended online edition (eBook) of the historic research work, ‘The Foundations of Medical and Veterinary Virology: Discoverers and Discoveries, Inventors and Inventions, Developers and Technology’will be written.
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Some Thoughts and Reflections about Chemistry in Africa
There is little one can read about the history and the pioneers of chemistry in Africa and even that is mostly written by non-Africans.
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The Early History of Astronomy at the Cape of Good Hope
The project involves the writing of a major monograph, commissioned by the Brenthurst Press in Johannesburg, on the history of astronomy and navigation at the Cape of Good Hope from the late fifteenth century until the middle of the nineteenth century - encompassing times when European expeditions came to the Cape to study the southern sky.
