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The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 15

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 15

The Correspondence, November 1875-December 1877

Tyndall Continues Scientific Experiments and Marries Louisa Hamilton

Ecologies of Disease Control

Ecologies of Disease Control

Spaces of Health Security in Historical Perspective

A Critical Perspective on Ecological Concepts Informing Historical and Current Practices of Health Security

Reading the World

Reading the World

British Practices of Natural History, 1760-1820

How Natural History Connected Diverse Individuals and Information from Across the Globe

Cosmic Fragments

Cosmic Fragments

Dislocation and Discontent in the Global Space Age
Edited By Asif A. Siddiqi

Uncovers the Colonial Ambitions and Moral Ambiguities of Spaceflight

Imperial Weather

Imperial Weather

Meteorology, Science, and the Environment in Colonial Malaya

A Fresh Perspective on Colonial-Era Science, Climate, and Empire in Malaysia and Singapore

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 14

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 14

The Correspondence, October 1873–October 1875

Letters Covering Tyndall’s Infamous Belfast Address

Nature on Paper

Nature on Paper

Documenting Science in Prussia, 1770-1850

How Paper Tools Transformed the Infrastructure of Modern Research in Prussia at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century

Sharing Spaces

Sharing Spaces

Technology, Mediation, and Human-Animal Relationships

Considers the Entangled Human-Animal Relationship of a Complex Multispecies World

Creatures of Reason

Creatures of Reason

John Herschel and the Invention of Science

Explores the Early Life and Career of a Figure Central to the Development of Modern Scientific Practice

Most Adaptable to Change

Most Adaptable to Change

Evolution and Religion in Global Popular Media

How Multimedia Influenced Relationships between Evolutionary Studies and Religion in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

The Matter of Empire

The Matter of Empire

Metaphysics and Mining in Colonial Peru

This book examines the philosophical principles invoked by apologists of the Spanish empire that laid the foundations for the exploitation of the Andean region between 1520 and 1640. Orlando Bentancor ties the colonizers’ attempts to justify the abuses wrought on the environment and the indigenous population to their larger ideology concerning mining, science, and the empire’s rightful place in the global sphere. To Bentancor, their presuppositions were a major turning point for colonial expansion and paved the way to global mercantilism.

William Whewell

William Whewell

Victorian Polymath

Reexamines the Work and Legacy of One of the Most Important Figures of the Victorian Era

William Bartram’s Visual Wonders

William Bartram’s Visual Wonders

The Drawings of an American Naturalist

Positions Bartram’s Illustrations as Central to His Understanding of the Natural World

The Descent of Artificial Intelligence

The Descent of Artificial Intelligence

A Deep History of an Idea 400 Years in the Making

A Radically Different History of AI Spanning Four Centuries of Research on Human Intelligence and Behavior

Victorian Interdisciplinarity and the Sciences

Victorian Interdisciplinarity and the Sciences

Rethinking the Specialization Thesis

A Complex and Innovative Analysis of Discipline Formation in Nineteenth-Century Science

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