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Ingenuity in the Making

Ingenuity in the Making

Matter and Technique in Early Modern Europe
Edited By Richard J. Oosterhoff, José Ramón Marcaida, Alexander Marr

Explores How Early Modern Europeans Experienced Ingenuity as Innate Powers of Matter, Crafty Technique, or a Maker’s Character

Forgotten Clones

Forgotten Clones

The Birth of Cloning and the Biological Revolution
By Nathan Crowe

Illuminates the Importance of the Early History of Cloning for the Biosciences

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 10

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 10

The Correspondence, January 1867–December 1868
Edited By Roland Jackson, Michael D. Barton, Ken Corbett
The tenth volume of The Correspondence of John Tyndall spans from January 1867 to December 1868. It begins with Tyndall publicly enmeshed in a controversy that revealed his views on race, politics, and justifiable violence. Further pressure is exerted on him personally by the death of his mother Sarah, and the numerous ...
Beyond the Lab and the Field

Beyond the Lab and the Field

Infrastructures as Places of Knowledge Production Since the Late Nineteenth Century
Edited By Eike-Christian Heine, Martin Meiske

A Much-Needed Study ofInfrastructures and How Technologies of Modernity Enriched Scientific Knowledge

Ladies of Honor and Merit

Ladies of Honor and Merit

Gender, Useful Knowledge, and Politics in Enlightened Spain
By Elena Serrano

Tells the Unknown Story of How Women Shaped Scientific Culture in Eighteenth-Century Spain

The Atomic Archipelago

The Atomic Archipelago

US Nuclear Submarines and Technopolitics of Risk in Cold War Italy
By Davide Orsini

The First Systematic Study of Nuclear Expertise in Italy

Psychic Investigators

Psychic Investigators

Anthropology, Modern Spiritualism, and Credible Witnessing in the Late Victorian Age
By Efram Sera-Shriar

Examines British Anthropology’s Engagement with the Modern Spiritualist Movement

Imagining the Darwinian Revolution

Imagining the Darwinian Revolution

Historical Narratives of Evolution from the Nineteenth Century to the Present
Edited By Ian Hesketh

Considers the Relationship between the Development of Evolutionary Theory and Its Historical Representations

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 11

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 11

The Correspondence, January 1869-February 1871
Edited By Adrian Kirwan, Elizabeth Neswald

Letters Detailing Highly Productive and Wide-Ranging Research

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 9

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 9

The Correspondence, February 1865—December 1866
Edited By Michael D. Barton, Iwan Rhys Morus, James C. Ungureanu, Geoffrey Belknap

Letters Revealing the Increasing Scope of Tyndall’s Activities

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