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Dayna Bateman

Everything Is Connected

The Internet in Everything

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Rudolf Virchow

University Of Chicago

German History

The University Of Chicago

Germany’s Ancient Pasts

In Germany, Nazi ideology casts a long shadow over the history of archaeological interpretation. Propaganda, school curricula, and academic publications under the regime drew spurious conclusions from archaeological evidence to glorify the Germanic past and proclaim chauvinistic notions of cultural and racial superiority. But was this powerful and violent version of the distant past a nationalist invention or a direct outcome of earlier archaeological practices? By exploring the myriad pathways

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Locomotion And Movement

Philosophy Of Science

The Science of Walking

The Science of Walking recounts the story of the growing interest and investment of Western scholars, physicians, and writers in the scientific study of an activity that seems utterly trivial in its everyday performance yet essential to our human nature: walking. Most people see walking as a natural and unremarkable activity of daily life, yet the mechanism has long puzzled scientists and doctors, who considered it an elusive, recalcitrant, and even mysterious act. In The Science of Walking, And

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Burned Alive

In 1600, the Catholic Inquisition condemned the philosopher and cosmologist Giordano Bruno for heresy, and he was then burned alive in the Campo de’ Fiori in Rome. Historians, scientists, and philosophical scholars have traditionally held that Bruno’s theological beliefs led to his execution, denying any link between his study of the nature of the universe and his trial. But in Burned Alive, Alberto A. Martínez draws on new evidence to claim that Bruno’s cosmological beliefs—that the stars are s

Aesthetic Science

Robert Boyle

Robert Hooke

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California Institute Of Technology

Natural Philosophy

Early Modern Period

About Science

Aesthetic Science

The scientists affiliated with the early Royal Society of London have long been regarded as forerunners of modern empiricism, rejecting the symbolic and moral goals of Renaissance natural history in favor of plainly representing the world as it really was. In Aesthetic Science, Alexander Wragge-Morley challenges this interpretation by arguing that key figures such as John Ray, Robert Boyle, Nehemiah Grew, Robert Hooke, and Thomas Willis saw the study of nature as an aesthetic project. To show ho

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Marie And Pierre Curie

Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout

Amazon.com: Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout (9780061351327): Redniss, Lauren: Books

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - Kindle edition by Roach, Mary. Professional & Technical Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

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Miss Aluminum

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This One Will Hurt You by Paul Crenshaw<

Essays on place and violence and the faith it takes to hold a family together in the world in which we live.

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Stranger in the Shogun's City

A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo – now known as Tokyo – and a portrait of a great city on the brink of momentous change The daughter of a Buddhist priest, Tsuneno was born in 1804 in a rural Japanese village and was expected to live a life much like her mother’s. But after three divorces – and with a temperament much too strong-willed for her family’s approval – she ran away to make a life for herself in one of the largest cities