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  • In the Land of Marvels

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    inbunden, 2023, Engelska, ISBN 9781421447100

    How a journey through Italy casts light on secrets, stereotypes, and the manipulation of information in eighteenth-century science.In 1749, the celebrated French physicist

  • Leading the Change

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    inbunden, 2023, Engelska, ISBN 9781421448015

    Chronicles Johns Hopkins Medicine's triumphs and challenges during the last ten years, including the institution's global leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.In Leading the

  • A Centaur in London

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    inbunden, 2023, Engelska, ISBN 9781421446318

    A nuanced reframing of the dual importance of reading and observation for early modern naturalists.Historians traditionally argue that the sciences were born in early modern Europe

  • The Interlopers

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    inbunden, 2023, Engelska, ISBN 9781421445922

    A reframing of how scientific knowledge was produced in the early modern world.Winner of the Phyllis Goodhart Gordan Book Prize by the Renaissance Society of America, Shortlisted

  • Making Machines of Animals

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    inbunden, 2023, Engelska, ISBN 9781421446554

    How the Chicago International Livestock Exposition leveraged the eugenics movement to transform animals into machines and industrialize American agriculture.In 1900, the Chicago

  • Maker of Pedigrees

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    inbunden, 2023, Engelska, ISBN 9781421445793

    A history of genealogical knowledge-making strategies in the early modern world.In The Maker of Pedigrees, Markus Friedrich explores the complex and fascinating world of central

  • Ordered Day

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    inbunden, 2023, Engelska, ISBN 9781421445175

    Traces how the day has served as a key organizing concept in Roman culture—and beyond.How did ancient Romans keep track of time? What constituted a day in ancient Rome was not the

  • Cancer Virus Hunters

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    inbunden, 2022, Engelska, ISBN 9781421444017

    Traces the history of the study of tumor viruses and its role in driving breakthroughs in cancer research.Worldwide, approximately one-fifth of human cancers are caused by tumor

  • World of Patterns

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    inbunden, 2022, Engelska, ISBN 9781421443447

    A comprehensive account of the methods of knowledge production throughout human history and across the globe.The idea that the world can be understood through patterns and the

  • Loath to Print

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    inbunden, 2022, Engelska, ISBN 9781421443683

    Why did so many early modern scientific authors dislike and distrust the printing press?While there is no denying the importance of the printing press to the scientific and medical