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Who was Richard Kemp, after whom the Kemp's ridley sea turtle is named? Is Wake's Gecko named after Berkeley's Marvalee Wake? Or perhaps her husband, David? Why do so many snakes …
How the evolving concept of chronic disease has affected patients and politics in the United States and Europe.Long and recurring illnesses have burdened sick people and their …
This biography of the eminent naturalist explores his life and pioneering work through the rapidly changing world of 19th and 20th century science.For centuries naturalists have …
Understanding the dynamics of British colonialism and the enormous ecological transformations that took place through the mobilization and globalized management of natures.For many …
Craig Martin takes a careful look at how Renaissance scientists analyzed and interpreted rain, wind, and other natural phenomena like meteors and earthquakes and their impact on …
This survey of female scientists in recent American history "e;offers compelling data alongside the multiple stories of individual women"e; (Science).The third volume of …
Drawing on primary sources made available to scholars only after the archives of the Holy Office were unsealed in 1998, Negotiating Darwin chronicles how the Vatican reacted when …
How the Chicago International Livestock Exposition leveraged the eugenics movement to transform animals into machines and industrialize American agriculture.In 1900, the Chicago …
How natural history made sex scientific in the eighteenth century.If sexology-the science of sex-came into being sometime in the nineteenth century, then how did statesmen, …
The science of ballistics has a long history and starts with one question: How does a projectile move through the air? Even before physicists worked that one out, military …