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Angela Cassidy's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months ago
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Francesco Luzzini's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months ago
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Chaokang Tai deposited Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Science in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months agoIntroduction to the book Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Society
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Chaokang Tai deposited The Milky Way as Optical Phenomenon: Perception and Photography in the Drawings of Anton Pannekoek in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months agoOne of Anton Pannekoek’s main scientific projects was to provide a representation of the appearance of the Milky Way – an object he believed to be an optical illusion. This paper elucidates how Pannekoek thought the Milky Way appearance was formed by a combination of human psychology and physiology, and why he attributed such significance to it.…[Read more]
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Chaokang Tai deposited Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Science on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months ago
Introduction to the book Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Society
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Chaokang Tai deposited The Milky Way as Optical Phenomenon: Perception and Photography in the Drawings of Anton Pannekoek on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months ago
One of Anton Pannekoek’s main scientific projects was to provide a representation of the appearance of the Milky Way – an object he believed to be an optical illusion. This paper elucidates how Pannekoek thought the Milky Way appearance was formed by a combination of human psychology and physiology, and why he attributed such significance to it.…[Read more]
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Francesco Luzzini's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months ago
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Chaokang Tai deposited Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Science in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months agoAnton Pannekoek (1873-1960), prominent astronomer and world-renowned socialist theorist, stood at the nexus of the revolutions in politics, science and the arts of the early twentieth century. His astronomy was uniquely visual and highly innovative, while his politics were radical. Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Society collects…[Read more]
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Chaokang Tai deposited Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Science in the group
History on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months agoAnton Pannekoek (1873-1960), prominent astronomer and world-renowned socialist theorist, stood at the nexus of the revolutions in politics, science and the arts of the early twentieth century. His astronomy was uniquely visual and highly innovative, while his politics were radical. Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Society collects…[Read more]
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Chaokang Tai deposited Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Science on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months ago
Anton Pannekoek (1873-1960), prominent astronomer and world-renowned socialist theorist, stood at the nexus of the revolutions in politics, science and the arts of the early twentieth century. His astronomy was uniquely visual and highly innovative, while his politics were radical. Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Society collects…[Read more]
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Christian Günther's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months ago
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Karen Baston deposited Nineteenth-Century Nimbys: Henry Raeburn versus the Stockbridge Steam Engine on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months ago
In the Subject section of the index to the Session Papers held in the Signet Library, there is a case listed under ‘Nuisance’ called ‘Raeburn v. Kedslie
1815’.3 This case, in addition to featuring early nineteenth century Scotland’s most famous portrait artist, was the first heard in the newly introduced civil jury court in Edinburgh. Henry Rae…[Read more] -
Karen 'Kit' Baston's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months ago
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Angela Cassidy deposited Thinking through Public(s) for engaged research practice in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 6 years, 5 months agoThis review explores usage of the term public in debates about science and society. Since the 1980s, there has been a broad shift from public understanding and science communication towards engagement, dialogue and participation. I explore the multiple meanings of public in these debates, including the transition from singular the public to plural…[Read more]
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Angela Cassidy deposited Thinking through Public(s) for engaged research practice in the group
Science and Technology Studies (STS) on Humanities Commons 6 years, 5 months agoThis review explores usage of the term public in debates about science and society. Since the 1980s, there has been a broad shift from public understanding and science communication towards engagement, dialogue and participation. I explore the multiple meanings of public in these debates, including the transition from singular the public to plural…[Read more]
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Angela Cassidy deposited Thinking through Public(s) for engaged research practice on Humanities Commons 6 years, 5 months ago
This review explores usage of the term public in debates about science and society. Since the 1980s, there has been a broad shift from public understanding and science communication towards engagement, dialogue and participation. I explore the multiple meanings of public in these debates, including the transition from singular the public to plural…[Read more]
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Francesco Luzzini's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 6 months ago
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Jim Clifford deposited London’s Soap Industry and the Development of Global Ghost Acres in the Nineteenth Century on Humanities Commons 6 years, 7 months ago
John Knight and Sons soap company, like other successful soap manufacturers in Greater London, grew during the nineteenth century by combining technological innovation and marketing to sell increasing quantities of a product the British public increasingly saw as a symbol of their advanced civilisation. They did not struggle with the ecological…[Read more]
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Francesco Luzzini's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months ago
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