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Filtering by: Creator Schmid, Andreas (Andreas Karl), 1962- Remove constraint Creator: Schmid, Andreas (Andreas Karl), 1962- Academic Affiliation History, Philosophy, and Religion Remove constraint Academic Affiliation: History, Philosophy, and Religion Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Remove constraint Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

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  • Mars and Popular Astronomy, 1890-1910

    Creator:
    Simpson, Emily M.
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    Beginning in the late-nineteenth century, several dialogues emerged concerning life on Mars. Some supported the notion of an inhabited Mars, citing recent observations of the planet, while others, pointing to a lack of concrete evidence, denied the validity of such a bold hypothesis. The dialogues within and between different...
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    ); Karl S. Guthke, The Last Frontier: Imagining Other Worlds, from the Copernican Revolution to Modern

  • Rocks and reactors : an atomic interpretation of human rights, 1941-1979

    Creator:
    Richards, Linda Marie
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    The atomic age was enacted by many scientists as a way to realize health and human rights. Human rights were conceived in this context as rights to economic development, science education, and nuclear medicine. The United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) acted hand in hand with UN agencies and educators...
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    Dissertation
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    Petersen, Tiah Edmunson-Morton, Larry Landis, Elizabeth Nielsen, Natalia Fernández, Karl McCreary, and

  • Forms of Life: Goethe’s Impact on Twentieth-Century Anglophone Botany and Morphology

    Creator:
    Hahn, Andre M.
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    This dissertation examines the impact of the German naturalist and literary figure Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s ideas on twentieth century Anglophone plant morphology and biology. Goethe interpreted the organ forms of flowering plants as metamorphoses of each other. His literary, historical, and philosophical writings suggest themes of alienation from and...
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    University of Dundee Museum Collections; Steffen Dirschka at the Goetheanum Archiv; Andrea Leubin at the