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Second nature : domestication as experiment and metaphor in 20th century American psychobiology

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Blanchard, Nicholas

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By 1900 domestication was a promising, if somewhat vexed, subject in biology. Volumes had been written about domestication, but little serious scientific inquiry was directed toward the phenomenon. Expertise lay with practical men, primarily breeders and fanciers. The bulk of scientific commentary on domestication came from anthropologists who derived theories...

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: ______________________________________________________ Paul L. Farber By 1900 domestication was a promising, if somewhat vexed, subject in
Rocks and reactors : an atomic interpretation of human rights, 1941-1979

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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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Darwin Hamblin The atomic age was enacted by many scientists as a way to realize health and
Mars and Popular Astronomy, 1890-1910

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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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Mars, citing recent observations of the planet, while others, pointing to a lack of concrete evidence