Umfang:
x, 243 Seiten
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9780226761381
Inhalt:
Introduction -- The quest for scientific history -- Scientific history and the Russian locale -- Nikolai Vavilov, genogeography, and history's past future -- Julian Huxley's Cold Wars -- The UNESCO "History of Mankind: Cultural and Scientific Development" Project -- Information socialism, historical informatics, and the markets -- Epilogue.
Inhalt:
Increasingly, scholars in the humanities are calling for a reengagement with the natural sciences. Taking their cues from recent breakthroughs in genetics and the neurosciences, advocates of “big history” are reassessing long-held assumptions about the very definition of history, its methods, and its evidentiary base. In this book, Elena Aronova maps out historians’ continuous engagement with the methods, tools, values, and scale of the natural sciences by examining several waves of their experimentation that surged highest at perceived times of trouble, from the crisis-ridden decades of the early twentieth century to the ruptures of the Cold War.
Inhalt:
The book explores the intertwined trajectories of six intellectuals and the larger programs they set in motion: Henri Berr (1863-1954), Nikolai Bukharin (1888-1938), Lucien Febvre (1878-1956), Nikolai Vavilov (1887-1943), Julian Huxley (1887-1975), and John Desmond Bernal (1901-1971). Though they held different political views, spoke different languages, and pursued different goals, these thinkers are representative of a larger motley crew who joined the techniques, approaches, and values of science with the writing of history, and who created powerful institutions and networks to support their projects.
Inhalt:
In tracing these submerged stories, Aronova reveals encounters that profoundly shaped our knowledge of the past, reminding us that it is often the forgotten parts of history that are the most revealing.
Anmerkung:
Enthält Literaturangaben und ein Register
Weitere Ausg.:
10.7280/chicago/9780226761411.001.0001
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780226761411
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Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Aronova, Elena, 1965 - Scientific history Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2021 ISBN 9780226761411
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
Schlagwort(e):
Berr, Henri 1863-1954
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Bucharin, Nikolaj Ivanovič 1888-1938
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Febvre, Lucien 1878-1956
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Vavilov, Nikolaj I. 1887-1943
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Huxley, Julian 1887-1975
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Bernal, John D. 1901-1971
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Geschichtsschreibung
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Methode
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Historische Methode
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Geschichtswissenschaft
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Methode
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Naturwissenschaften
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Geschichte 1917-1991
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