Aristotelianism, alchemy and corpuscularianism in the thirteenth century: the problem of substantial form and its corpuscular solution [0.03%]
13世纪的亚里士多德主义、炼金术和微粒学说:实体形式问题及其微粒解决方案
Athanasios Rinotas
Athanasios Rinotas
The Avicennan text De congelatione et conglutinatione lapidum had a great influence on the alchemical thought of the thirteenth century. This Latin text disputed both the veracity of alchemy and the possibility of alchemical transmutation b...
Scientific expertise in early international negotiations on climate change: Bert Bolin and the IPCC [0.03%]
国际气候谈判初期的科学专家意见:贝特·鲍林和政府间气候变化专门委员会
Carolina Granado
Carolina Granado
This article examines the contributions of Bert Bolin, the first chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to the collective understanding of the panel's nature, operations and results, as well as his efforts to safegua...
Fusion divided: what prevented European collaboration on controlled thermonuclear fusion in 1958 [0.03%]
分道扬镳:为何在1958年欧洲受控核聚变合作未能实现
Barbara Hof
Barbara Hof
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, is renowned for operating the world's largest particle accelerator and is often regarded as a model of high-profile international collaboration. Less well known, ...
Alexander C T Geppert
Alexander C T Geppert
The founding figures, advocates and engineers of the early Space Age are frequently hailed as 'fathers', 'forebears', 'prophets', 'pioneers', 'visionaries' and 'heroes', employing hagiographic, gendered and indiscriminate tropes that lack a...
Alexander C T Geppert,Lu Liu
Alexander C T Geppert
Asif Siddiqi
Asif Siddiqi
This epilogue considers the approach and conception of this collection, highlighting key analytical strands in the essays while also suggesting possible avenues of further research. It spotlights the global nature of their analysis, which o...
Gloria Maritza Gómez Revuelta
Gloria Maritza Gómez Revuelta
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, the first Cuban, Latin American, and person of African descent to travel to space, has experienced a significant evolution in his persona since his historic flight aboard Soyuz 38 in 1980. This article explores three...
Diagnosing the dead: post-mortem examinations and medical ship culture in the Royal Navy [0.03%]
验尸诊断:英国皇家海军的解剖检查与医学船文化
Manon C Williams
Manon C Williams
This article examines the practice of post-mortem examination in the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815). The professional medical logbooks kept by ship's surgeons as part of their mandated practice re...