John Beatty,Piers J Hale
John Beatty
The nineteenth-century Anglican theologian Charles Kingsley was immediately impressed by Darwin's Origin of Species. Whilst many in Victorian Britain reacted against the idea of natural selection, Kingsley saw in the contingency of selectio...
Cartesian visions [0.03%]
笛卡尔视野
Patricia Fara
Patricia Fara
Few original portraits exist of René Descartes, yet his theories of vision were central to Enlightenment thought. French philosophers combined his emphasis on sight with the English approach of insisting that ideas are not innate, but must...
J Henderson,DJ Osborne
J Henderson
Over time, the oil palm has become the crop of central importance to both our daily lifestyle and to many of the great industries that man has developed. Remarkably, few recognize the oil palm and its fruit, and even fewer know its history....
Water, steam and change: the roles of land drainage, water supplies and garden fountains in the early development of the steam engine [0.03%]
水、蒸汽与变革：排水、供水和园林喷泉在早期蒸汽机发展中扮演的角色
L Roberts
L Roberts
The history of the steam engine is generally linked to that of the Industrial Revolution. This article seeks to uncouple this seemingly necessary link by examining other contexts in which the steam engine was introduced and developed.
JA Givens
JA Givens
Since the 16th century, art historians have debated the methods of medieval artists. A frequent topic of discussion and one that has been invoked at times to distinguish the medieval artist from his early modern successor is the extent to w...