885 research outputs found
Georgina M. Montgomery and Mark A. Largent, A Companion to the History of American Science. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, 2016. Pp. xvii + 692. ISBN 978-1-4051-5625-7. £120.00 (hardback).
No full textBarbara Bridgman Perkins. Cancer, Radiation Therapy, and the Market.New York: Routledge, 2017. vi + 243 pp. ISBN 1-138-28524-2, $149.95 (hardcover).
No full textScheffler, Robin. "Barbara Bridgman Perkins. Cancer, Radiation Therapy, and the Market .New York: Routledge, 2017. vi + 243 pp. ISBN 1-138-28524-2, $149.95 (hardcover)." Enterprise & Society 21, 1 (March 2020): 304-30
Postgenomics: Perspectives on Biology after the Genome, by Sarah Richardson, Hallam Stevens
No full textn the decade following the controversy surrounding the completion of the Human Genome Project, genomics realized neither the promises of personalized genetic medicine nor the fears of a genetic brave new world. Instead, as Sarah Richardson and Hallam Stevens suggest in their introduction to this fine collection of essays, we have arrived at the beginning of a “postgenomic” era in biology and medicine. An ironic consequence of the intense study of genes has been the revelation that most of the human genome (99 percent by some estimates) does not “code” for any identifiable human traits. John Dupré reflects in his contribution that the relationship between genotype and phenotype has become even more fragmented the further it has been studied by genomics researchers. How are we to make sense, for example, of the substantial genomic variation among different kinds of tissues in the same body? The state of the art in genomics seems to have arrived where many science scholars started in the 1990s—profoundly skeptical of just what the study of genes can tell us. The rich contributions to this volume suggest the topography of this new postgenomic era for historians, social scientists, and philosophers
Microscopy techniques for determining water–cement (w/c) ratio in hardened concrete: A round-robin assessment
No full textWater to cement (w/c) ratio is usually the most important parameter specified in concrete design and is sometimes the subject of dispute when a shortfall in concrete strength or durability is an issue. However, determination of w/c ratio in hardened concrete by testing is very difficult once the concrete has set. This paper presents the results from an inter-laboratory round-robin study organised by the Applied Petrography Group to evaluate and compare microscopy methods for measuring w/c ratio in hardened concrete. Five concrete prisms with w/c ratios ranging from 0.35 to 0.55, but otherwise identical in mix design were prepared independently and distributed to 11 participating petrographic laboratories across Europe. Participants used a range of methods routine to their laboratory and these are broadly divided into visual assessment, measurement of fluorescent intensity and quantitative backscattered electron microscopy. Some participants determined w/c ratio using more than one method or operator. Consequently, 100 individual w/c ratio determinations were collected, representing the largest study of its type ever undertaken. The majority (81%) of the results are accurate to within ± 0.1 of the target mix w/c ratios, 58% come to within ± 0.05 and 37% are within ± 0.025. The study shows that microscopy-based methods are more accurate and reliable compared to the BS 1881-124 physicochemical method for determining w/c ratio. The practical significance, potential sources of errors and limitations are discussed with the view to inform future applications.Materials and Environmen
Robin heart progress - advances material and technology in surgical robots
No full textThe paper presents the current state of works conducted by the Zabrze team under the Robin Heart surgical robot and the Robin Heart Uni System mechatronic surgical tools project as a example of introducing technology and materials advances for progress in surgical robots. The special intention of the author is to show the review of the current and futuristic medical robots needs in the area of material science
Christopher (Robin) Milne as a sylleptic character. Relationship between reality and fiction in A.A. Milne’s children’s literature
No full textAlan Alexander Milne jest znany przede wszystkim jako autor czterech książek dla dzieci – dwóch tomików wierszy, When We Were Very Young (1924) i Now We Are Six (1927), a także dwóch zbiorów opowiadań, Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) i The House at Pooh Corner (1928). W każdym z tych dzieł pojawia się postać inspirowana synem pisarza, Christopherem Robinem Milne’em. W Wielkiej Brytanii i Stanach Zjednoczonych już krótko po publikacji największym zainteresowaniem cieszyły się wiersze, sławę zaś zdobył przede wszystkim Christopher Robin. Jak po latach komentował to sam autor: „[…] to nie o spotkanie ze mną, ale z Christopherem Robinem podnosili krzyk Amerykanie; i właściwie (trzeba to w końcu przyznać) to nie ja ani nie wydawcy, ale Christopher Robin sprzedawał tę książkę w tak dużych i absurdalnych liczbach”. I to właśnie Christopherowi (Robinowi) poświęcony zostaje niniejszy artykuł – postaci, którą proponuję nazywać postacią sylleptyczną. Zbadane tu zostają związki rzeczywistości i fikcji, to, jakie wydarzenia z życia stanowiły inspirację dzieł literackich, ale i to, jak dzieła te wpłynęły na losy pisarza i jego syna.Alan Alexander Milne is known primarily as an author of four books for children – two volumes of poetry, When We Were Very Young (1924) and Now We Are Six (1927), and also two collections of stories, Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928). In each of these works appears a character inspired by the writer’s son, Christopher Robin Milne. In Great Britain and the United States shortly after the release the poems commanded a lot of interest and fame was won primarily by Christopher Robin. As the writer said himself after years: “[…] it was Christopher Robin, not I, whom Americans were clamouring to see; and, in fact (to make due acknowledgement at last), it was Christopher Robin, not I, not the publishers, who was selling the book in such large and ridiculous quantities”. And it is to Christopher (Robin) that this article is devoted – the character I propose to call a sylleptic character. It examines the relationship between reality and fiction, what events from life inspired the literary works, but also how these works influenced the life of the writer and his son
Man of Letters 1: W. Somerset Maugham, undated
No full textHost Malcolm Muggeridge leads a discussion on the work of novelist W. Somerset Maugham with writer and poet James Dickey, opera director Donald Ross, writer and TV commentator Gillian Reynolds, and writer and nephew of the author, Robin Maugham
Brightening Biochemistry: Humor, identity, and scientific work at the sir william dunn institute of biochemistry, 1923–1931
No full text© 2020 by The History of Science Society. In the 1920s, scientists at the University of Cambridge’s Sir William Dunn Institute of Biochemistry made major contributions to the emerging discipline of biochemistry while also devoting considerable time and energy to the production of a humor journal entitled Brighter Biochemistry. Although humor is frequently regarded as peripheral to the work of science, the journal provides an opportunity to understand how it contributes to the social infrastructure of scientific communities as modern workplaces. Taking methodological cues from cultural history, ethnography, and humor studies, this essay conducts a close and contextual reading of Brighter Biochemistry. This reading demonstrates how humor served as a central means through which members of the Dunn confronted workplace issues, including creating cooperative work teams, responding to gender discrimination, addressing funding anxiety, and defining professional identity. These conclusions provide a new perspective on the well-documented history of the Dunn and also offer a model for how historians of science can approach humor when its traces are encountered in other settings
On the Importance of False Testimony. The Case of Secret Collaborator ‘Jakub’ and Security Service Operational Fiction Concerning Secret Collaborators
No full textAutor analizuje przypadek fikcyjnego tajnego współpracownika ps. Jakub, rekonstruując okoliczności rejestracji i wyrejestrowania TW oraz osadzając go na tle innych fikcyjnych działań w Służbie Bezpieczeństwa. Dzięki koncepcji fałszywego świadectwa Robina G. Collingwooda zarysowany zostaje problem fikcji i fałszerstw obecnych w dokumentach operacyjnych SB. W zakończeniu podjęta jest próba syntezy kluczowych problemów dyskursu badawczego skupionego wokół tajnych współpracowników.The author analyses the case of the fictitious secret collaborator under the pseudonym Jacob, reconstructing the circumstances of his registration and deregistration, and setting it against the background of other fictional activities in the Security Service (Polish: Służba Bezpieczeństwa, SB). Thanks to the concept of false testimony by Robin G. Collingwood, the problem of fictions and forgeries present in SB operational documents is outlined. In conclusion, the author attempts to synthesise the critical issues of the research discourse centred around the problem of secret collaborators
Book reviews
No full textThe article reviews several books including “The Britannic Vision: Historians and the Making of the British Commonwealth of Nations, 1907-48," by W. David Mclntyre, "Christian Realism and the New Realities," by Robin W. Lovin, and "Going to War," by Philip Towle.M3: Book Revie
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