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Consumptive Chic: A History of Beauty, Fashion, and Disease
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During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there was a tubercular 'moment' in which perceptions...
The Edge of Objectivity: An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas
Charles Coulston Gillispie and Theodore M. Porter
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Originally published in 1960, The Edge of Objectivity helped to establish the history of science as...
Before Nature: Cuneiform Knowledge and the History of Science
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In the modern West, we take for granted that what we call the "natural world" confronts us all and...
There Was an Old Geezer Called Caesar: A History of the World in 100 Limericks
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There is a young fellow named Mick Who's adapted the old limerick To cover, with mirth The whole...