Enlightenment Bubbles, Romantic Worlds

Metaphoric Worlds: Conceptions of a Romantic Nature [Review]

Enlightenment science in the Romantic era: the chemistry of Berzelius and its cultural setting

humoral theory. Saul Jarcho, an industrious bibliophile, endeavours to show us the views of the physicians who favoured or opposed the bark by, in effect, setting up their books for us on a series of tables, arranged chronologically and geographically. He then guides us through his collection a book at a time, giving a thumbnail sketch of each author, sometimes making a few very general remarks...

Technological Enlightenment in Russia

Peter the Great brought technological enlightenment to Russia. In his lifetime, two special schools for training engineers were established, the Engineering School in 1700, and the Mathematical-Navigation School in 1701. Peter the Great introduced engineering training into other institutions as well, not only into the Naval Academy, but also regimental schools and even religious colleges. (See ...

Enlightenment , Knowledge , Ignorance , Temptation ∗

I discuss the historical and conceptual roots of reasoning about the parameters of fundamental physics and cosmology based on selection effects. I argue concretely that such reasoning can and should be combined with arguments based on symmetry and dynamics; it supplements them, but does not replace them. * Summary talk at " Expectations of a Final Theory " , Trinity College, Cambridge, Septembe...

The enlightenment returns.

www.sciencemag.org SCIENCE VOL 323 20 MARCH 2009 1531 COVER Movement trajectories, each recorded during a 1-hour time period, for rats with brain lesions that reduce dopamine signaling. These animals serve as a model of Parkinson's disease and display severe difficulty in initiating movements, as illustrated by the white trajectories (on black background) showing limited locomotion. Black traje...