Translation studies in the history of science: the example of Vestiges

2000 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
NICOLAAS RUPKE
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
The Third ◽  
Species Transformation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Design In Nature ◽  
1848 Revolution ◽  
Divine Order

The three translations of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation invested the text with new meaning. None of the translations endorsed the book for the author's advocacy of species transformation. The first translation, into German (1846), put forward the text as evincing divine design in nature. The second, into Dutch (1849), also presented Vestiges as proof of divine order in nature and, more specifically, as aiding the stabilization of society under God and king in a process of recovery from the 1848 Revolution. By contrast, the third translation, into German (1851), interpreted the book as furthering the very revolutionary, anti-ecclesiastical and anti- monarchist ideals that the Dutch edition sought to counter.

scholarly journals Rekontekstualisasi Pemikiran Seyyed Hossein Nasr tentang Bangunan Ilmu Pengetahuan dan Pendidikan Islam

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 420
Author(s):  
Asfa Widiyanto
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Distinctive Character ◽  
The Third ◽  
Philosophical Basis ◽  
History Of ◽  
Islamic Science ◽  
East And West ◽  
Compe Tence

This article discusses the conception of science and its significance for the reconstruction of Islamic educat-ion, by analyzing and contextualizing the thoughts of Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Nasr is considered a figure who has compe-tence in history of science and philosophy with special emphasis on Islamic science and philosophy. In the earlier phase of his life, he acquainted himself with the thoughts of prominent thinkers both from East and West, and with the very issue of the encounter between East and West. This position makes the thoughts of Nasr on science having their distinctive character. The first part of this paper investigates the construct and characteristics of Islamic science as well as the hierarchy and the idea of unity in Islamic science. The second part of this paper is dealing with the reformulation of philosophical basis of Islamic education, most specifically in the domain of ontology, epistemology and axiology. The third is dealing with the attempts of reconstructing the system of Islamic education, most notably pertaining to the aim of education, educator, student, means of education, and milieu of education.

Studying the Qurʾan: Neither Here nor There

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Sarah A. Qidwai
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
Science And Religion ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
The West ◽  
The Third ◽  
History Of ◽  
Colonial Encounters

Abstract This paper addresses three aspects of Majid Daneshgar’s monograph Studying the Qurʾan in the Muslim Academy. The first part looks at the complexities around the lack of coherence between the Muslim Academy and so-called “Western” Institutions. Drawing on some examples from my own life, I will address the hesitance to embrace sources from the West as highlighted by Daneshgar. Then, I will present an example from the “Western Academy” that speaks to a broader audience across this divide. The second part of this paper will address the phenomenon of trying to find scientific proofs in the Qur‘an and the issues around those attempts in the field of the history of science and religion. Drawing on my own research, the third part of this reflection will draw on the example of Islam in India to show the complex nature of the so-called Muslim Academy and its ties to colonial encounters.

Probabilistic Bases

2013 ◽  
pp. 60-109
Keyword(s):  
Probability Theory ◽  
Mobile Robot ◽  
Learning Curve ◽  
Bayesian Estimation ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
The Third ◽  
Real Environment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Intrinsic Feature

This is the third chapter of the first section. It is a compendium of all the concepts and theorems of probability theory that are found in the problems of Bayesian estimation of a robot location and the map of its environment. It presents uncertainty as an intrinsic feature of any mobile robot that develops in a real environment. It is then discussed how uncertainty has been treated along the history of science and how probabilistic approaches have represented such a huge success in many engineering fields, including robotics. The fundamental concepts of probability theory are discussed along with some advanced topics needed in further chapters, following a learning curve as smooth and comprehensive as possible.

scholarly journals Il Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze. Le collezioni antropologiche ed etnologiche / The Museum of Natural History of the University of Florence. The Anthropological and Ethnological Collections

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacopo Moggi Cecchi ◽  
Roscoe Stanyon
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
New Technology ◽  
History Museum ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The University ◽  
The Many ◽  
University Of Florence ◽  
The University

This volume is dedicated to the Anthropological and Ethnological section of the Natural History Museum. First the historical journey of the collections is traced from the antique nucleus of the Medici to the foundation of the National Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology, when Florence was the capitol of Italy, and the discipline of anthropology was born. The second part illustrates the multivariate collections from all over the globe. They are a precious record of the past and present biological and cultural diversity of our species opening wide horizons that rigorously connect science to the many faces of human culture, including art. The third section is dedicated to current research and opens new prospectives on the significance of ethnological and anthropological collections due to new technology and in light of a new appreciation of the museum as a living “zone of contact”.

‘Just put it online’: The Taylor White Project as a digitization case study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Zinger
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Natural History ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Interactive Visualizations ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
History Of ◽  
Source Materials

Creating access to digital surrogates of primary source materials has spurred the growth of history of science as a field. Enabling and supporting virtual access requires an understanding of the behind-the-scenes requirements of a digitization project. Using McGill's Taylor White Project as a case study, this article reveals how such a project is managed, to result in a unique digital collection that supports research in both the humanities and the sciences. The workflows described transformed a collection of 938 eighteenth-century natural history drawings from a relatively inaccessible archive to a searchable and browsable digital collection, complete with contextualizing interactive visualizations. Understanding this process reveals some of the ways in which digitized data can create new avenues for questioning and examining information.

Resources for the History of Science in the Libraries of the British Museum (Natural History)

1988 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. R. Banks
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Human Biology ◽  
Blue Whale ◽  
The Public ◽  
Natural History Collections ◽  
History Of

Alfred Waterhouse's ornate Romanesque building at South Kensington, London, has contained the natural history collections of the British Museum since 1881. First opened to the public on Easter Monday, 18 April, in that year, the British Museum (Natural History) (BM(NH)) has become well-known for the excellence of its exhibition galleries, particularly for its dinosaurs, blue whale, and, more recently, for its revolutionary Hall of Human Biology.

Natural history of incidental colloid cysts of the third ventricle: A systematic review

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 122-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthea H. O'Neill ◽  
Cristian Gragnaniello ◽  
Leon T. Lai
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Third Ventricle ◽  
The Third ◽  
History Of ◽  
Colloid Cysts

Writing Jewish Astronomy in the Early Hellenistic Age: The Enochic Astronomical Book as Aramaic Wisdom and Archival Impulse

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Yoshiko Reed
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Politics ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Near East ◽  
Third Century ◽  
Test Case ◽  
Potential Significance ◽  
The Third ◽  
Literary Cultures ◽  
History Of

The full publication of 4Q208 and 4Q209 in 2000 has enabled a renaissance of research on the Enochic Astronomical Book, illumining its deep connections with Babylonian scholasticism and spurring debate about the precise channels by which such “scientific” knowledge came to reach Jewish scribes. This article asks whether attention to Aramaic manuscripts related to the Astronomical Book might also reveal something about Jewish scribal pedagogy and literary production in the early Hellenistic age, particularly prior to the Maccabean Revolt. Engaging recent studies from Classics and the History of Science concerning astronomy, pedagogy, and the place of scribes and books in the cultural politics of the third century bce, it uses the test-case of the Astronomical Book to explore the potential significance of Aramaic sources for charting changes within Jewish literary cultures at the advent of Macedonian rule in the Near East.

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