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Representing and Constructing. Psychometrics from the perspectives of measurement theory and concept formation.
(2019-04-27)Social scientific measurement is much desired and much criticized. In this dissertation I evaluate one of the main approaches to social scientific measurement that has nevertheless been virtually ignored by philosophers – ... -
Serpents of Empire: Moral Encounters in Natural History c.1780-1870
(2019-02-23)This dissertation examines encounters between humans and snakes from the 1780s to the 1860s, principally focusing upon Britain and British India, to reassess the production and circulation of natural historical knowledge. ... -
The Hologram and its Antecedents 1891–1965: The Illusory History of a Three–Dimensional Illusion
(2005-03-05)Since 1962, a photographic invention by Gabriel Lippmann (1845-1921), his Nobel Prize winning interference colour photograph of 1891, has been cited by physicists as the antecedent of the three-dimensional hologram. However, ... -
When Physics Became Undisciplined An Essay on Econophysics
(2018-12-01)In the 1990s, physicists started looking beyond their disciplinary boundaries by using their methods to study various problems usually thrown up by financial economics. This dissertation deals with this extension of physics ...
