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HYDRAULICS AND HYDROLOGY IN A PASSAGE OF THE KITĀB AL-ĀṮĀR AL-BĀQIYA BY AL-BĪRŪNĪ
Massimiliano Borroni, Vladimiro Boselli
Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, Volume 31, Issue 2

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Soil Fertility Transitions in the Context of Industrialization, 1750–2000
Dino Güldner, Laura Larsen, Geoff Cunfer
Social Science History, Volume 45, Issue 4

The Fronde, the Court, and the Cosmos: Morin, Gassendi, and Astrology’s Decline in XVII Century France
11 March 2025, Rodolfo Garau
Astrology today is often seen as the epitome of pseudoscience. Yet, until the 17th century, it was considered a legitimate scholarly discipline, serving as...

William Petty’s survey of Ireland and the role of natural history in the development of statistics
22 January 2024, Svit Komel
William Petty (1623-1687) is well known as a pioneer of political economy and statistics. He has been often celebrated as an ingenious thinker who was among...

Van Leeuwenhoek – the film: remaking the origins of bacteriology
23 August 2023, Mieneke te Hennepe
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) is universally acknowledged as the first person describing protozoa and bacteria using his self made microscopes. His seventeenth-century...

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Journal of Global History