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The contributions of Geoffrey Blumenthal: From Copernicus’s astronomy to Lavoisier’s chemistry

The contributions of Geoffrey Blumenthal to the history and philosophy of science

The superpowers of proteins

Nowadays we all care about our proteins. Supermarket products proudly show the amount of proteins they contain and we are all somehow...

Beyond Cartesian Mechanicism: Robert Boyle’s Chemical Philosophy

Central themes of Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino's book "The Chemical Philosophy of Robert Boyle: Mechanicism, Chymical Atoms, and Emergence"

Was the Invention of Agent Orange an Invention at All?

Agent Orange was born from the knowledge that certain known substances kill plants. But could this knowledge claim constitute an invention?

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