History of Science and Natural History

ABSTRACT Modern paleontology in Turkey appeared in the early nineteenth century, together with the first modern geological studies. The fossils collected in these studies were initially used to establish biostratigraphy and to make the first geological maps of the country. Paleontologists were involved in these studie…

• VOLKAN SARIGÜL

One-act play of John Millington Synge Riders to the Sea (1904) is about the life in the Aran Islands, power of nature and death.While the life endowed with the sea determines the fate of Irish islanders, their dependence on the water surrounding the Aran Islands brings death, too.The sea both provides life and causes…

• KÜBRA VURAL ÖZBEY

This article concerns the development of archaeology and museology, in the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, and Greece, through the life and career of Théodore Macridy. Macridy participated in knowledge transfer in more than one discipline and more than one country. Through his links with Western academic circles in archaeolog…

• IOANNIS GRIGORIADIS

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• MEHMET GÜLTEKİN

This article investigates the history, dispersal, and partial recovery of the natural history collection of Merzifon Anatolia College, a missionary institution founded in 1886 in central Anatolia under the auspices of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Developed through the scientific and pedago…

• GÖNENÇ GÖÇMENGİL

Temelinde değişim olgusu yatan evrim kavramının düşünsel kökenlerini Antik Yunan’a kadar götürmek mümkündür. Bununla birlikte evrimin bilimsel bir kuram olarak tarih sahnesine çıkması XIX. yüzyılda mümkün olabilmiştir. Evrim, bilimsel olarak önce Jean-Baptiste Lamarck’ın (1744-1829) 1809 yılında yayımlanan bilinen adı…

• İNAN KALAYCIOĞULLARI

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In this review, we describe some of the central philosophical issues facing origins-of-life research and provide a targeted history of the developments that have led to the multidisciplinary field of origins-of-life studies. We outline these issues and developments to guide researchers and students from all fields. Wi…

Expanding on the notions of “rubbish ecology” and “dirty nature” proposed respectively by Patricia Yaeger and Heather Sullivan, this article problematizes nature as rubbish and dirty in Joseph D’Lacey’s Garbage Man (2009). In so doing, this study discloses how every place is now a place of rubbish, and various types o…

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