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BJHS Review

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Mason Tattersall

I’ve Reviewed Olivier Darrigol’s excellent book on Bolzman for The British Journal for the History of Science. BJHS Homepage. Citation: Tattersall, Mason, Review of Darrigol, Olivier, Atoms, Mechanics, and Probability: Ludwig Boltzmann’s Statistico-Mechanical Writings — An Exegesis. (Oxford: Oxford University … Continue reading →

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“Strange Tales from the Useen World”: History of Science Society Annual Conference 2018

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Mason Tattersall

I’m delivering a paper at the 2018 annual meeting of the History of Science Society in November. It’s in the “Scientific And Religious Communities In Victorian Britain, And After” panel. Details follow: “Strange Tales from the Unseen World: A Confluence … Continue reading →

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BJHS Review

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Mason Tattersall

I’ve reviewed Dennis Danielson’s lovely book Paradise Lost and the Cosmological Revolution for the March 2016 edition of the British Journal for the History of Science. BJHS Homepage. Citation: Tattersall, Mason, Review of Danielson, Dennis, Paradise Lost & the Cosmological … Continue reading →

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Decadence, Degeneration, & The End

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Mason Tattersall

My chapter, “Thermal Degeneration: Thermodynamics & the Heat-Death of the Universe in Victorian Science, Philosophy, & Culture” leads off this new book from Palgrave. Many thanks to the excellent editors Marja Härmänmaa and Christopher Nissen! Visit the Palgrave page for … Continue reading →

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Some Book Reviews

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Mason Tattersall

For Metapsychology: Tattersall, Mason, Review of Kosman, Aryeh, The Activity of Being: An Essay on Aristotle’s Ontology (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2013) for Metapsychology Vol. 17, No. 50 (2013). LINK Tattersall, Mason, Review of Hanson, Jeffrey, Kierkegaard as Phenomenologist: An … Continue reading →

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