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Prognosis and scientific imagination in the work of Jane Webb Loudon (1800-1858). 简·韦伯·劳登（1800-1858）作品中的预测和科学想象。

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British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2026-03-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0007087425101866

John Lidwell-Durnin

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Capturing colour on HMS Beagle: Charles Darwin and Werner's Nomenclature of Colours (1821). 在贝格尔号上捕捉色彩：查尔斯·达尔文和维尔纳的《颜色命名法》（1821年）。

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British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2026-03-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0007087425101726

Joyce Dixon

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Johann Christoph Sturm's eclectic scientific method and his indebtedness to Francis Bacon. 约翰·克里斯托夫·斯特姆不拘一格的科学方法以及他对弗朗西斯·培根的感激。

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British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2026-03-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0007087425000160

Christian Henkel

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Redcliffe Salaman's Scheme for Raising Virus-Free Potato Stocks: professionalization, institutionalization and regulation in interwar Britain's plant virus research. 雷德克里夫·萨拉曼的无病毒马铃薯种植计划：两次世界大战之间英国植物病毒研究的专业化、制度化和规范化。

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British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2026-02-19 DOI: 10.1017/S0007087426101873

João P R Joaquim

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Imperialism in the academy: the Royal Society, C.V. Raman and the Indian Academy of Sciences (1934-1970). 帝国主义在科学院：皇家学会，C.V.拉曼和印度科学院（1934-1970）。

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British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2026-01-22 DOI: 10.1017/S0007087425101830

George Bailey

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Between education and entertainment: animation, science communication, and the Bell System Science Series. 介于教育和娱乐之间：动画、科学传播和贝尔系统科学系列。

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British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0007087425101118

Scott Curtis

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Emerging infectious disease outbreaks and real-time health communication: intermediality, uncertainty and dissent. 新发传染病暴发和实时卫生通信：中间性、不确定性和异议。

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British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/S000708742510126X

Kirsten Ostherr

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Within These Four Walls: televisualizing museum spaces of science, 1950-1971. 在这四堵墙内：科学博物馆空间的电视化，1950-1971。

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British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/S000708742510112X

Rupert Cole

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Living in an intermedial world: intermediality as a methodology of historical inquiry to uncover the social dimension of science communication. 生活在一个中介的世界：中介作为一种历史探究的方法论来揭示科学传播的社会维度。

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British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0007087425101106

Jean-Baptiste Gouyon

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Museum film as a means of making museums: the Exploratorium's early years through the intermedial lens. 博物馆电影作为制作博物馆的一种手段：通过中间镜头探索博物馆的早期。

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British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0007087425101635

Arne Schirrmacher

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