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Endeavour Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2025.100995

Erela Teharlev Ben-Shachar , Donald L. Opitz

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The figure of Darwin in colloquial science 达尔文在通俗科学中的形象

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Endeavour Pub Date : 2025-05-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2025.100993

Jamie Freestone

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Charles Bogue Luffman, Ina Higgins, and science at the Burnley School of horticulture in Melbourne, Australia, 1891–1919 1891-1919年，澳大利亚墨尔本伯恩利园艺学校的查尔斯·博格·拉夫曼、伊娜·希金斯和科学

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Endeavour Pub Date : 2025-05-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2025.100994

Sandra E. Pullman

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Endeavour Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2025.100992

Harry Wels

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Review of Emma K. Sutton, William James, MD: Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2023. 261 pp. ISBN 9780226828961 回顾艾玛K.萨顿，威廉詹姆斯，医学博士：哲学家，心理学家，医生。芝加哥：芝加哥大学出版社，2023。261页，ISBN 9780226828961

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Endeavour Pub Date : 2025-03-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2025.100990

Michela Bella

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Endeavour Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2025.100991

Isabella Clarke

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The gendering of agriculture in late nineteenth century colonial Hokkaido: The case of Kane Watanabe (1859–1945) 19世纪末殖民时期北海道农业的性别化——以渡边谦（1859-1945）为例

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Endeavour Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2025.100989

Setsu Tachibana

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Molecular biology as a “playground” in the life sciences: Questions on the current status of molecular biology 分子生物学作为生命科学的“游乐场”：关于分子生物学现状的几个问题

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Endeavour Pub Date : 2025-02-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2025.100981

Zeki Topcu , Matthis Krischel , Heiner Fangerau

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Keeping the house clean: Women and germ theories in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Britain 保持房屋清洁：19世纪末和20世纪初英国的妇女和细菌理论

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Endeavour Pub Date : 2025-02-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2025.100980

Labna Fernandez Erana

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“The ladies in bloomers who gardened at Kew”: Pioneer professional women gardeners in late nineteenth century England “在邱园做园艺的穿灯笼裤的女士们”：19世纪晚期英国职业女性园艺先驱。

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Endeavour Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2025.100979

Derek Turner

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