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The ‘seductive scientist’: the emergence of a new persona centred on virility and joy in twentieth-century scientific memoirs “诱人的科学家”:在20世纪的科学回忆录中出现了一种以男子气概和快乐为中心的新角色

Tanzania notes and records Pub Date : 2023-08-30 DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2023.0051

Annelie Drakman

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The making of a naturalist in Manchuria: Arthur de Carle Sowerby, 1885–1922 一个满洲博物学家的成长:阿瑟·德·卡尔·索尔比，1885-1922

Tanzania notes and records Pub Date : 2023-08-02 DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2023.0028

Christine Y. L. Luk

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Making science for the Portuguese Empire: The Royal Maritime, Military and Geographic Society (1798–1809) 为葡萄牙帝国创造科学:皇家海事、军事和地理学会(1798-1809)

Tanzania notes and records Pub Date : 2023-06-28 DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2023.0014

Carlos Moura Martins, F. Figueiredo

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Sympathetic Organizations: body, mind, and society in Robert Whytt and David Hume 罗伯特·惠特和大卫·休谟的《同情组织:身体、思想和社会》

Tanzania notes and records Pub Date : 2023-06-28 DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2023.0004

T. Demeter

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Redhead, Paroissien, Parish & Co.: British Field Science in early Independent Río de la Plata 红发，parisien, Parish & Co.:独立早期的英国田野科学Río de la Plata

Tanzania notes and records Pub Date : 2023-06-28 DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2023.0011

M. de Asúa