In which Max considers the geological writings of William Whewell and his concept of “palaetiological science”
Read MoreScience in a Fishbowl? The Case of Glass-Walled Fossil Preparation Laboratories in Museums
In which Caitlin Wylie considers the display of scientific knowledge-making in glass-walled fossil prep labs
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Goddess in the Details
In which Max explores the history of the Gaia hypothesis and wonders whether it needs to be “Darwinized”
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The Weird Early History of Paleontology: Robert Plot and Scrotum humanum
In which Jan Forsman dives into the weird history of paleontology, and tells the wonderful story of Scrotum humanum
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Re-thinking Living Fossils, Again
In which Max re-examines a recent re-examination of living fossils, with the help of a new paper by Beckett Sterner
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Ediacaran Enigma: Uncertainty and Underdetermination in Precambrian Paleontology
In which Max considers the problems involved in interpreting the enigmatic fossils of the Ediacaran Period, as well as some influential attempts to interpret them
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