Focal Interest
Focal Interest

History of Science and Natural History

External reference: https://openalex.org/T12471

  1. Self-Help is presented as a major influence on Toyota culture
    Traces how Samuel Smiles' 1859 Self-Help influenced Sakichi Toyoda and subsequently shaped Toyota's distinctive organizational culture emphasizing human development over technical excellence alone.
  2. Newson’s writings show uneven paths into mathematical intellectual history
    Analysis of Mary Frances Winston Newson's automathography from Göttingen using topological genealogy to trace women mathematicians' non-linear paths through institutional spaces.
  3. Prussian healers used petitions to navigate medical bureaucracy
    Explore how Prussian physicians used strategic narratives to navigate bureaucratic hierarchies and contest professional legitimacy in the late 1700s and early 1800s.