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Since the time of Aristotle, there had been a clear divide between the three kingdoms of animal, vegetable, and mineral. But by the eighteenth century, biological experiments, and the wide range of ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A professor of history and curator-in-charge at the Yale Peabody Museum has released an award-winning book focused on 18th-century information by taking readers on a journey ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Courtly life in 18th century Versailles is widely remembered as "a world of pure fantasy frolics", said Jonathan Jones in The Guardian. Yet for all the excess and absolutism associated with the reigns ...

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