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716 avhandlingar innehållade orden History of Ideas.
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Författare :Maja Fjæstad; Thomas Kaiserfeld; Thomas Jonter; Henrik Björck; KTH; []
Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; nuclear power; nuclear energy; nuclear power history; nuclear weapons; breeder reactor; fast reactor; AB Atomenergi; history; history of science; history of technology; environmental history; Sweden; 20th century; vision; technological vision; interpretative flexibility; kärnkraft; kärnkraftshistoria; kärnvapen; bridreaktorer; snabba reaktorer; AB Atomenergi; historia; vetenskapshistoria; teknikhistoria; miljöhistoria; Sverige; svensk historia; 1900-tal; vision; tekniska visioner; utopi; tolkningsflexibilitet; History of technology; Teknikhistoria; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; History of science; Vetenskapshistoria;
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The fast breeder is a type of nuclear reactor that aroused much attention in the 1950s and 60s. Its ability to produce more nuclear fuel than it consumes offered promises of cheap and reliable energy, and thereby connected it to utopian ideas about an eternal supply of energy. LÄS MER
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Författare :Kristin Halverson; Peter Josephson; Leif Runefelt; Thomas Kaiserfeld; Södertörns högskola; []
Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; history of medicine; medical devices; nineteenth century medicine; medical technologies; Swedish history of medicine; Danish history of medicine; medicinhistoria; medicinska instrument; 1800tals medicinhistoria; medicinska teknologier; svensk medicinhistoria; dansk medicinhistoria; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;
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Nineteenth-century medicine is characterised by rapid technological change, new methods of diagnostics and treatments of disease, far-reaching developments in medical science, and professionalisation. This has led to great interest in the period and a large body of scholarly and popular research. LÄS MER
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Författare :Helena Ekerholm; Bosse Sundin; Jonny Hjelm; Arne Kaijser; Umeå universitet; []
Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; alternative fuels; ethanol; wood gas; energy policy; controversy; history of biofuels; alternative technology; social constructions of technology; socio-technical systems; political debate; socio-technical debate; history of technology; automotive history.; drivmedel; etanol; generatorgas; gengas; drivmedelsalternativ; biodrivmedel; förväntningar; kontrovers; sociotekniska system; sociala konstruktioner av teknik; alternativ teknik; politik; teknikdebatt; energipolitik; mellankrigstiden; andra världskriget; autarki; socioteknisk debatt; automobilhistoria; motorhistoria; historia; History;
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This thesis investigate Swedish policy-making concerning promotion of wood gas and ethanol distilled from fermented sulphite lye as domestic fuel alternatives in the Interwar years and World War II. With a departure point in the theories of social constructions of technology (SCOT), the sociology of expectations and Thomas P. LÄS MER
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Författare :Matti La Mela; Youssef Cassis; Pauli Kettunen; Lionel Bently; Luca Molà; Youssef Cassis; European University Institute; []
Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; property; copyright; patents; property rights; natural resources; Finland; history; conceptual history; Historia; History; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of Sciences and Ideas;
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In the late nineteenth century, the Grand Duchy of Finland benefited from its backward position in the peripheral corner of Europe; its export markets expanded, career opportunities were sought abroad, and foreign ideas and technology were translated and appropriated. At the same time, the identity of the young nation state as a part of the Russian Empire was being put together by its educated elite, whose national projects would react to foreign developments and amalgamate with the expertise acquired abroad. LÄS MER
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Författare :Andreas Åkerlund; Jan Lindegren; Donald Broady; Lars M Andersson; Norbert Götz; Uppsala universitet; []
Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; History; University History; History of Education; Sweden; Germany; Weimar Republic; National Socialism; 1906–1945; Lecturer; Lectureships; Academic Mobility; Public Diplomacy; International Exchange; Cultural Exchange; Scientific Exchange; International Relations; Swedish-German Relations; Language Teaching; World War II; Foreign Policy; Cultural Policy; Swedishness Abroad.; History subjects; Historieämnen; History; Historia; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; History of science; Vetenskapshistoria; Swedish language; Svenska språket; International education; Internationell pedagogik; Historia; History;
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The aim of this thesis is to analyze the establishment and development of lectureships in the Swedish language in German universities during the first half of the 20th century. Building on earlier research about the role of language teaching abroad for public diplomacy, the study sees the lecturer as a part of both the the academic and political fields in Germany and Sweden. LÄS MER
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