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  1. Up‐and‐down journeys: The making of L atin A merica's uniqueness for the study of cosmic rays.Adriana Minor - 2020 - Centaurus 62 (4):697-719.
    In 1942, American Nobel Prize-winning physicist Arthur Compton pointed out that, “Because in this field of cosmic ray studies certain unique advantages are given by their geographical position, this field of physics has been especially emphasized in South America.” This paper seeks to interrogate the making of Latin America's uniqueness with respect to cosmic-ray research through an analysis that considers Compton's geographical argument, but also goes beyond it, referring to the interactions of nature, knowledge, practices, scientific communities, and diplomacy. To (...)
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  • National spaces and deepest places: Politics and practices of verticality in speleology.Johannes Mattes - 2020 - Centaurus 62 (4):670-696.
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  • Timeless spaces: Field experiments in the physiological study of circadian rhythms, 1938–1963.Kristin D. Hussey - 2023 - History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 45 (2):1-25.
    In the middle of the twentieth century, physiologists interested in human biological rhythms undertook a series of field experiments in natural spaces that they believed could closely approximate conditions of biological timelessness. With the field of rhythms research was still largely on the fringes of the life sciences, natural spaces seemed to offer unique research opportunities beyond what was available to physiologists in laboratory spaces. In particular, subterranean caves and the High Arctic became archetypal ‘natural laboratories’ for the study of (...)
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  • Forschung und Freizeit: Karl von Frischs Aufenthalt in Neapel 1911.Christoph Hoffmann - 2022 - Berichte Zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte 45 (4):651-673.
    In March 1911, Karl von Frisch visited the Zoological Station in Naples for the first time. During his stay, Frisch, who had just received his doctorate, was studying the color adaptation of marine fish. At the same time, as diary notes show, he also completed an extensive tourist program. Frisch was not alone in this; many scientists combined their time in Naples with excursions and other pleasures. Usually these activities are labelled—in Frisch's words—as „diversion“ and „relaxation“ from the activities in (...)
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  • Introduction—Up, down, round and round: Verticalities in the history of science.Wilko Graf von Hardenberg & Martin Mahony - 2020 - Centaurus 62 (4):595-611.
    History of science's spatial turn has focused on the horizontal dimension, leaving the role of the vertical mostly unexplored as both a condition and object of scientific knowledge production. This special issue seeks to contribute to a burgeoning discussion on the role of verticality in modern sciences, building upon a wider interdisciplinary debate about the importance of the vertical and the volumetric in the making of modern lifeworlds. In this essay and in the contributions that follow, verticality appears as a (...)
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  • Elevation and emotion: Sven Hedin's mountain expedition to Transhimalaya, 1906–1908.Staffan Bergwik - 2020 - Centaurus 62 (4):647-669.
    The role of verticality in 19th- and 20th-century fields of knowledge-making has received increased attention among historians of science. Correspondingly, cultural historians have explored the growing importance of a bird's eye view in popular culture throughout the 1800s. The elevated positions created in science and public discourse have both contributed to a modern ability to see the bigger picture. This article investigates how the Swedish geographer Sven Hedin produced an elevated view through his expedition to the Karakoram mountain range in (...)
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