Jane Maienschein
Biographic Data
| ID | 105390 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jane Maienschein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jane |
| FAMILY NAME | Maienschein |
| SIGNATURE | MAIENSCHEIN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stornoway Historical Society |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2902-8547 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A computational case study of Günter Blobel’s idea of protein topogenesis and its influence
In this case study we present a novel way to assess scientific influence using computational linguistic tools. Here, we use such tools to identify semantic influence, or nuanced language patterns, with which to determine precedence of an idea and directionality of its spread. We aim to quantitatively test cell biologist and historian Karl Matlin’s claim that Günter Blobel’s ideas on protein topogenesis were more influential and had a larger impac…
Catherine Waldby. The Oocyte Economy
Catherine Waldby. The Oocyte Economy: The Changing Meaning of Human Eggs Catherine Waldby. The Oocyte Economy: The Changing Meaning of Human Eggs. Durham: Duke University Press, 2019. 248 pp. Jane Maienschein Jane Maienschein Arizona State University. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Med…
Data Management and Data Sharing in Science and Technology Studies
This paper presents reports on discussions among an international group of science and technology studies (STS) scholars who convened at the US National Science Foundation (January 2015) to think about data sharing and open STS. The first report, which reflects discussions among members of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), relates the potential benefits of data sharing and open science for STS. The second report, which reflects disc…
Computational History of Knowledge
Author Posting. © University of Chicago Press, 2019. This article is posted here by permission of University of Chicago Press for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Laubichler, M. D., Maienschein, J., & Renn, J. Computational history of knowledge: Challenges and opportunities. Isis, 110(3), (2019): 502-512, doi: 10.1086/705544
The Ark and Beyond
This chapter re-examines debates over the use of cloning to preserve endangered animals in zoos, which is supplemented by an analysis of the debates regarding de-extinction. Where previous research has used nature and culture as a lens for parsing the debates over cloning, reproduction is here used as an alternative analytic lens. Different ideas about reproduction are argued to be central to debates over whether or not techniques like cloning sh…
Embryos, microscopes, and society
Embryos have different meanings for different people and in different contexts. Seen under the microscope, the biological embryo starts out as one cell and then becomes a bunch of cells. Gradually these divide and differentiate to make up the embryo, which in humans becomes a fetus at eight weeks, and then eventually a baby. At least, that happens in those cases that carry through normally and successfully. Yet a popular public perception imagine…
Time, Impact, and the Need for Digital History and Philosophy of Science
Author Posting. © History of Science Society, 2016. This article is posted here by permission of History of Science Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Isis 107 (2016): 344-345, doi:10.1086/687213
A surgeon’s view of transplantation
Computational Perspectives in the History of Science
Computational methods and perspectives can transform the history of science by enabling the pursuit of novel types of questions, dramatically expanding the scale of analysis (geographically and temporally), and offering novel forms of publication that greatly enhance access and transparency. This essay presents a brief summary of a computational research system for the history of science, discussing its implications for research, education, and p…
Joe Sornberger, Dreams and Due Diligence
Joe Sornberger wants people to know about the important contribution by Canadians Jim Till and ‘Bun’ McCulloch to stem cell science and medicine. He asserts that they deserve far more credit than they have received, and draws on interviews with a number of their students and colleagues to make that point. The book is a mix of introduction to the work and polemical advocacy for its importance, and much less a scholarly social history. The emphasis…
Aristotle on the Biological Roots of Virtue
Traditionally, attempts to relate Aristotle's well-known passion for biology to his ethical thought have focused on two points of intersection. In Nicomachean Ethics I 7, Aristotle relies heavily on the idea that human excellence (or virtue) must be the excellence of a specifically human functional capacity, and his approach to defining that capacity is reminiscent of De Anima II 2-3: Functions shared with plants and animals are ruled out in favo…
Nietzsche and Darwin
There is no doubt that Nietzsche, the most famous philosopher of the second half of the nineteenth century, was concerned with Darwin. This essay aims to provide a systematic evaluation of Nietzsche's work in those areas in which he felt the necessity to position himself with regard to Darwin, or "Darwinism," as he knew it.
Tatjana Buklijas and Nick Hopwood, Making Visible Embryos. An online exhibition developed by the University of Cambridge with support from the Wellcome Trust, 2008. Available at http
Tatjana Buklijas and Nick Hopwood, Making Visible Embryos. An online exhibition developed by the University of Cambridge with support from the Wellcome Trust, 2008. Available at http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/visibleembryos/ - Volume 42 Issue 2
Eloge
Rethinking Sarton's Institute for History of Science and Civilization-Virtually
George Sarton's original vision in establishing Isis and Osiris carried beyond these two publications. His particular view of history of science is worth revisiting to reflect on the values he embraced and the context in which he worked. His idea of an Institute for the History of Science and Civilization is even more provocative. Although Sarton's ideas and, especially, his way of framing them would probably be rejected by most today, there is a…
What Difference Does History of Science Make, Anyway
This essay opens up the question of what difference the history of science makes. What is the value of the history of science, beyond its role as an academic pursuit that we historians of science know and love? It introduces the set of essays that follow as explorations that grew out of a seminar on this topic and that arise from the authors' particular concerns both that historians of science do not work hard enough to make their work of value a…
How Can History of Science Matter to Scientists
History of science has developed into a methodologically diverse discipline, adding greatly to our understanding of the interplay between science, society, and culture. Along the way, one original impetus for the then newly emerging discipline--what George Sarton called the perspective "from the point of view of the scientist"--dropped out of fashion. This essay shows, by means of several examples, that reclaiming this interaction between science…
Innocent reflections on science and technology policy
Biology and the Foundation of Ethics
There has been much attention devoted in recent years to the question of whether our moral principles can be related to our biological nature. This collection of essays focuses on the connection between biology, in particular evolutionary biology, and foundational questions in ethics. The book asks such questions as whether humans are innately selfish, and whether there are particular facets of human nature that bear directly on social practices.…
Unto Others
Darwinism and Social Darwinism in Imperial Germany
Houses for Science
Looking Inward
Transforming Traditions in American Biology, 1880-1915
Journal Article Transforming Traditions in American Biology, 1880–1915. By Jane Maienschein. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. xii + 366 pp. $48.00, ISBN 0-8018-4126-7.) Get access Transforming Traditions in American Biology, 1880–1915. By Maienschein Jane. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. xii + 366 pp. $48.00, ISBN 0-8018-4126-7.) Neal C. Gillespie Neal C. Gillespie Emeritus Georgia State University Search for ot…
Epistemic Styles in German and American Embryology
The Argument This paper argues that different epistemic styles exist in science, and that these make up an important unit of analysis for studying science. On occasion these different sets of commitments to ways of doing and knowing about the world may fall along national boundaries. The case presented here examines German and American embryology around 1900 and shows that differences in goals and approaches make up different epistemic styles. In…
What Determines Sex? A Study of Converging Approaches, 1880-1916
Computational Perspectives in the History of Science
Computational methods and perspectives can transform the history of science by enabling the pursuit of novel types of questions, dramatically expanding the scale of analysis (geographically and temporally), and offering novel forms of publication that greatly enhance access and transparency. This essay presents a brief summary of a computational research system for the history of science, discussing its implications for research, education, and p…
Computational History of Knowledge
Author Posting. © University of Chicago Press, 2019. This article is posted here by permission of University of Chicago Press for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Laubichler, M. D., Maienschein, J., & Renn, J. Computational history of knowledge: Challenges and opportunities. Isis, 110(3), (2019): 502-512, doi: 10.1086/705544
How Can History of Science Matter to Scientists
History of science has developed into a methodologically diverse discipline, adding greatly to our understanding of the interplay between science, society, and culture. Along the way, one original impetus for the then newly emerging discipline--what George Sarton called the perspective "from the point of view of the scientist"--dropped out of fashion. This essay shows, by means of several examples, that reclaiming this interaction between science…
Data Management and Data Sharing in Science and Technology Studies
This paper presents reports on discussions among an international group of science and technology studies (STS) scholars who convened at the US National Science Foundation (January 2015) to think about data sharing and open STS. The first report, which reflects discussions among members of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), relates the potential benefits of data sharing and open science for STS. The second report, which reflects disc…
The Ark and Beyond
This chapter re-examines debates over the use of cloning to preserve endangered animals in zoos, which is supplemented by an analysis of the debates regarding de-extinction. Where previous research has used nature and culture as a lens for parsing the debates over cloning, reproduction is here used as an alternative analytic lens. Different ideas about reproduction are argued to be central to debates over whether or not techniques like cloning sh…
What Difference Does History of Science Make, Anyway
This essay opens up the question of what difference the history of science makes. What is the value of the history of science, beyond its role as an academic pursuit that we historians of science know and love? It introduces the set of essays that follow as explorations that grew out of a seminar on this topic and that arise from the authors' particular concerns both that historians of science do not work hard enough to make their work of value a…
Transforming Traditions in American Biology, 1880-1915
Journal Article Transforming Traditions in American Biology, 1880–1915. By Jane Maienschein. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. xii + 366 pp. $48.00, ISBN 0-8018-4126-7.) Get access Transforming Traditions in American Biology, 1880–1915. By Maienschein Jane. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. xii + 366 pp. $48.00, ISBN 0-8018-4126-7.) Neal C. Gillespie Neal C. Gillespie Emeritus Georgia State University Search for ot…
History of Biology
A History of Microtechnique. Brian Bracegirdle
A History of the Study of Human Growth . J. M. Tanner
What Determines Sex? A Study of Converging Approaches, 1880-1916
History of Biology
The American Development of Biology
Journal Article The American Development of Biology. Ed. by Ronald Rainger, Keith R. Benson, and Jane Maienschein. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988. xii + 380 pp. $37.95.) Get access Donna J. Haraway Donna J. Haraway University of California, Santa Cruz Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 3, December 1989, Pages 947–948, https://doi.org/10.2307…
Toward a New Philosophy of Biology
Information Sources in the Life Sciences . H. V. Wyatt
Epistemic Styles in German and American Embryology
The Argument This paper argues that different epistemic styles exist in science, and that these make up an important unit of analysis for studying science. On occasion these different sets of commitments to ways of doing and knowing about the world may fall along national boundaries. The case presented here examines German and American embryology around 1900 and shows that differences in goals and approaches make up different epistemic styles. In…
Biological Oceanography
Looking Inward
Transforming Traditions in American Biology, 1880-1915
Journal Article Transforming Traditions in American Biology, 1880–1915. By Jane Maienschein. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. xii + 366 pp. $48.00, ISBN 0-8018-4126-7.) Get access Transforming Traditions in American Biology, 1880–1915. By Maienschein Jane. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. xii + 366 pp. $48.00, ISBN 0-8018-4126-7.) Neal C. Gillespie Neal C. Gillespie Emeritus Georgia State University Search for ot…
Houses for Science
Darwinism and Social Darwinism in Imperial Germany
Biology and the Foundation of Ethics
There has been much attention devoted in recent years to the question of whether our moral principles can be related to our biological nature. This collection of essays focuses on the connection between biology, in particular evolutionary biology, and foundational questions in ethics. The book asks such questions as whether humans are innately selfish, and whether there are particular facets of human nature that bear directly on social practices.…
Unto Others
Innocent reflections on science and technology policy
What Difference Does History of Science Make, Anyway
This essay opens up the question of what difference the history of science makes. What is the value of the history of science, beyond its role as an academic pursuit that we historians of science know and love? It introduces the set of essays that follow as explorations that grew out of a seminar on this topic and that arise from the authors' particular concerns both that historians of science do not work hard enough to make their work of value a…
How Can History of Science Matter to Scientists
History of science has developed into a methodologically diverse discipline, adding greatly to our understanding of the interplay between science, society, and culture. Along the way, one original impetus for the then newly emerging discipline--what George Sarton called the perspective "from the point of view of the scientist"--dropped out of fashion. This essay shows, by means of several examples, that reclaiming this interaction between science…
Tatjana Buklijas and Nick Hopwood, Making Visible Embryos. An online exhibition developed by the University of Cambridge with support from the Wellcome Trust, 2008. Available at http
Tatjana Buklijas and Nick Hopwood, Making Visible Embryos. An online exhibition developed by the University of Cambridge with support from the Wellcome Trust, 2008. Available at http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/visibleembryos/ - Volume 42 Issue 2
Eloge
Rethinking Sarton's Institute for History of Science and Civilization-Virtually
George Sarton's original vision in establishing Isis and Osiris carried beyond these two publications. His particular view of history of science is worth revisiting to reflect on the values he embraced and the context in which he worked. His idea of an Institute for the History of Science and Civilization is even more provocative. Although Sarton's ideas and, especially, his way of framing them would probably be rejected by most today, there is a…
Aristotle on the Biological Roots of Virtue
Traditionally, attempts to relate Aristotle's well-known passion for biology to his ethical thought have focused on two points of intersection. In Nicomachean Ethics I 7, Aristotle relies heavily on the idea that human excellence (or virtue) must be the excellence of a specifically human functional capacity, and his approach to defining that capacity is reminiscent of De Anima II 2-3: Functions shared with plants and animals are ruled out in favo…
Nietzsche and Darwin
There is no doubt that Nietzsche, the most famous philosopher of the second half of the nineteenth century, was concerned with Darwin. This essay aims to provide a systematic evaluation of Nietzsche's work in those areas in which he felt the necessity to position himself with regard to Darwin, or "Darwinism," as he knew it.
Joe Sornberger, Dreams and Due Diligence
Joe Sornberger wants people to know about the important contribution by Canadians Jim Till and ‘Bun’ McCulloch to stem cell science and medicine. He asserts that they deserve far more credit than they have received, and draws on interviews with a number of their students and colleagues to make that point. The book is a mix of introduction to the work and polemical advocacy for its importance, and much less a scholarly social history. The emphasis…
Computational Perspectives in the History of Science
Computational methods and perspectives can transform the history of science by enabling the pursuit of novel types of questions, dramatically expanding the scale of analysis (geographically and temporally), and offering novel forms of publication that greatly enhance access and transparency. This essay presents a brief summary of a computational research system for the history of science, discussing its implications for research, education, and p…
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