Jim Secord
Biographic Data
| ID | 1117355 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jim Secord |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jim |
| FAMILY NAME | Secord |
| SIGNATURE | SECORD J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0418-6634 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Julius Africanus, Origen, and the Politics of Intellectual Life under the Severans
The prominence gained by two Christian scholars, Julius Africanus and Origen, under the Severan dynasty and the connections to the imperial household that they enjoyed cannot be explained simply as a consequence of newfound imperial interest in Christianity, contrary to the prevailing scholarly consensus. The successes of Africanus and Origen were instead a result of their ability to gain mainstream legitimacy among the empire’s intellectual elit…
To The Editor
Introduction: Communicating Reproduction
Communication should be central to histories of reproduction, because it has structured how people do and do not reproduce. Yet communication has been so pervasive, and so various, that it is often taken for granted and the historical specificities overlooked. Making communication a frame for histories of reproduction can draw a fragmented field together, including by putting the promotion of esoteric ideas on a par with other practical activitie…
Seriality and Scientific Objects in the Nineteenth Century
Perhaps the ‘book’, as it has been called, of nature is regularly paged; if so, no doubt the introductory parts will explain those that follow, and the methods taught in the first chapters will be taken for granted and used as illustrations in the more advanced parts of the course; but if it is not a ‘book’ at all, but a magazine, nothing is more foolish to suppose [than] that one part can throw light on another. James Clerk Maxwell, 1856
Astore, Observing God
Making It Whole: A Victorian Circle and the Shape of Their World. Diana Postlethwaite
Seriality and Scientific Objects in the Nineteenth Century
Perhaps the ‘book’, as it has been called, of nature is regularly paged; if so, no doubt the introductory parts will explain those that follow, and the methods taught in the first chapters will be taken for granted and used as illustrations in the more advanced parts of the course; but if it is not a ‘book’ at all, but a magazine, nothing is more foolish to suppose [than] that one part can throw light on another. James Clerk Maxwell, 1856
Julius Africanus, Origen, and the Politics of Intellectual Life under the Severans
The prominence gained by two Christian scholars, Julius Africanus and Origen, under the Severan dynasty and the connections to the imperial household that they enjoyed cannot be explained simply as a consequence of newfound imperial interest in Christianity, contrary to the prevailing scholarly consensus. The successes of Africanus and Origen were instead a result of their ability to gain mainstream legitimacy among the empire’s intellectual elit…
Making It Whole: A Victorian Circle and the Shape of Their World. Diana Postlethwaite
Astore, Observing God
Seriality and Scientific Objects in the Nineteenth Century
Perhaps the ‘book’, as it has been called, of nature is regularly paged; if so, no doubt the introductory parts will explain those that follow, and the methods taught in the first chapters will be taken for granted and used as illustrations in the more advanced parts of the course; but if it is not a ‘book’ at all, but a magazine, nothing is more foolish to suppose [than] that one part can throw light on another. James Clerk Maxwell, 1856
Introduction: Communicating Reproduction
Communication should be central to histories of reproduction, because it has structured how people do and do not reproduce. Yet communication has been so pervasive, and so various, that it is often taken for granted and the historical specificities overlooked. Making communication a frame for histories of reproduction can draw a fragmented field together, including by putting the promotion of esoteric ideas on a par with other practical activitie…
To The Editor
Julius Africanus, Origen, and the Politics of Intellectual Life under the Severans
The prominence gained by two Christian scholars, Julius Africanus and Origen, under the Severan dynasty and the connections to the imperial household that they enjoyed cannot be explained simply as a consequence of newfound imperial interest in Christianity, contrary to the prevailing scholarly consensus. The successes of Africanus and Origen were instead a result of their ability to gain mainstream legitimacy among the empire’s intellectual elit…
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