Christoph M Hoffmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 3595459 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christoph M Hoffmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christoph M |
| FAMILY NAME | Hoffmann |
| SIGNATURE | HOFFMANN C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lucerne |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7317-8489 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Training scenes
Academic training, especially at the undergraduate level, is a marginal topic in science studies today. Scientific practices have commonly been approached through studies of research contexts—most visibly, the lab—and only sporadically through studies of the classroom or other teaching contexts. In this article, we draw attention to the pivotal role that academic training plays in the formation and reproduction of thought collectives. Such traini…
Forschung und Freizeit
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 Frisc…
Spontane Geschichten, spontane Philosophien. Wissenschaftskonzepte im akademischen Unterricht
Spontaneous Histories, Spontaneous Philosophies: Concepts of Science in Academic Training . Science studies and history of science usually focus on exploring scientific research activities. Academic training does not garner much attention by contrast. However, what scientists think and do in the course of research activities is not completely independent of what they once have learned. I suggest that in academic training, beneath everything else,…
Bildmaterial
Paris vs. Prague
Argument In spring 1888, an anonymous critic raised severe doubts about Ernst Mach's and Peter Salcher's studies, published one year before, on the processes in the air caused by very rapid projectiles. Paraphrasing the experiments for the French popular science magazine La Nature , the critic insinuated that the photographs upon which Mach and Salcher's argument were ostensibly based must have been of such low quality that they did not allow any…
Einwegbilder
Bildkritik befasst sich üblicherweise mit Bildern, die aufbewahrt und gehütet, archiviert und dokumentiert werden. Was aber ist mit Bildern, denen kein dauerhafter Wert zugebilligt wird? Einwegbilder generieren ihren Wert in der kurzen Dauer, in der sie ihre Funktion erfüllen. Ihnen scheinen eindeutige und ausschließliche Rezeptions- und Gebrauchsweisen eingeschrieben zu sein. Eintrittskarten werden entwertet, Briefmarken abgestempelt, Plakate üb…
Introduction
Argument Drawing and writing number among the most widespread scientific practices of representation. Neither photography, graphic recording apparatuses, typewriters, nor digital word- and image-processing ever completely replaced drawing and writing by hand. The interaction of hand, paper, and pen indeed involves much more than simply recording or visualizing what was previously thought, observed, or imagined. Both writing and drawing have the p…
The Ruin of a Book
Jean-Andr de Luc's book has a long history. More than twenty years pass between the first barometrical observations of the Genevian natural philosopher Jean-Andr de Luc and the publication of his "Recherches sur les modifications de l'atmosph re" (1772) and for almost ten years the book remains "sous presse." The result forced the author, however, to comment on the misshapen "proportion" and poor "interwovenness" of his treatise. That de Luc coul…
Introduction
Argument Drawing and writing number among the most widespread scientific practices of representation. Neither photography, graphic recording apparatuses, typewriters, nor digital word- and image-processing ever completely replaced drawing and writing by hand. The interaction of hand, paper, and pen indeed involves much more than simply recording or visualizing what was previously thought, observed, or imagined. Both writing and drawing have the p…
The Ruin of a Book
Jean-Andr de Luc's book has a long history. More than twenty years pass between the first barometrical observations of the Genevian natural philosopher Jean-Andr de Luc and the publication of his "Recherches sur les modifications de l'atmosph re" (1772) and for almost ten years the book remains "sous presse." The result forced the author, however, to comment on the misshapen "proportion" and poor "interwovenness" of his treatise. That de Luc coul…
The Ruin of a Book
Jean-Andr de Luc's book has a long history. More than twenty years pass between the first barometrical observations of the Genevian natural philosopher Jean-Andr de Luc and the publication of his "Recherches sur les modifications de l'atmosph re" (1772) and for almost ten years the book remains "sous presse." The result forced the author, however, to comment on the misshapen "proportion" and poor "interwovenness" of his treatise. That de Luc coul…
Introduction
Argument Drawing and writing number among the most widespread scientific practices of representation. Neither photography, graphic recording apparatuses, typewriters, nor digital word- and image-processing ever completely replaced drawing and writing by hand. The interaction of hand, paper, and pen indeed involves much more than simply recording or visualizing what was previously thought, observed, or imagined. Both writing and drawing have the p…
Bildmaterial
Paris vs. Prague
Argument In spring 1888, an anonymous critic raised severe doubts about Ernst Mach's and Peter Salcher's studies, published one year before, on the processes in the air caused by very rapid projectiles. Paraphrasing the experiments for the French popular science magazine La Nature , the critic insinuated that the photographs upon which Mach and Salcher's argument were ostensibly based must have been of such low quality that they did not allow any…
Einwegbilder
Bildkritik befasst sich üblicherweise mit Bildern, die aufbewahrt und gehütet, archiviert und dokumentiert werden. Was aber ist mit Bildern, denen kein dauerhafter Wert zugebilligt wird? Einwegbilder generieren ihren Wert in der kurzen Dauer, in der sie ihre Funktion erfüllen. Ihnen scheinen eindeutige und ausschließliche Rezeptions- und Gebrauchsweisen eingeschrieben zu sein. Eintrittskarten werden entwertet, Briefmarken abgestempelt, Plakate üb…
Spontane Geschichten, spontane Philosophien. Wissenschaftskonzepte im akademischen Unterricht
Spontaneous Histories, Spontaneous Philosophies: Concepts of Science in Academic Training . Science studies and history of science usually focus on exploring scientific research activities. Academic training does not garner much attention by contrast. However, what scientists think and do in the course of research activities is not completely independent of what they once have learned. I suggest that in academic training, beneath everything else,…
Forschung und Freizeit
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 Frisc…
Training scenes
Academic training, especially at the undergraduate level, is a marginal topic in science studies today. Scientific practices have commonly been approached through studies of research contexts—most visibly, the lab—and only sporadically through studies of the classroom or other teaching contexts. In this article, we draw attention to the pivotal role that academic training plays in the formation and reproduction of thought collectives. Such traini…
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