History Dissertations

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Dissertation Title Author Institution Year
The Rise of the Algebra of Logic Brody, Baruch Princeton University 1967
Augustin Fresnel (1788-1827) and the Establishment of the Wave Theory of Light Silliman, Robert H. Princeton University 1968
On Farmalist Philosophies of Math Grandy, Richard E. Princeton University 1968
Charles Augustin Coulomb: Physics and Engineering in 18th-Century France Gillmor, C. Stewart Princeton University 1968
The Mechanical Philosophy and the Animal Oeconomy: A Study in the Development of English Physiology in the 17th and Early 18th Century Brown, Theodore M. Princeton University 1968
The Structure and Interrelationship of Physical Theories Nickles, Thomas J. Princeton University 1969
The Origins of Vibration Theory: The Scientific Revolution and the Nature of Music Dostrovsky, Sigalia Princeton University 1969
The Pragmatic Justification of Induction: A Critical Examination Creary, Lewis Princeton University 1969
Notes on the Theory of Rationality Hattiangadi, Jagdish Princeton University 1970
Some Aspects of Temporal Asymmetry Earman, John Princeton University 1972
Mathematics and Certainty Kitcher, Philip Princeton University 1974
Numbers, Truth, and Knowledge Kessler, Glenn Princeton University 1976
The Flow Analogy to Electricity and Magnetism: Kelvin and Maxwell Wise, M. Norton Princeton University 1977
On the Nature of X and Gamma Rays. Attitudes toward Localization of Energy in the 'New Radiations' Wheaton, Bruce Princeton University 1978
Science and the 'Women Question,' 1860-1920: A Study of English Scientific Periodicals Fee, Christine Elizabeth Princeton University 1978
Representation Relative Abstract Object Idealism: A Theory of Metaphysics with Applications to Mathematics, Fiction and Universals Fair, David Princeton University 1978
Set Theoretic Realism Maddy, Penelope J. Princeton University 1979
Straight-Thinking: Vannevar Bush and the Culture of American Engineering Owens, Lawrence Princeton University 1987
The Transformation of Academic Medicine in Germany, 1780-1820 Broman, Thomas H. Princeton University 1987
The Quantification of Things Human: Medicine and Political Arithmetic in Enlightenment England and France Rusnock, Andrea A. Princeton University 1990
Scientific Instrument Makers at the Royal Society of London, 1720-1780 Sorrenson, Richard Princeton University 1993
The Petrification of Heresy: Concepts of Heterodoxy in the Early Middle Ages Eby, John C. University of Washington, Seattle 1998
Grappling on the Grain Belt: Wrestling in Manitoba to 1931 Hatton, C. Nathan University of Waterloo 2011
Constructing Clementine: Murder, Terror, and the (Un)making of Community in the Rural South, 1900-30 Henley, Lauren Nicole University of Texas, Austin 2020
Tibet Incorporated: Institutional Power and Economic Practice on the Sino-Tibetan Borderland, 1930-50 Reynolds, Elizabeth Joy Columbia University 2020