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How to make a Greek god smile

Lorraine Daston

  • Wonder, the Rainbow and the Aesthetics of Rare Experiences by Philip Fisher

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Lorraine Daston, a director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, has written on the history of probability, wonders and scientific objectivity.

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