WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY - LAKE CAMPUS
7600 State Route 703 • Celina OH • 45882-2952
Tel. 419 586-0390 • Fax 419 586-0368
dane.daniel@wright.edu • danethor@yahoo.com
Recent Employment:
2003-2005: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dibner Institute for the History of Science
and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2005: Neville Fellow, Chemical Heritage Foundation
2004-2005: Senior Adjunct Lecturer, Integrated Studies, Suffolk University - Boston
7600 State Route 703 • Celina OH • 45882-2952
Tel. 419 586-0390 • Fax 419 586-0368
dane.daniel@wright.edu • danethor@yahoo.com
Recent Employment:
2003-2005: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dibner Institute for the History of Science
and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2005: Neville Fellow, Chemical Heritage Foundation
2004-2005: Senior Adjunct Lecturer, Integrated Studies, Suffolk University - Boston
"Alterius non sit qui
suus esse potest."-
Theophrastus Bombast
von Hohenheim, called
Paracelsus
(1493/4-1541).
suus esse potest."-
Theophrastus Bombast
von Hohenheim, called
Paracelsus
(1493/4-1541).
RESEARCH PROJECTS
1. Book Project on Paracelsus' Christian Alchemy, Biblical-Magical Cosmology,
and the Dawn of the Scientific Revolution
2. Translation of Paracelsus' Astronomia Magna (with Prof. Heinz Schott,
Director, Institute for the History of Medicine, University of Bonn)
3. Commentary/edition of Paracelsus’Liber de Imaginibus. (Translation
completed.)
4. Article regarding Paracelsus and the Historiography of Science.
5. Article on problems concerning Paracelsus' religion and his early reception
1. Book Project on Paracelsus' Christian Alchemy, Biblical-Magical Cosmology,
and the Dawn of the Scientific Revolution
2. Translation of Paracelsus' Astronomia Magna (with Prof. Heinz Schott,
Director, Institute for the History of Medicine, University of Bonn)
3. Commentary/edition of Paracelsus’Liber de Imaginibus. (Translation
completed.)
4. Article regarding Paracelsus and the Historiography of Science.
5. Article on problems concerning Paracelsus' religion and his early reception
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Recent News:
2006: Presented "Alchemical Aspects of Paracelsus' Theology" at the History of Science
Society Conference in Vancouver (November).
2006: Published "Invisible Wombs: Rethinking Paracelsus's Concept of Body and Matter" in
AMBIX (July).
2006: Presented "Coping with Heresy: Suchten, Toxites, and the Early Reception of
Paracelsus’ Theology" at the History of Alchemy and Chymistry Conference in
Philadelphia (July).
2005: Awarded the 2005 Partington Prize by the Society for the History of Alchemy and
Chemistry for the paper "Rethinking Paracelsus' Concept of Body and Matter."
A Little About What I Do:
* History of Science and Medicine (Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern)
* Science and Religion
* Early Modern Europe (esp. German-Speaking Areas)
* History of Chemistry, Alchemy, and Science vs. Pseudo-Science
My principal research regards Paracelsus and early modern natural philosophy in German-speaking regions.
However, I am interested in a broad range of historical and philosophical themes. I have taught subjects ranging from
ancient science to modern United States history. My other projects and interests include the Scientific Revolution,
evolutionary theories on the origin of music, and the battles between establishment and fringe scientists. I have also
begun exploring the reception of German science and medicine in other parts of Central Europe and in Eastern
Europe--this has included research on alchemical manuscripts in Krakow and Kiev. In addition to numerous
studies on Paracelsus, my papers have addressed such people and topics as Augustine, Descartes, Darwin, Dante,
Teilhard de Chardin, the history of ecology, societal woes during the Progressive Era, the influence of 'voluntarism' on
the Scientific Revolution, Pierre Gassendi, Walter Charleton, Origen, Thomas Aquinas, John Buridan's cosmology,
Church reactions to pioneering cosmologies of both the High Middle Ages and Scientific Revolution, Newton's theories
on the ether, Aristotelian cosmology during the late medieval period, nominalism, Neoplatonism, astrology,
establishment reactions to Gauquelin's theory of the "Mars effect," Karl Popper, Presocratic cosmologies, Erasmus'
anthropology and sacramental theology, Ramon Lull, Pseudo-Ramon Lull's alchemy, the reception of Immanuel
Velikovsky's theories, and Johannes Kepler's music of the spheres.
In an earlier incarnation I studied and worked as a jazz pianist. I still perform: Bach to
Chopin and 'cool jazz' to rock and roll describe my current performing interests.
2006: Presented "Alchemical Aspects of Paracelsus' Theology" at the History of Science
Society Conference in Vancouver (November).
2006: Published "Invisible Wombs: Rethinking Paracelsus's Concept of Body and Matter" in
AMBIX (July).
2006: Presented "Coping with Heresy: Suchten, Toxites, and the Early Reception of
Paracelsus’ Theology" at the History of Alchemy and Chymistry Conference in
Philadelphia (July).
2005: Awarded the 2005 Partington Prize by the Society for the History of Alchemy and
Chemistry for the paper "Rethinking Paracelsus' Concept of Body and Matter."
A Little About What I Do:
* History of Science and Medicine (Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern)
* Science and Religion
* Early Modern Europe (esp. German-Speaking Areas)
* History of Chemistry, Alchemy, and Science vs. Pseudo-Science
My principal research regards Paracelsus and early modern natural philosophy in German-speaking regions.
However, I am interested in a broad range of historical and philosophical themes. I have taught subjects ranging from
ancient science to modern United States history. My other projects and interests include the Scientific Revolution,
evolutionary theories on the origin of music, and the battles between establishment and fringe scientists. I have also
begun exploring the reception of German science and medicine in other parts of Central Europe and in Eastern
Europe--this has included research on alchemical manuscripts in Krakow and Kiev. In addition to numerous
studies on Paracelsus, my papers have addressed such people and topics as Augustine, Descartes, Darwin, Dante,
Teilhard de Chardin, the history of ecology, societal woes during the Progressive Era, the influence of 'voluntarism' on
the Scientific Revolution, Pierre Gassendi, Walter Charleton, Origen, Thomas Aquinas, John Buridan's cosmology,
Church reactions to pioneering cosmologies of both the High Middle Ages and Scientific Revolution, Newton's theories
on the ether, Aristotelian cosmology during the late medieval period, nominalism, Neoplatonism, astrology,
establishment reactions to Gauquelin's theory of the "Mars effect," Karl Popper, Presocratic cosmologies, Erasmus'
anthropology and sacramental theology, Ramon Lull, Pseudo-Ramon Lull's alchemy, the reception of Immanuel
Velikovsky's theories, and Johannes Kepler's music of the spheres.
In an earlier incarnation I studied and worked as a jazz pianist. I still perform: Bach to
Chopin and 'cool jazz' to rock and roll describe my current performing interests.
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF HISTORY