Standard Research Grant: The Botanical Manuscripts of Charles Darwin

标准研究补助金：查尔斯·达尔文的植物手稿

• 批准号: 1353977
• 负责人: David Kohn
• 金额: $ 42.55万
• 依托单位: American Museum Natural History
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-04-01 至 2018-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1353977&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Standard; Research; Grant; Botanical; Manuscripts

Project OverviewThis project is to develop research infrastructure. It will create digital access to Darwin's Botanical Manuscripts, a prodigious collection of never published research documents. They comprise the largest surviving body of Darwin's experimental designs and data. Each manuscript will be transcribed and annotated; in addition, it will be presented side by side with its corresponding high-resolution, full-color digital image. The material will form an integral part of the Darwin Manuscripts Project's website (http://darwin.amnh.org).Intellectual MeritDarwin's Botanical Manuscripts represents an enormous reservoir of research narratives that are amenable to study by scholars in history, philosophy, and social studies of science. The collection opens up thousands of primary documents for close examination of Darwin's observational and experimental practices. Models of scientific method, discovery, and explanation can be tested and expanded against Darwin's large bodies of empirical research. The collection offers opportunities to study the ways that theory and experiment interacted over the course of Darwin's many botanical projects. It offers, as well, new perspectives on Darwin's own representations of his scientific practice. The study of social interactions with colleagues who contributed to the execution of Darwin's research can also be put on a more concrete basis than has been possible to date.Broader ImpactsDarwin's Botanical Manuscripts is a treasure trove of experiments that can be readily repeated and have the potential to be used in the improvement of STEM education. Access to digital images of Darwin's handwritten experimental designs and data can enhance the educational value of such exercises. Many experiments were extremely simple and used common plants. Some also used homemade apparatus (like a bell jar) and relied on equally simple manipulations, such as weighing and counting. Darwin set up most of his experiments in order to test/confirm a strong hypothesis. Therefore, the rationale and underlying concepts can be plainly explained. In addition, the PI is working as part of a team on a proposal to create a robust education program based on Darwin's experiments.

项目概述该项目旨在开发研究基础设施。它将创建对达尔文植物手稿的数字访问，这是一个从未发表过的研究文件的巨大集合。它们构成了现存最大的达尔文实验设计和数据。每份手稿都会被转录和注释；此外，它将与相应的高分辨率、全彩数字图像并排呈现。该材料将成为达尔文手稿项目网站 (http://darwin.amnh.org) 的一个组成部分。 智力优点达尔文的植物手稿代表了一个巨大的研究叙述宝库，可供历史、哲学和社会学者研究科学研究。该馆藏开放了数千份原始文献，供仔细检查达尔文的观察和实验实践。科学方法、发现和解释的模型可以根据达尔文大量的实证研究进行测试和扩展。该藏品提供了研究达尔文许多植物学项目过程中理论与实验相互作用的方式的机会。它还为达尔文本人对其科学实践的表述提供了新的视角。对与达尔文研究的执行做出贡献的同事的社会互动的研究也可以建立在比迄今为止更具体的基础上。 更广泛的影响达尔文的植物手稿是一个实验宝库，可以很容易地重复并具有潜力用于改善 STEM 教育。访问达尔文手写实验设计和数据的数字图像可以增强此类练习的教育价值。许多实验都极其简单，使用的是常见植物。有些还使用自制设备（如钟罩）并依靠同样简单的操作，例如称重和计数。达尔文的大部分实验都是为了检验/证实一个强有力的假设。因此，可以清楚地解释基本原理和基本概念。此外，PI 正在作为团队的一部分致力于一项提案，以根据达尔文的实验创建一个强大的教育计划。