The Conversion Index

Tag: history

  • CI-HS02: Byzantine Engagement in Chemistry and Alchemy

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    Note: This case study is an adapted synthesis based heavily on the published research of Prof. Alexandre M. Roberts (USC Departments of Classics and History), specifically his work on the historiography of medieval chemistry in Byzantium and the Islamic world. Case CI-HS02: The Translation of Byzantine and Islamicate Kīmiyā’ / Chymia Date: Feb 27, 2026 By: Jiarui Liu Category: Category II:…

  • Case CI-HS01: The Translation of Pre-Newtonian Impetus

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    Date: Feb 17, 2026 By: Jiarui Liu Category: Category II: Cross-Paradigm Gap Tags: History of Science, Commensurability, Historiography, Conceptual Translation Case ID: CI-HS01 Abstract & Summary The conceptual translation of the medieval scholastic concept of impetus into the modern vocabulary of momentum or inertia represents a profound Category II translational friction. While early historians of science often attempted to establish a direct continuity between 14th-century…