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In “The First Emancipation: The Forgotten History of Abolition in Revolutionary France,” Jeremy D. Popkin, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Kentucky, reconstructs the intricate political debates that preceded the 1794 law.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

ALFA-K tracks thousands of individual cells over time, accounting for ongoing chromosome instability and reconstructs local fitness landscapes.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

In three-and-a-half hours and for less than $10 million, Corbet reconstructs post-war America from the ground up, proving his sweeping artistic vision to be just as impressive as László Tóth’s.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2025

Besides Sabri, actors play Ghofrane and Rahma, the daughters who left, as Ben Hania reconstructs the family’s past in search for clues for their radicalization.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

He reconstructs in the latter what he destroyed in the former, in spite of what those may say who do not see the man himself.

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)