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29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Stephen John. Hatton Lecturer in the Philosophy of Public Health. I am a Senior Lecturer, with research and teaching interests in a variety of topics at the intersection of philosophy of

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Philosophy of Science in Cambridge. Philosophy of Science. Cambridge has a long tradition of seminal work in the philosophy of science, stretching back as far as William Whewell in the

29 Jun 2024: Nall discusses how technology in the 19th century changed people's perception of modernity and utopias. ... 31 August 2020. Mary Brazelton talks to Victoria Lupascu about her study on vaccination in the People's Republic of China.

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Frequently asked questions. When can I study History and Philosophy of Science? Natural Sciences Tripos: You can choose HPS as one of your three Part IB subjects and then as your

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Complaints. Difficulties can usually be resolved informally. Students who have a complaint about supervision or any other aspect of teaching should do the following:. Speak to your

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Philippa Carter. University Assistant Professor in the History of Medicine and Health before 1800. Philippa Carter is a historian of early modern Europe and the Atlantic world (c.

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Epsilon: A Collaborative Digital Framework for Nineteenth-Century Letters of Science. is both a research consortium and a developing, flexible, technical infrastructure for recreating the

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. How to find the Department. The Department of History and Philosophy of Science is on Free School Lane. This is in the centre of Cambridge, between Pembroke Street and Bene't Street. The

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Richard A. McKay. Affiliated Scholar. External College Lecturer and Director of Studies for HPS at Magdalene College. Research interests: Twentieth century history of medicine and public

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part IB students' guide. Part IB students' guide. These pages contain information for students taking the NST Part IB course in History and Philosophy of Science. For an introduction to

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. The Casebooks Project. A digital edition of Simon Forman's and Richard Napier's medical records, 1596–1634. The Casebooks Project aims to make available the astrological records of

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Matt Syd Rosen. PhD student. College: Pembroke. Supervisor: Nick Hopwood. Thesis topic: Celebrity science and the cybernetic vanguard. Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

29 Jun 2024: Wellbeing. The Department is keen to support wellbeing activities, especially those that encourage people to take a break from their desk and come together. ... All are used to helping people from many different backgrounds and cultures and with a wide

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part II students' guide. Part II students' guide. These pages contain information for students taking the NST Part II course in History and Philosophy of Science. For an introduction to

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. L. Joanne Green. PhD student. College: Girton. Supervisor: Jim Secord, advisor: Simon Schaffer. Thesis topic: The British entomological community, 1870–1920: gender, empire, networks.

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Colonial Natures. Colonial Natures. Principal Investigator: Daniel Margocsy. Colonial Natures examines the complex historical relationship between two crucial phenomena that shape

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Guidelines for departmental activities. Certain types of scholarly activities of core staff and affiliates of the Department require advance notification and approval by the Head of

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Simon Schaffer. Professor of History of Science. Simon Schaffer was trained in natural sciences and history & philosophy of science at the University of Cambridge and Harvard University.

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part II timetable. Part II. Course manager: Dániel Margócsy. are held in the first half of Michaelmas Term. Research methods seminars are held in Michaelmas Term. Writing support

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Amelia Urry. PhD student. College: Darwin. Supervisor: Richard Staley. Co-supervisor: Michael Bravo (Scott Polar Research Centre, Cambridge). Thesis topic: Sensing oceans, mapping ice: a

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. BBS Part II timetable. BBS Part II. Options for students taking the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) course in Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos. Part II students' guide: BBS

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Angela V. Gui. PhD student. College: Corpus Christi. Supervisor: Mary Brazelton and Nick Hopwood. Contact me: vag27@cam.ac.uk. My research focuses on lung disease epidemics in twentieth

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part III students' guide. Part III students' guide. These pages contain information for students taking the NST Part III course in History and Philosophy of Science. For an introduction

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Costanza Coloni. PhD student. College: Newnham. Supervisor: Hasok Chang. Thesis topic: Approximate truths: the conventionalist import into scientific realism. Department of History and

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Claire Oliver. PhD student. College: Darwin. Supervisor: Simon Schaffer. Thesis topic: Britain's Magnetic Survey and the imperial foundations of scientific internationalism. Department of

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Examiners' reports. Introduction to examiners' reports. Please note that all undergraduate submitted work and examination scripts are marked anonymously; in fact all HPS examinations are

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Daniela Sclavo. PhD student. College: Darwin. Supervisor: Helen Curry. Thesis topic: Conservation and flavour: the case of chile (Capsicum spp). Conservation efforts in Mexico from the

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Student representation. Monitoring Committee. The Monitoring Committee is a forum for discussion of matters directly affecting students. The Department finds that obtaining feedback from

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Matt Farr. Associate Teaching Professor in Philosophy of Physics. Matt Farr is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department. Before joining the University of Cambridge, Matt was a

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Patricia Fara. Emeritus Fellow, Clare College. Research interests. Eighteenth-century natural philosophy; cultural history of science. Selected publications. Erasmus Darwin: Sex, Science

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Advice. Advice. In this section:. Some basic strategies to help demystify the process of writing. Answering an exam question – what to do and what to avoid. Learning strategies and exam

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Isaac Kean. PhD student. Supervisor: Anna Alexandrova. Thesis: "Real Patterns in Economics". I work on conceptual issues in economics. Broadly, my motivating question is "in what way, if

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Use of Turnitin UK. This page explains how the text-matching software Turnitin UK is used by the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. It also explains the implications for

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Kay Simpson. PhD student. College: Newnham. Supervisor: Nick Hopwood. Thesis topic: Chromotherapy in British design and medicine, 1870–1950. Department of History and Philosophy of

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Janna Müller. PhD student. College: Newnham. Supervisor: Hasok Chang. Thesis topic: Of planets, stars and something in between: a conceptual analysis of asteroids in the first half of

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Computing information. IT facilities in and around the Department. Whipple Library. There are eight PCs in the Whipple Library, including three with full access to Microsoft Office

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Phillip Hintikka Kieval. PhD student. College: Hughes Hall. Supervisor: Marta Halina. Advisor: Hasok Chang. My current research broadly concerns the epistemological and moral significance

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Past exam papers. Past exam papers from Part IB, Part II and Part III are available here as PDF files. Part IB papers. Part II HPS papers. Part II BBS papers. 2022–. Major Subject in

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Harry Law. PhD student. College: Fitzwilliam. Supervisor: Richard Staley. Thesis topic: Bell Labs and the History of Complex Information Processing and Artificial Intelligence in the

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Nick Jardine. Emeritus Professor. Research interests: Historiography of the sciences; early-modern cosmology; history of natural history; philosophy of the sciences. Nick Jardine was the

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Timetable for Easter Term 2024. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. 9am. 10am. 11am. 12noon. 1pm. 2pm. 3pm. 4pm. 5pm. Weeks 1–3:. IB: Philosophy of Biology. Week 4:. IB:

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Peter Lipton. Professor Peter Lipton died suddenly of natural causes on the evening of Sunday 25 November 2007. His funeral was held on 28 November 2007, and a memorial service was held

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Timetable for Lent Term 2024. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. 9am. 10am. Part III & MPhil Discussion Seminar (10.00–11.30). Part III & MPhil Discussion Seminar

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Nuno Miguel Oliveira. PhD student. College: Christ's. Supervisor: Nick Hopwood. Thesis topic: Luminous Cold War: military patronage as a forgotten driver of bioluminescence science.

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Thomas Banbury. PhD student. College: Selwyn College. Supervisors: Prof Dániel Margócsy and Prof Liba Taub. Advisor: Dr Philippa Carter. Thesis topic: Toxic Atmospheres in English

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Fieldwork, working away, risk assessment and insurance. Many postgraduate students will want to carry out some fieldwork at some point which will involve undertaking an essential piece of

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Peter Jones. College Fellow. Research interests: Medieval medicine and science; image-making in medicine; medical books and the circulation of medical information. Peter Murray Jones is a

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Habib Prize. The Habib Prize is awarded each year for the best performance in the essay component of the MPhil course in Health, Medicine and Society. Winners. 2023: Charlotte Wade. 2022:

29 Jun 2024: The consumption of sexual-medical knowledge encapsulated in these texts shaped people's experiences of their bodies and sexual being.

29 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Bronowski Prize. The Jacob Bronowski Prize is awarded each year for the best overall performance in the History and Philosophy of Science Part II course and, from 2018, for the best