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16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Liba Taub. Professor Emerita. Director of Research, Whipple Museum of the History of Science. Research interests: History of scientific instruments and the preservation of material

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Industrial Patronage and the Cold War University. Why did industry and academia develop a closer financial relationship during the Cold War? Historians have provided one compelling answer

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Affiliates. Emeritus. Dr Robert Anderson: History of chemistry and scientific instruments. Professor German E. Berrios: History of psychopathology and psychiatry. Dr Jeremy Butterfield:

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Distribution of Part II marks. Year. First. Upper Second. Lower Second. Third. Deserved Honours. Total. Option A. Option B. 2023. 9. 16. 1. —. —. 26. 22. 4. 2022. 12. 24. 1. —. —.

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Discover gallery opening. The Whipple Museum's 'Discover' gallery was officially opened on 21 June 2001. The gallery is a high-density display area – a sign informs visitors: 'Yes, you

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Instant feedback. Students are welcome to use our instant feedback form at any time throughout the year to comment on lectures, supervisions and other aspects of teaching. Department of

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Miguel Ohnesorge. College: Darwin. Supervisor: Hasok Chang  Advisor: Richard Staley. Thesis topic: The Problem of the Earth’s Figure: Measurement, Theory, and Evidence in Physical

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. REF 2021. Success in REF 2021 for Cambridge's Department of History and Philosophy of Science, and the Faculty of Philosophy. The University of Cambridge's Department of History and

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. History of Medicine Seminars. Seminars, supported by Wellcome, are on Tuesdays from 5.00 to 6.30pm in Seminar Room 1 unless otherwise stated. All welcome! Early Science and Medicine.

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Sara Caputo. British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow. Biography. Sara Caputo's general areas of interest are eighteenth- and nineteenth-century transnational maritime history, British and

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Staffan Müller-Wille. Professor in History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. I was trained in the sciences (Geology/Palaeontology) and moved into the History and Philosophy of Science

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Zsuzsanna Ihar. Will be starting RCC Landhaus Fellowship in October, 2024. PhD student. College: Churchill. Supervisor: Prof. Helen Anne Curry & Prof. Richard Staley. Thesis topic:

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Obituary: John Forrester. Professor John Forrester (25 August 1949 – 24 November 2015). John Forrester, Professor in the Department of History of Philosophy of Science, which he joined

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Registration exercise and annual reviews. First year registration exercise. New PhD students are required to complete a formal PhD registration exercise before the end of the Easter Term

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Examination. The oral examination ('viva'). After each examiner has made a full independent report on the thesis, the examiners will contact you to arrange an oral examination. Normally,

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Contingency in the History and Philosophy of Science. How can contingent historical cases be used in support of normative philosophical claims? Contingency often appears as a key sticking

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part II dissertation seminars. Seminars are held in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Lent Term. Part II Dissertation Seminar. Thu 2pm (weeks 5–8). Wed 2pm (weeks

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part III. The Department's Part III course is conducted by means of supervisions and seminars. Students are also encouraged to attend some of the wide range of relevant lectures offered

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Sarton Medal awarded to Simon Schaffer. has been awarded the Sarton Medal, the highest honour of the History of Science Society. The Sarton Medal has been awarded annually since 1955 for

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part II writing support seminars. Wednesdays at 11am in weeks 5–8 of Michaelmas Term (8, 15, 22, 29 November). This workshop for Part II students aims to support you in writing

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Career management for contract research and teaching staff. Research staff on fixed-term contracts now form the largest staff group in the University of Cambridge; the Department has in

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. How Collections End: Objects, Meaning and Loss in Laboratories and Museums. A collaborative project that explores not how collections begin, but how and why they end. Collections are made

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. BBS options. Why do people believe what physicians, engineers or scientists say? Is science universally true, or has it developed in different ways in different cultures? How can we

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Libraries and readings. Each lecture course has associated with it some items of reading. One aim of the lectures and supervisions is to make this reading accessible by explaining the

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Kinds of Intelligence. Exploring the nature of intelligence through the study of machines, humans and other animals. Computers outperform humans on many tasks, but it is unclear whether

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Submitting your thesis. When to submit. Your PhD thesis cannot normally be submitted until you have been registered for eight complete terms and must be submitted by the end of your

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Cabinet of Natural History. Cabinet of Natural History. This research seminar is concerned with all aspects of the history of natural history and the field and environmental sciences. The

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Roger French (1938–2002). We regret to announce that Roger Kenneth French, University Lecturer in History of Medicine, 1975–2002, died on Tuesday 14 May 2002, aged 64 years. After

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Studying History of Medicine. The Department provides training in history of medicine at every level. The Part II (third-year), Part III (fourth-year) and MPhil courses allow students to

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. In the Shadow of the Tree: The Diagrammatics of Relatedness as Scientific, Scholarly and Popular Practice. In the Shadow of the Tree: The Diagrammatics of Relatedness as Scientific,

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Visitor fee payment. Visiting Scholars and Visiting Students who have had their application approved by the Department can pay their fee by making an online card payment. We accept

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. 50th Anniversary Celebration. An event marking the 50th anniversary of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science was held on 13–14 July 2023. Watch recordings of the 50th

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Cabinet trip. Photos of the Cabinet of Natural History trip to the Horniman Museum and Crystal Palace Gardens, 2 May 2006. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Study History

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Professional Services Staff. Ms Francesca Anthony. Departmental Administrator. Ms Morgan Bell. Collections Manager, Whipple Museum. Mr Toby Bryant. Senior Clerical Assistant and

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. The PhD thesis. The doctoral thesis should contain material of sufficient originality to merit publication. The original material should be adequate to form a substantial basis of a

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. PhD Reunion 2018. The Department held its first PhD Reunion on 2 & 3 July 2018. The events on Monday started with a garden party in the shade of the trees in the Deer Park at Peterhouse.

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Fungus Hunt 2002. The 2002 Fungus Hunt, organised by the Cabinet of Natural History, took place on 28 October. As always, Nick Jardine was on hand to distinguish between the tasty and the

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part II Paper 5: Epistemology and Metaphysics of Science. Paper manager: Matt Farr. Also offered as an optional paper in Part IIB of the Human, Social and Political Sciences Tripos (HSPS)

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. About the course. Part IB History and Philosophy of Science offers a wide-ranging overview of the nature of science and its place in society. The course explores the historical,

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Tim Lewens's Inaugural Lecture. Professor Tim Lewens gave his Inaugural Lecture, 'Nature, Culture and Philosophy', on 20 June 2014 at Peterhouse. A garden party was held after the lecture

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Cabinet trip to Down House. The Cabinet of Natural History visited Down House in Kent, the home of Charles Darwin, on 22 May 2015. Photos by Margaret Carlyle, Dmitriy Myelnikov, Anne

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Cabinet trip: Natural History Museum. The Cabinet of Natural History visited the Natural History Museum, London, on 30 May 2017. Cabinet members got to see a selection of historical

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part II research methods seminars. Tuesdays at 3pm in weeks 2, 4–6 of Michaelmas Term. Part II students are strongly encouraged to attend these sessions, which provide crucial advice

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Financial policy. All staff members making purchasing decisions, or committing expenditure on behalf of the Department, must read the University Financial Procedures Manual and be

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Cabinet trip to Down House. The 2005 Cabinet of Natural History expedition, organised with Darwin College, was to Down House, the home of Charles Darwin. The garden has been restored to

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Professor Mary Hesse (1924–2016). We deeply regret to announce the death on Sunday 2 October of Professor Mary Hesse, ScD FBA. Mary Brenda Hesse, born 15 October 1924, studied first at

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Cabinet trip to Sutton Hoo. The Cabinet of Natural History visited the Anglo-Saxon burial site of Sutton Hoo in Suffolk on 9 May 2011, led by Claire Wallace of the Whipple Museum. Claire

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Cabinet trip to Stowe. The Cabinet of Natural History visited Stowe Landscape Gardens in Buckinghamshire on 5 May 2010. Photos by Michael Bravo and Allison Ksiazkiewicz. 'Grotesque

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Modern Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Minor Subject 114 in Part II Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS). Part of the BBS Major SubjectPaper manager: Salim Al-Gailani. Lectures are

16 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Supervisions. Colleges appoint Directors of Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, or nominate someone else to manage supervision arrangements for the College. At the start of the