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30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Email search. Internal directory. Lookup is the University's internal directory of staff and student email addresses. You can only access this directory if you have a Raven password.

30 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

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Niall Roe. PhD student. College: Fitzwilliam. Supervisor: Hasok Chang. Thesis topic: Pragmatism and the growth of concepts. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Study History

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Applying for research grants and post-doctoral fellowships. HPS has internal mechanisms for scrutinising research grant applications that enable us to work quickly and efficiently. All

30 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

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Frequently asked questions. On this page:. Applying. When should I apply? We will accept applications from 3 September 2024 for admission in October 2025. The deadline for applications is

30 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

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Daniel Ott. PhD student. College: Trinity Hall. Supervisor: Marta Halina. Thesis topic: Nosology of chronic pain: technological innovation catalyzing novel disease categorization.

30 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

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Lecturing buddies scheme. If you give lectures in the Department you should participate in the lecturing buddies scheme. Find a buddy as soon as possible and let Jane Clare

30 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

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Privacy and cookie policies. Privacy. When you visit any of the websites within the University of Cambridge domain we collect certain information about you for service and security reasons

30 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

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Jacob Stegenga. Professor of Philosophy of Science. Jacob Stegenga is a Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He has published

30 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

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. The Many Births of the Test-Tube Baby. Born following in vitro fertilization in Oldham, near Manchester in 1978, Louise Brown made global news. Some five million children later, she won

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Funding for postgraduate students. Some options for obtaining funding are given on this page. See Cambridge Funding Search for details of other awards that are available. We recommend

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Research guide. Research topics and readings in history and philosophy of science. Writing philosophy – Peter Lipton. How to organise a history essay or dissertation – Sachiko Kusukawa

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Hitesh Pant. PhD student. College: Selwyn. Supervisor: Helen Curry. Thesis topic: Historical perspectives on crop diversity and food security. Department of History and Philosophy of

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Making Climate History. Making Climate History. Two centuries after the emergence of steam technologies and 170 years after initial suggestions that the atmosphere keeps Earth warm,

30 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

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Routes into History and Philosophy of Science. Part IB. Natural Sciences Tripos (NST): We welcome everyone who wants to take HPS Part IB. At the present time there is no upper limit;

30 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

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. John Forrester. John Forrester, Professor in the Department of History of Philosophy of Science, died on 24 November 2015. Obituary: Professor John Forrester (1949–2015). Freud in

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. History of Medicine events. Events. Seminars in HPS. History of Medicine Seminars meet during Michaelmas and Lent full terms, and include sessions devoted to 'Generation to Reproduction'.

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Social media guidance. Please take care when using social media. The University respects privacy and is committed to the principle of freedom of speech and expression. It understands that

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Plagiarism and academic misconduct. Plagiarism is defined as the unacknowledged use of the work of others as if this were your own original work. A student may be found guilty of an act

30 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.

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. The Vesalius Census. The Vesalius Census provides a world-wide descriptive census of the first major illustrated atlas of anatomy. We are documenting every known surviving copy of the

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Supervising PhD students. As part of the requirements set by funding bodies, all supervisors are expected to undertake training on the expectations, roles and responsibilities of graduate

30 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

30 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

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. From Hansa to Lufthansa: Transportation Technologies and the Mobility of Knowledge in Germanic Lands and Beyond, 1300–2018. How do you get from one end of the globe to the other, and

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. HPS Discussion email list. HPS Discussion, the Department's email list, is used for disseminating news of lectures, seminars, conferences and other events of interest to the HPS community.

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Referencing. When writing essays and dissertations, correct and consistent referencing is an important way to avoid accusations of plagiarism and ensure that people reading your work can

30 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.

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. The Darwin Correspondence Project. The Darwin Correspondence Project was an independently funded research team, jointly managed by Cambridge University Library and the American Council of

30 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.

30 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

30 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

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. The Lost Museums of Cambridge Science, 1865–1936. 1 March 2016 to 31 August 2019. This Leverhulme and Newton Trust funded project examines the practices of collecting, display and

30 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

30 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

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Medical Publishers, Obscenity Law and the Business of Sexual Knowledge in Victorian Britain. Britain's production of books on all branches of medicine, including volumes that described

30 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:

30 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.

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Culture at the Macro-Scale: Boundaries, Barriers and Endogenous Change. 6 October 2020 to 30 April 2022. The story of hominin populations over the course of the last two million years is

30 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:

30 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

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Tools in Materials Research. The science of materials has contributed to changes in our civilization as pervasive as they are profound. The ways we travel, communicate, build buildings,