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4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. From Collection to Cultivation: Historical Perspectives on Crop Diversity and Food Security. From Collection to Cultivation: Historical Perspectives on Crop Diversity and Food Security.

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Professor Rupert Hall (1920–2009). Professor A.R. (Rupert) Hall, a founder member of the Department, died on 5 February 2009, aged 88. Rupert Hall was the first Curator of the Whipple

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Lauren Kassell's Inaugural Lecture. Professor Lauren Kassell gave her Inaugural Lecture, 'You, Me and the Moon: Magic, Medicine and the History of Science', on 28 June 2019 at Peterhouse.

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part II Paper 4: Philosophy and Scientific Practice. Paper manager: Tom McClelland. Also offered as an optional paper in Part II of the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos (PBS).

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Fungus Hunt 2009. Nick Jardine reports on the 2009 Cabinet of Natural History Fungus Hunt, which was held on 26 October. Thanks to Tamara and a minibus, a record number of HPSers explored

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Ethics of Medicine. This paper is part of the BBS Major Subject History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine. Lectures are held in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part II Paper 3: Modern Medicine and Life Sciences. Paper manager: Salim Al-Gailani. Lectures are held in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Michaelmas Term. Science in

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. About the course. The MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine is a nine-month course that starts in October each year. The course is conducted by means of supervisions and

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Professor Tom Whiteside (1932–2008). Professor Derek Thomas (Tom) Whiteside, FBA, a long-standing member of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, from the early 1960s on,

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Fungus Hunt 2010. Nick Jardine reports on the 2010 Cabinet of Natural History Fungus Hunt, which was held on 25 October. This was the 22nd of our annual fungus hunts. Eighteen of us

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Digitising Philippine Flora. is an interdisciplinary collaborative project between the Cambridge University Herbarium and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, with team

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Fungus Hunt 2015. Nick Jardine reports on the 2015 Cabinet of Natural History Fungus Hunt, which was held on 26 October. There was a record turnout for this year's Fungus Hunt: 30 if

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Fungus Hunt 2005. The Annual Cabinet of Natural History Fungus Hunt was held on 24 October 2005. Report by Nick Jardine. Photographs by Francis Reid and Lisa Newble. The fungi this autumn

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part III and MPhil timetable. Part III Manager: Richard Staley. MPhil Managers: Anna Alexandrova, Charu Singh. Part III and MPhil Lectures and Seminars. The HPSM MPhil/HPS Part III

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Research data management. Research data management is an important topic, and even more so with the enactment of the General Data Protection Regulations 2018 (GPDR). Poor data management

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Fungus Hunt 2006. Nick Jardine's report on the Annual Cabinet of Natural History Fungus Hunt, which was held on 23 October 2006. We visited Bradfield Woods where there was a remarkable

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Generation to Reproduction. Reproduction – making new organisms – is constantly in the news. The field has wide scope, from 'designer babies' to the environmental impacts of

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Why study HPS at Cambridge? History and philosophy of science offer powerful approaches to interpreting knowledge. The Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Welfare. The information and links on this page have been gathered together to provide staff and students with a one-stop-shop for all matters concerned with welfare. On this page you

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Archive. Archive. Details of the Department's seminars and reading groups in previous terms are available here. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Study History and

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Philosophy of Science and Medicine. This paper is part of the BBS Major Subject History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine. Lectures are held in the Department of History and

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Working with human participants: ethical approval and data protection. If you are planning to collect data from human participants (for example, by conducting interviews or administering

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Scheme of examination. The examination for HPS Part IB consists of two separate examination papers, one on historical topics (Paper 1) and the other on philosophical topics (Paper 2).

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Retirement event: Secord – Taub – Schaffer – Hug. In 2022, the Cambridge HPS Department marks the retirement of several of our esteemed colleagues: Professors Simon Schaffer, James

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Study Philosophy of Science. The Department provides training in philosophy of science at every level. Our undergraduate programmes (Part II and Part III) and MPhil courses allow students

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Management of research grants. Everyone in the Department who is managing a grant or employed on a grant or providing admin support for a grant must be aware of the terms and conditions

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Philosophy of Science people. The philosophy of science community in Cambridge is comprised of permanent teaching and research staff in HPS and in Philosophy, fixed-term lecturers,

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Fungus Hunt 2014. Nick Jardine reports on the 2014 Cabinet of Natural History Fungus Hunt, which was held on 27 October. Photos by Melanie Keene, Natalie Lawrence and Harriet Rix. Our

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. The Seven Ages of Nick Jardine. The Department held a special event on 30 June 2010 to celebrate the work of Professor Nick Jardine. Sessions held at Peterhouse focused on six areas of

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Values in Science Reading Group. We meet on Wednesdays from 11am to 12noon in Seminar Room 1. Organised by Ahmad Elabbar and Cristian Larroulet Philippi. Easter Term 2024. Week 1, 1 May.

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Examining. Each piece of coursework is read by two assessors, neither of whom will have supervised the work. The coursework must cover a range of topics and, taken together, show evidence

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Natural History in the Age of Revolutions, 1776–1848. Natural History in the Age of Revolutions, 1776–1848' is a collaborative, interdisciplinary project based in the Department of

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Fungus Hunt 2016. Nick Jardine reports on the 2016 Cabinet of Natural History Fungus Hunt, which was held in Bradfield Woods on 24 October. Photos by Charissa Varma. This was the 26th HPS

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Book launch and garden party. The Department celebrated the launch of Nick Hopwood's book Haeckel's Embryos: Images, Evolution and Fraud on 19 June 2015. A talk by Dr Hopwood was followed

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Introducing History and Philosophy of Science. Technology, medicine and the sciences shape and dominate much of modern life. Many get specialist training in these fields. Even more people

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Early Medicine. Minor Subject 113 in Part II Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS). Part of the BBS Major Subject History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine. Specified Subject 11

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. About the course. The Part III course gives students the opportunity to carry out focused research in History and Philosophy of Science and enables them to develop a critical and

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Varieties of Social Knowledge. Varieties of Social Knowledge pulls together recent trends in social sciences to revisit classic epistemological questions such as whether knowledge of the

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh. PhD student. College: St Edmund's. Supervisor: Dániel Margócsy, Simon Schaffer (advisor). Thesis title: Globalising China: Jesuits, Eurasian Exchanges, and

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. History of Medicine people. The people listed here work centrally in history of medicine and allied sciences. Many other colleagues have relevant interests; see the full list ofand

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part IB timetable. Course manager: Matt Farr. Lectures in Lent and Easter Terms 2024 are held in Arts School Lecture Theatre A. Michaelmas Term. Natural Philosophy (History of Science).

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Primary sources. All students taking Part II HPS must write one primary source essay, as a piece of submitted coursework. These sources are supported by seminars (running in weeks 1–4

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part II Paper 6: Ethics and Politics of Science, Technology and Medicine. Paper manager: Stephen John. Also offered as an optional paper in Part IIB of the Human, Social and Political

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. About the course. The Part II course in History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) gives students an insight into the historical development of science, medicine and technology. It addresses

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Cabinet trip to Stowe. Photos from the Cabinet of Natural History field trip to Stowe Landscape Gardens, including the Temple of British Worthies and a bust of Isaac Newton, 14 May 2008.

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Cabinet trip to Orford Ness. Photos from the Cabinet of Natural History field trip to Orford Ness, 21 October 2008. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Study History and

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part II Paper 2: Sciences and Empires. Paper manager: Charu Singh. Lectures are held in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Michaelmas Term. Physical Sciences, Empire and

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Information for new staff. Welcome to the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. We hope that you will feel welcome and settle quickly in to your new role. This section provides

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. CamPoS. CamPoS (Cambridge Philosophy of Science) is a network of academics and students working in the philosophy of science in various parts of the University of Cambridge, including the

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Science in the media. Jim Secord. The literature on mass communication is very large, variable in quality, and rarely in the Whipple. Most of the important texts are available in the SPS