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27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Jim Bennett (1947–2023). Jim Bennett, pre-eminent historian of scientific instruments, former Curator of the Whipple Museum, former Fellow and Senior Tutor of Churchill College,

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. News archive. July 2022. A special event was held to mark the retirement of four of our colleagues. May 2022. HPS and the Faculty of Philosophy would like to thank and congratulate

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Welcome to new PhDs. The PhD student representative shares their personal view of studying in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. (Original text: Andrew Buskell. Last

27 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Professional Services Staff. Ms Morgan Bell. Collections Manager, Whipple Museum. Mr Toby Bryant. Senior Clerical Assistant and Receptionist. Ms Laura Burgazzi. Senior Library Assistant.

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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).

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Histories of Biodiversity and Agriculture. Endangered Maize: Indigenous Corn, Industrial Agriculture and the Spectre of Extinction. July 2017–July 2020. This three-year project,

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part II Paper 1: Early Science and Medicine. Paper manager: Dániel Margócsy. Also offered in Part II of the Classical Tripos. Lectures are held in the Department of History and

27 Jun 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.

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Examining. Each essay and dissertation is read by two senior members or associates of the Department, neither of whom will have supervised the work being marked. Both will submit

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Examining. Exam papers. Each paper will be assessed by a 3-hour online open book examination with a word limit. There will be additional time for students with disabilities who have made

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Philosophy of Science events. Ongoing seminars include CamPoS (Cambridge Philosophy of Science), Wednesdays from 1.00 to 2.30, and the Departmental Seminar, Thursdays from 3.30 to 5.00.

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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.

27 Jun 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,

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 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

27 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Dissertation. Students taking Option A write a dissertation on a topic approved by the HPS Board and prepared under the supervision of a teaching officer or postdoctoral researcher. The

27 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Advice from students. The following is a brief and very subjective introduction to the Part III course, written from the student's point of view. The people. There's no standard route

27 Jun 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