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History and Philosophy of Science: Researching a Topic

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Research Guides

The purpose of the research guide is to provide helpful information for Part II, Part III and postgraduate students beginning research in HPS at Cambridge.

The articles are widely varied in their approaches, emphases and degrees of specialisation. No attempt has been made to provide standardised or comprehensive bibliographies – though you will find references to such bibliographies here.

Please note that some of the contributions are so valuable we have retained them even though they have become rather out of date. In such cases it is worth checking to see whether the works listed exist in later editions.

We would greatly welcome new contributions, either research guides for new areas, or suggestions for updating the existing articles. Contributions, additions and suggestions – in electronic form if possible, please – to hps@lib.cam.ac.uk.

The information in these articles may not be complete, and we take no responsibility for the accuracy of the material. So always remember rule number one of research – check your references!

Writing Philosophy by Peter Lipton

How to organise a history essay or dissertation – Sachiko Kusukawa

Tools and techniques for historical research – Jim Secord

Scientific instruments – Boris Jardine, Joshua Nall

Scientific manuscripts – Paul White

Rarities, collections and the history of science – Silvia De Renzi

The history of the book – Adrian Johns

Science in the media – Jim Secord

Oral history – Michael Bravo, Sophia Davis

Bibliographical directions: ancient period – Serafina Cuomo

Ancient Egyptian science – Annette Imhausen

History of medieval science – Rosamond McKitterick

Medieval and early modern mathematics – Jacqueline Stedall

Medieval and early modern universities – James Hannam

Early modern astronomy/cosmology – Nick Jardine

History of 18th-century natural history – Emma Spary

Early modern medicine – Lauren Kassell

History of nutrition – Emma Spary

The earth sciences in the 19th and 20th centuries – Jim Secord

Science, technology and medicine in German-speaking Europe since 1800 – Nick Hopwood

Natural history and biology in the 19th century – Gordon McOuat, John van Wyhe

Environmental history in HPS – Helen Macdonald

Science and empire – Sujit Sivasundaram

History of anthropology and science and race – Sadiah Qureshi

History and philosophy of psychoanalysis – John Forrester

Sciences of mind in 19th-century Britain – Alison Winter

Gender and science – Leon Rocha

History of modern medicine – Nick Hopwood

20th-century life sciences – Soraya de Chadarevian

History of 20th-century physical and chemical sciences – Jeff Hughes

History of modern mathematics – Jeremy Gray

Realism and anti-realism in the philosophy of science – Paul Dicken

Causation – Alex Broadbent

Social epistemology – Martin Kusch

Philosophy of physics – Jeremy Butterfield

Philosophy of biology – Tim Lewens

Sociology of scientific knowledge – Martin Kusch

Ethics in science and medicine – Paul Miller

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