The March of Progress, first published by Rudolph Zallinger in 1965. Its over-simplified presentation of evolution is just as misleading as "whiggish" histories of science. Source: Wikimedia Two ...

Current issues are now on the Chicago Journals website. Read the latest issue.Founded in 1936 by George Sarton, and re-launched by the History of Science… ...

The Lisa Jardine Grant Scheme is named in memory of the eminent British historian Professor Lisa Jardine CBE FRS. The scheme encourages early career researchers to expand their interests in history of ...

In the 11th century in Cairo, the foundations for modern science were laid through the detention of an innocent man. The mathematician Abu Ali al-Hasan Ibn al-Haytham had been tasked with regulating ...

Fifty years ago, a book by Thomas Kuhn altered the way we look at the philosophy behind science, as well as introducing the much abused phrase 'paradigm shift' Fifty years ago this month, one of the ...

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