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William Petty’s survey of Ireland and the role of natural history in the development of statistics
- 22 January 2024,
- William Petty (1623-1687) is well known as a pioneer of political economy and statistics. He has been often celebrated as an ingenious thinker who was among...
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Anti-voluntarism, natural providence and miracles in Thomas Burnet’s Theory of the Earth
- 01 February 2023,
- In his Telluris Theoria Sacra and its English translation The Theory of the Earth (1681–90), the English clergyman and schoolmaster Thomas Burnet (c. 1635–1715)...
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Embedding science scrutiny mechanisms in the UK Parliament
- 11 July 2022,
- At times during the past few years, evidence sessions of the UK’s House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee have made headline news, for example...
News – BSHS
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CfA: Exhibiting Excellence Prize 2024
- 28 October 2024,
- The BSHS Outreach and Engagement Committee is pleased to announce its 2024 Exhibiting Excellence Prize. Eligibility The competition is open for any public exhibition...
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CfP: BSHM Research in Progress
- 24 October 2024,
- BSHM Research in Progress 22 February 2025 The Queen’s College, Oxford The British Society for the History of Mathematics will be holding 'Research in Progress',...
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[CfA] Announcing the 8th Notes and Records Essay Award
- 07 October 2024,
- Notes and Records reports on current research and archival activities throughout the field of history of science, technology and medicine. The Essay Award is...
History of Science on the Blog
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William Petty’s survey of Ireland and the role of natural history in the development of statistics
- 22 January 2024,
- William Petty (1623-1687) is well known as a pioneer of political economy and statistics. He has been often celebrated as an ingenious thinker who was among...
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Van Leeuwenhoek – the film: remaking the origins of bacteriology
- 23 August 2023,
- Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) is universally acknowledged as the first person describing protozoa and bacteria using his self made microscopes. His seventeenth-century...
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Anti-voluntarism, natural providence and miracles in Thomas Burnet’s Theory of the Earth
- 01 February 2023,
- In his Telluris Theoria Sacra and its English translation The Theory of the Earth (1681–90), the English clergyman and schoolmaster Thomas Burnet (c. 1635–1715)...
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