Department Profile:
A centre for the integrated study of science's history, philosophy, sociology, communication and policy, located in the heart of London. Founded in 1921.
Faculty Teaching Staff:
Dr Jon Agar; Dr Brian Balmer; Dr Joe Cain; Professor Hasok Chang; Dr Andrew Gregory; Dr Jane Gregory; Dr Jeremy Howick; Mr Simon J. Lock; Dr Michela Massimi; Professor Steve Miller; Dr Chiara Ambosio; Mr Angelo Cei; Dr Catherine Jackson; Dr Catherine (Katie) Kendig; Katy Price;
Research Staff:
Dr Maggie Aderin; Dr Norma Morris; Dr Georgette Taylor; Dr Chiara Ambrosio;
Areas of Expertise:
Contemporary technologies (mobile phones, ID cards) and the history of modern science and technology; policies for biotechnology and genetics, military technology and arms limitation, and the sociology of science; twentieth-century evolutionary studies, Darwin and Darwinism, exploration and empire, the history of natural history and museum, and science in London; the history and philosophy of the physical sciences, and general philosophy of science; history of science in the ancient world, especially the history of cosmology and the relations between magic and science; public dimensions of science and the history of science in the UK in the 20th Century; evidence based medicine and the nature of clinical expertise; relationship between science and public,the development of science communication, and public engagement with science and technology; philosophy of science, and history and
philosophy of physics; science communication and application of molecular physics to astronomical environments;
Special Resources:
Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy; Museum of Classical Archaeology and the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. Major library collections include: Graves Early Science Library (mathematics and physical sciences, special collection related to Euclid); Johnston Lavis Vulcanology Library; James Joyce collection; The Whitley Stokes Celtic Library. Major manuscript collections include: Francis Galton; Karl Pearson; William Ramsay; Jeremy Bentham; J Z Young; J B S Haldane; Edwin Chadwick; Gavin De Beer; George Orwell; The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. The College also holds libraries for (among others): The Huguenot Society; London Mathematical Society; Royal Statistical Society; Folk-Lore Society; Geologists' Association; The Jewish Historical Society
