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History of Science & Scholarship
2005–2026
History of science and technology, academic life, papers and research reports.
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History of Science & ScholarshipHistory of Science as a Nature Reserve—A Darwinian View of ScienceLast Friday (March 30), I was invited to Shanghai Natural History Museum to take part in a “reading session,” where I introduced my own Outdated Wisdom.…2018.04.05History of Science & ScholarshipObsolete Wisdom (Preface to Fifteen Lectures on the General History of Science)2016.03.04History of Science & ScholarshipWhat, Exactly, Is the Scientific Revolution?2009.01.13History of Science & ScholarshipPrinting, Natural History, and the Birth of Modern Science2011.10.24
History of Science & ScholarshipThe Biography of Objects: Methods and Significance in the History of Scientific Instruments2021.11.03
History of Science & ScholarshipThe Structure of the Historiographical Revolution — An Introduction to The Structure of Scientific Revolutions2023.03.01
History of Science & ScholarshipPlease Touch, Please Do Not Touch: Hands in the Museum2026.09.12All posts
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History of Science & ScholarshipPlease Touch, Please Do Not Touch: Hands in the Museum2026.09.12
History of Science & ScholarshipFrom Inscription on the Page to Spatial Exhibition: Why Art and Science Need to Meet Again2026.08.27
History of Science & ScholarshipThe whole world has erupted into a shouting match—what right does a museum have to step in and play peacemaker?2026.05.17
History of Science & ScholarshipHow Science Museums in China Can Innovate by Bringing Forth the New2025.09.12
History of Science & ScholarshipThe Linguistics of the Life Sciences: From Mechanical Analogies to Teleological Analogies—Preface to the Recommended Chinese Translation of The Book of Life2025.08.03
History of Science & ScholarshipMuseums in a Changing Society2025.05.19
History of Science & ScholarshipHow Is a History of Technological Thought Possible? — Mumford’s Historiographical Method as Seen in Technics and Civilization2023.06.06History of Science & ScholarshipThe Structure of the Historiographical Revolution — An Introduction to The Structure of Scientific Revolutions2023.03.01
History of Science & ScholarshipConfronting “Complexity” — A Review of Big Science2022.09.16
History of Science & ScholarshipBecoming Citizens Capable of Debate—Commencement Address for the 2022 Department of History of Science Graduation Ceremony2022.06.27
History of Science & ScholarshipThe “Nonsense” that Scientifically Combats Scientific Nonsense — Preface to Recommending Exposing Data Nonsense2022.04.07
History of Science & ScholarshipAn Interview Transcript on Research Failure2022.03.04