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Category Archives: History of Science
Invest in Women: Venture Capitalists and Female Entrepreneurs
Back in 2019, The Alison Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship was published, spelling out just how bad the environment was for would-be female entrepreneurs. She was blunt in the opening words of her introduction “I firmly believe that the disparity … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in academia, Alison Rose, appraisal, ASSET 2010, Athena Forum, Austrian science, book review, careers, Equality, Evelyn Fox Keller, femtech, gender, History of Science, innovation, Invest in Women Taskforce, professional training, promotion, Science Funding, Women's Issues
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A day in Auschwitz
Last week I visited Auschwitz. I find myself hesitating to write or say anything because I can’t find the words to convey the horror of the place and, in any case, so much has already been written and said far … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in History of Science
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Did Humphry Davy suffer from Impostor Syndrome?
When I think of Humphry Davy, I think of a scientist, someone who became a star attraction during the early days of the Royal Institution and inventor of the eponymous Davy Lamp (although at the time others accused him of … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Alice Jenkins, History of Science, Humphry Davy, Jan Golinski, Richard Holmes, Science Culture, Zooniverse
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The Huxley Question
Writing in The Observer a couple of weeks ago, Kenan Malik cast a sceptical eye over a report published by the history group at Imperial College that had been asked to reflect on “the current understanding and reception of the … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in History of Science
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Remembering Rosalind Franklin
By Spudgun67 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link Everyone knows a little something about Rosalind Franklin, whose hundredth birthday it would be today. Some may have little sense of her beyond the belief that she was cheated out of … Continue reading
Posted in DNA, francis crick, History of Science, Jim Watson, Women in science
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Visiting the Roots of the Industrial Revolution
I managed to sneak in a few days break in Derbyshire between two major College activities. It was good to escape to a less flat landscape than Cambridgeshire can manage and stretch my muscles up the steep hills that the … Continue reading
Posted in History of Science, quarries, Richard Arkwright, Wirksworth
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ICYMI No.7: a day in the life of a naked scientist
In case you missed it last week, I had a segment in the Naked Scientist’s 15th anniversary radio show. Or rather, three segments, based on a day-in-the-life-of-a-scientist piece that I wrote a few months back on the Guardian, that were … Continue reading
Posted in communication, History of Science, ICYMI
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This week – reading, thinking and linking
This past week I have been doing so much reading and writing for work that there has been no time to prepare anything substantial enough for a proper blog post, even if I have been stirred by the excessive protests … Continue reading
Posted in communication, History of Science, Science & Media, Science & Politics
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Science Policy and Impact: Lessons from History
REF, the Science and Innovation Strategy document (S+I) and the Nurse Review of the Research Councils collectively mean that the UK HE world of science is stuffed full of current policy issues that matter to us all – never mind … Continue reading
Posted in Eight great technologies, History of Science, Royal Society, Science and Innovation strategy, Science Funding, Science policy
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