Sisters in Science
Patricia Fara calls for a more inclusive, and realistic, history of Science.
Science & Technology
The Motoring Age
F.M.L. Thompson reviews two publications on the history of the automobile.
The Death of Joseph Priestley
The clergyman and chemist Joseph Priestley died February 6th, 1804, aged seventy-one.
The Canal du Midi
Andrew Smyth recalls the vision and enterprise of one of Louis XIV’s chief ministers and a Béziers businessman.
The Death of Richard Gatling
The man who gave his name to the notorious killing machine died on February 26th, 1903
Why Study the History of Science, Medicine and Technology?
Andrew Mendelsohn outlines the attractions of a fast-growing an popular field of study.
First British Atomic Bomb Test
Britain's first atomic bomb was detonated on 3 October 1952.
Portolan Charts
Richard Pflederer evaluates a vital tool of the age of discovery.
Science and Religion in the 19th Century
Francis Murphy challenges the idea that science was religion’s foremost enemy, in this winning essay in the 2001 Julia Wood Award.
Richard Trevithick's First Steam Carriage
The 'puffing devil', the first passenger-carrying vehicle powered by steam, made its debut on a road outside Redruth in Cornwall on December 24th, 1801.