Simon Schaffer
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Simon Schaffer reviews two new books
Published July 31 1994
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Simon Schaffer explores the occult. Published November 1 1985
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A spectre which haunts many historians, whether of art or of science, is the forgery.
Published June 30 1985
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The building in which I work has a chequered past. One section was once a laboratory of physical chemistry; another, the old Cambridge Free School, whose hall still sports a splendid hammer-beam roof.
Published March 31 1985
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Good quotes are rare in the history of science. The striking utterances which scientists have managed to produce are often over-used.
Published February 1 1985
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