Science & Technology

The great Victorian engineer was born on 9th April, 1806.

Patricia Fara marks two significant Einstein anniversaries and points out some contradictions in the reputation of this great scientific hero.

B.J. Copeland and Diane Proudfoot recall the contribution to the war effort in 1939-45 of the British computer scientist.

Patricia Fara calls for a more inclusive, and realistic, history of Science.

F.M.L. Thompson reviews two publications on the history of the automobile.

The clergyman and chemist Joseph Priestley died February 6th, 1804, aged seventy-one.

Andrew Smyth recalls the vision and enterprise of one of Louis XIV’s chief ministers and a Béziers businessman.

The man who gave his name to the notorious killing machine died on February 26th, 1903

Andrew Mendelsohn outlines the attractions of a fast-growing an popular field of study.

Britain's first atomic bomb was detonated on 3 October 1952.