The Political Magic of John Dee
Ian Seymour looks at the involvement of Elizabeth I's astrologer in matters of state, and his diplomatic intrigues on the Continent on the eve of the Armada.
Science & Technology
Still Waters Run Deep
Annette Bingham reports on an environmental project in Sri Lanka.
Halley and Post-Restoration Science
Not just 'the Comet man' - Halley's achievements as a polymath testify to the breadth and vigour of English scientific enquiry and experiment in the years after 1660.
Real-Time
Mark Kishlansky discusses the change for historians with the ever increasing use of computers.
What Is The History of Science? Part II
Six leading historians of science define their discipline.
What Is The History of Science? Part I
Six leading historians of science define their discipline.
Poems of Science
Good quotes are rare in the history of science. The striking utterances which scientists have managed to produce are often over-used.
Science in 17th-Century England
Michael Hunter discusses works uncovering a period of scientific revolution.
Joseph Wright of Derby - Painter of the Industrial Revolution
K.Z. Cieszkowski on the visual chronicler of scentific and industrial developments in the 18th century Midlands.
Cottage Industry and the Factory System
Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain when it did? How quickly and decisively did it transform industrial technology, class relations and living standards?