But if we embrace history as a lens for teaching complex accounts of science, we open possibilities for more critical and socially relevant classrooms. This means rethinking curricula, teacher ...

The history of science and technology links many disciplines and cultures: scientific, technological, humanistic and social. Smith’s program in the history of science and technology is designed to ...

Atheist Neil Carter wrote an article, “Why Do Intelligent, Well-Educated People Still Believe Nonsense?” (Oct. 9, 2015). In it, he stated: Last night for the third time in as many months I found ...

A common technique in science popularization is to take some modern scientific idea, and connect it to some much earlier notion. The classic example of this is the regular invocation of the ancient ...

Prof. Emeritus Noel M. Swerdlow, a distinguished historian of science and the world’s foremost expert on Ptolemy and Copernicus, died July 24. He was 79. Swerdlow was famous for his approach to ...

MINSK, 2 May (BelTA) – Objectivity is a fundamental principle of historical science in Belarus, Deputy Chairperson of the Standing Commission on Education, Culture and Science of the House of ...

AS its title leads us to suppose, this interesting volume is a plea for the recognition of folklore as a historical science. Seeing that the barrier between history and folklore is still unbroken, in ...

Science isn’t a “triumphant march”—it’s sloppy, messy, and full of stops and starts. Meet the people who tell that story. On October 4, 1957, Americans were shattered when Sputnik 1 launched into ...