# Simon Schaffer
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Simon J. Schaffer (born 1 January 1955) is a historian of science, previously a professor of the history and philosophy of science at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and was editor of The British Journal for the History of Science from 2004 to 2009.
== Early life and education ==
Schaffer was born in Southampton in 1955. His family moved to Brisbane, Australia that same year, returning to the UK in 1965 to live in Brighton.
Exploring Traditions: Sources for a Global History of Science
Simon Schaffer (HPS) & Sujit Sivasundaram (History) introduce the conference 'Exploring Traditions: Sources for a Global History of Science', 31 May 2013 at CRASSH, University of Cambridge: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2458/.
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: The Scientific Revolution
Today’s episode is about a revolution that took centuries to happen if it ever really happened at all: The Scientific Revolution. David talks to historian of science Simon Schaffer about what changed in human understanding – and what didn’t – in the age of Galileo and Newton. Was the new science a …
The Time Machine (Archive Episode)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas explored in HG Wells' novella, published in 1895, in which the Time Traveller moves forward to 802,701 AD. There he finds humanity has evolved into the Eloi and Morlocks, where the Eloi are small but leisured fruitarians and the Morlocks live below ground, …
Steven Shapin on the Social Life of Scientific Knowledge
This week, Thomas Spiteri speaks with Steven Shapin, Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at Harvard. Shapin reflects on his path into the history and sociology of science and discusses the central concerns of his work: how knowledge is produced, the social foundations of trust in science, …
Hobbes vs. Boyle: Who Decides Scientific Facts?
Episode Overview In the 1660s, two towering thinkers, Thomas Hobbes and Robert Boyle, clashed over a strange new machine: the air pump. What looked like a technical disagreement about air and vacuum quickly became something much larger.
This episode examines how Boyle's experimental approach and H…
Pepys, Plague and Fire
The restoration of the monarchy in 1660 brought a flurry of changes to London life. Women were allowed to appear on stage for the first time, the Royal Society was founded and the West End, with its squares, parks and fashionable ‘season’, was born. But the social whirl stopped abruptly in 1665 wit…
London Revisited: Pepys, Plague and Fire
The restoration of the monarchy in 1660 brought a flurry of changes to London life. Women were allowed to appear on stage for the first time, the Royal Society was founded and the West End, with its squares, parks and fashionable ‘season’, was born. But the social whirl stopped abruptly in 1665 wit…
Jahnavi Phalkey on India's Place in the History of Modern Science
This week, Thomas Spiteri speaks with Dr Jahnavi Phalkey, historian of science and technology, filmmaker, and Founding Director of Science Gallery Bengaluru. Phalkey is the author of Atomic State: Big Science in Twentieth Century India, and producer-director of the documentary film Cyclotron (2020)…
In Our Time: 25 Concepts and Theories in the History of Physics Audiobook by Melvyn Bragg
Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: In Our Time: 25 Concepts and Theories in the History of PhysicsSubtitle: A BBC Radio 4 CollectionSeries: #1 in In Our TimeCategories: Physics, STEM, ScienceAuthor: Melvyn BraggNarrator: Various, Melvyn BraggPublisher: BBC AudioRe…
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