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Department of History and Philosophy of Science
University of Cambridge

**Departmental Seminars**
Thursdays from 3.30 to 5pm in Seminar Room 2; tea from 3pm in Seminar Room 1.

Organised by Richard Staley and Marta Halina.

Easter Term 2015

23 April
Greg Radick (University of Leeds)
Mendel the fraud? A social history of truth in genetics

30 April
Simon Naylor (University of Glasgow)
Log books and the law of storms: maritime meteorology and the British Admiralty in the 19th century

7 May
Angela Breitenbach (Faculty of Philosophy, Cambridge)
The lawfulness of the contingent

14 May
Warwick Anderson (University of Sydney)
Filming Fore, shooting scientists: medical research and documentary film

21 May
Twentieth Annual Hans Rausing Lecture – McCrum Lecture Theatre, Bene't Street, 4.30pm
Jianjun Mei (Needham Research Institute, Cambridge)
Metallurgy and Chinese civilisation: an historical overview

With the exception of the Hans Rausing Lecture, seminars are held on Thursdays from 3.30 to 5pm in Seminar Room 2. There is tea beforehand from 3pm in Seminar Room 1. Department of the History and Philosophy of Science, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RH.

For the full seminar list and abstracts, please see http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/seminars/dept.html

All are welcome!
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Dr Richard Staley
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
University of Cambridge
Free School Lane
Cambridge
CB2 3RH
United Kingdom

Tel: + 44 (0)1223 334555
Fax: + 44 (0)1223 334554