Department of the History of Science
The Department of the History of Science has several research groups investigating the history of science, medicine, and technology.
Affiliation: Faculty of Arts & SciencesWeb site: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsdept/
Recent articles about Department of the History of Science
Scholars discuss ‘medicalization’ of formerly normal characteristics (May 6, 2009)The evolution of Darwin (February 13, 2009)
A tale of two scholars: The Darwin debate at Harvard (Harvard University Gazette, May 31, 2007)
Harvard science historian publishes results of unprecedented 30-year census of Copernican masterpiece (Center for Astrophysics, October 27, 2002)
Charles Rosenberg looks at changing perceptions of illness (Harvard University Gazette, February 15, 2001)