Historians of science

The list Historians of science includes Cornelis Dirk Andriesse, Isaac Asimov, Michel Foucault, Michael Shermer and James Burke. The list consists of 492 members and 15 sublists.

Historians of astronomy
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Historians of technology
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Historians of cartography
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Historians of nuclear weapons
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Historians of geography
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Historians of biology
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Historians of psychology
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Historians of chemistry
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Historians of physics
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Historians of science by nationality
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History of science award winners
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Leonardo da Vinci scholars
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Historians of mathematics
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Medical historians
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Newton scholars
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1.

Cornelis Dirk Andriesse

Dutch scientist and writer

Overview: Cornelis Dirk (Cees) Andriesse (Leeuwarden, 21 December 1939) is a Dutch physicist, writer and historian of science. Internationally he is best known for his scientific biography of Christiaan Huygens ...

Date of birth: 21 December 1939

Age: 85

Nationality: Dutch

Occupation: Writer

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Dutch astronomers 97T

Dutch historians 227T

Dutch physicists 167T
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Isaac Asimov

American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)

Overview: Isaac Asimov (c.1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science. Asimov was a prolific ...

Date of birth: 2 January 1920

Date of death: 6 April 1992

Age: 72 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Jewish American atheists 139T

The American Library (Yinka Shonibare, 2018) people 220T

20th-century American memoirists 455T
3.

Michel Foucault

French philosopher (1926–1984)

Overview: Paul-Michel Doria Foucault ( FOO-koh, foo-KOH; 15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984) was a French philosopher, historian of ideas, writer, political activist, and literary critic.

Date of birth: 15 October 1926

Date of death: 26 June 1984

Age: 57 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Philosopher

Gender: Male

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French psychedelic drug advocates 5T

French social commentators 30T

LGBT philosophers 31T
4.

Michael Shermer

American science writer (born 1954)

Overview: Michael Brant Shermer (born September 8, 1954) is an American science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and editor-in-chief of its magazine Skeptic, which is largely devoted ...

Date of birth: 8 September 1954

Age: 70

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Cycling writers 68T

American atheist writers 19T

Ultra-distance cyclists 52T
5.

Doron Swade

South-African–British computer historian and curator

Overview: Doron Swade MBE is a museum curator and author, specialising in the history of computing. He is especially known for his work on the computer pioneer Charles Babbage and his Difference Engine.

Nationality: American

Occupation: Curator

Gender: Male

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People associated with the Science Museum, London 20T

Year of birth missing (living people) 37,022T

South African historians 41T
6.

Gerald Heard

British writer and academic

Overview: Henry FitzGerald Heard (6 October 1889 – 14 August 1971), commonly called Gerald Heard, was a British-born American historian, science writer, public lecturer, educator, and philosopher. He wrote many ...

Date of birth: 6 October 1889

Date of death: 14 August 1971

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Educator

Gender: Male

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20th-century English male writers 1,328T

20th-century British male writers 1,407T

20th-century British short story writers 272T
7.

Donna Haraway

Scholar in the field of science and technology studies

Overview: Donna J. Haraway (born September 6, 1944) is an American Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness Department and Feminist Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, United ...

Date of birth: 6 September 1944

Age: 80

Nationality: American

Occupation: Educator

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American women sociologists 259T

Boettcher Scholars 3T

American Book Award winners 440T
8.

James Burke

Irish Science Historian

Overview: James Burke (born 22 December 1936) is a British broadcaster, science historian, author, and television producer. He was one of the main presenters of the BBC1 science series Tomorrow's World from 1965 ...

Date of birth: 22 December 1936

Age: 88

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Historian

Gender: Male

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21st-century non-fiction writers from Northern Ireland 10T

Male non-fiction writers from Northern Ireland 77T

21st-century writers from Northern Ireland 88T
9.

Jacob Bronowski

Mathematician

Overview: Jacob Bronowski (18 January 1908 – 22 August 1974) was a Polish-British mathematician and historian. He is best known for developing a humanistic approach to science, and as the presenter and writer of ...

Date of birth: 18 January 1908

Date of death: 22 August 1974

Age: 66 (age at death)

Nationality: Polish

Occupation: Biologist

Gender: Male

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Salk Institute for Biological Studies people 33T

Scientists from Łódź 10T

Jewish biologists 27T
10.

Robert Stewart Whipple

Historian of science

Overview: Robert Stewart Whipple (1871-1953) was a businessman in the British scientific instrument trade, a collector of science books and scientific instruments, and an author on their history. He amassed a unique ...

Date of birth: 1871

Date of death: 1953

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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1871 births 3,421T

1953 deaths 3,471T
11.

Anneliese Maier

German historian

Overview: Anneliese Maier (November 17, 1905 in Tübingen, Germany – December, 1971 in Rome, Italy) was a German historian of science particularly known for her work researching natural philosophy in the middle ages ...

Date of birth: 17 November 1905

Date of death: 1971

Age: 65 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Historian

Gender: Female

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Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America 160T

20th-century German women writers 288T

German women historians 103T
12.

Arkan Simaan

Brazilian writer

Overview: Arkan Simaan is a French novelist.

Date of birth: 1945

Age: 80

Nationality: French

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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French male non-fiction writers 2,066T

French male novelists 741T

Lebanese former Christians 8T
13.

Paul Forman

American historian

Overview: Paul Forman (born 1937) is an historian of science and is the retired curator of the Division of Medicine and Science at the National Museum of American History. Forman's primary research focus has been ...

Date of birth: 1937

Age: 88

Nationality: American

Occupation: Historian

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21st-century American historians 1,758T

Fellows of the American Physical Society 1,617T

American historians 3,989T
14.

Allan Chapman (historian)

Historian of science

Overview: Allan Chapman FRAS (born 30 May 1946) is a British historian of science.

Date of birth: 30 May 1946

Age: 79

Nationality: British

Occupation: Historian

Gender: Male

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Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society 186T

People from Swinton, Greater Manchester 22T

Fellows of Wadham College, Oxford 75T
15.

Alexandre Koyré

French philosopher

Overview: Alexandre Koyré (, 29 August 1892 – 28 April 1964), also anglicized as Alexander Koyre, was a French philosopher of Russian Jewish origin who wrote on the history and philosophy of science.

Date of birth: 29 August 1892

Date of death: 28 April 1964

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Philosopher

Gender: Male

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20th-century French non-fiction writers 418T

20th-century Russian non-fiction writers 10T

French male essayists 241T
16.

Al-Saghani

Persian astronomer and historian of science

Overview: Abu Hamid Ahmed ibn Mohammed al-Saghani al-Asturlabi (meaning the astrolabe maker of Saghan, near Merv) was a Persian astronomer and historian of science. He flourished in Baghdad, where he died in 379-380 ...

Nationality: Iraqi

Occupation: Scientist

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10th-century Iranian people 41T

Mathematicians of medieval Islam 66T

Medieval Iraqi mathematicians 17T
17.

Ernest Nagel

American philosopher

Overview: Ernest Nagel (November 16, 1901 – September 20, 1985) was an American philosopher of science. Along with Rudolf Carnap, Hans Reichenbach, and Carl Hempel, he is sometimes seen as one of the major figures ...

Date of birth: 16 November 1901

Date of death: 20 September 1985

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: Czech

Occupation: Philosopher

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Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy 515T

Fellows of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry 145T

CASBS at Stanford fellows 84T
18.

E. T. Whittaker

British mathematician

Overview: Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker FRS FRSE LL.D. Sc.D. (24 October 1873 – 24 March 1956) was an early 20th-century British mathematician, physicist, and historian of science. Whittaker was a leading mathematical ...

Date of birth: 24 October 1873

Date of death: 24 March 1956

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Scientist

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E. T. Whittaker 1T

Directors of Dunsink Observatory 12T

Applied mathematicians 48T
19.

John Desmond Bernal

Irish scientist, pioneer of X-ray crystallography in biology (1901–1971)

Overview: John Desmond Bernal FRS (10 May 1901 – 15 September 1971) was an Irish scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography in molecular biology. He published extensively on the history of science ...

Date of birth: 10 May 1901

Date of death: 15 September 1971

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Scientist

Gender: Male

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Members of Tots and Quots 4T

20th-century Irish historians 145T

British people of Italian-Jewish descent 7T
20.

Pierre Duhem

French physicist (1861–1916)

Overview: Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem ( 9 June 1861 – 14 September 1916) was a French theoretical physicist who worked on thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, and the theory of elasticity. Duhem was also a historian of ...

Date of birth: 9 June 1861

Date of death: 14 September 1916

Age: 55 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Chemist

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Relativity critics 54T

Members of the Ligue de la patrie française 123T

Scientists from Paris 293T