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...

the Experimental Life (published 1985) is a book by Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer. It examines the debate between Robert Boyle and Thomas Hobbes over...

after 1880), the additional alternative spelling "Schäffer", and the anglicised forms "Schaeffer", "Schaffer", "Shaffer", "Shafer", and "Schafer" are all common...

Colours: Shamans' Knowledge, Chemical Empire and Atlantic Revolutions," in Simon Schaffer, et al., eds., The Brokered World: Go-Betweens and Global Intelligence...

possibility of vacuum existence. Historians of science Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer, in their 1985 book Leviathan and the Air-Pump, describe the debate...

Machine Simon Schaffer, Professor of History of Science at Cambridge University Amanda Rees, Historian of science at the University of York Simon James...

the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life (1985, with Simon Schaffer); his "path-breaking book" A Social History of Truth (1994), The Scientific...

Universe and Everything." The material was presented by Cambridge academic Simon Schaffer. The first episode shows how the desire, by Greek, Arab and Christian...

facsimile from the Linda Hall Library) Maxwell, BBC Radio 4 discussion with Simon Schaffer, Peter Harman & Joanna Haigh (In Our Time, 2 October 2003) Scotland's...

Frequent contributors to the programme since 1998 include Angie Hobbs, Simon Schaffer, Martin Palmer, Steve Jones , Paul Cartledge, Carolin Crawford, Edith...