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Cathryn
Carson
Associate Professor
Department of History
Director
Office for History of Science and Technology
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History office: 3221 Dwinelle Hall
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| fax | 510-643-5323 |
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OHST: 543 Stephens Hall
| tel | 510-642-4581 |
| fax | 510-643-5321 |
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| Education |
A.B., 1990, University of Chicago, history and philosophy of science;
also completed requirements for A.B., physics, and S.B., mathematics
A.M., 1993, Harvard University, physics
Ph.D., 1995, Harvard University, history of science
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| Fields of Interest |
Primary fields
History of physics: conceptual, cultural, social, political
History of quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, and many-body physics
Relations between science and philosophy and between scientists and philosophers
History of science in Germany and the U.S.
Nuclear history
Secondary fields
History of technology
Modern German history
Intellectual history (European, U.S.)
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| Course Offerings |
2008-09
No courses offered
Some previous courses
Scientific revolutions (History 24 Sect 3) -- freshman seminar
Science and society since the Scientific Revolution (History 30B)
Nuclear Berkeley, nuclear world (History 100)
Science in the U.S. (History 138)
Modern physics (History 181B)
Science under Hitler, Stalin, and Mao (History 103) -- undergraduate seminar
Introduction to history of science II (History 275S) -- graduate seminar
Reading seminar: American science (History 280) -- graduate seminar
Intellectuals, institutions, and the modern university (History 285) -- graduate seminar
Modernity and science (History 280/285) -- graduate seminar -- see also the resource list
Historical colloquium (History 290) -- graduate lecture series |
| Research Projects |
Heisenberg in the atomic age: science and the public sphere (completed)
History of science in nuclear waste management
Shaping evolutionary biology in Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (beginning)
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| Links |
Selected Publications
Recent Lectures
Download cv (PDF)
Department of History, UC Berkeley
- Faculty listing
Office for History of Science and Technology, UC Berkeley
Science, Technology, and Society Center, UC Berkeley
Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
UC Center for Studies in Higher Education
American Institute of Physics History Site
For history of science links see also:
OHST link collection
Most recent course link collection
Resources for History 101S projects
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Spouse: Timothy Herron
Last modified 11 June 2008 |