History of earth sciences, especially the reconstruction of the earth's pre-human history, 1750-1850; the history of visual imagery in the natural sciences; epistemic issues in field- and museum-based sciences
Affiliated Research Scholar, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge; Professor Emeritus of History, University of California, San Diego
Past appointments
University of CambridgeAffiliated Research Scholar, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge; Professor Emeritus of History, University of California, San Diego
1998 -
University of CambridgeAffiliated Research Scholar, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge; Professor Emeritus of History, University of California, San Diego
1998 -
University of California, San DiegoProfessor of History
1987 - 1998
Vrije Universiteit, AmsterdamProfessor Ordinarius of History and Social Aspects of the Natural Sciences
1974 - 1980
University of CambridgeUniversity Lecturer in [successively] Geology, and History of Science
1965 - 1974
University of CambridgeUniversity Demonstrator, Department of Geology
1955 - 1959
Publications
Worlds before Adam 2008
Earth's Deep History 2014
Georges Cuvier 1997
Scenes from Deep Time 1992
The New Science of Geology 2004 Ashgate Variorum series
Lyell and Darwin Geologists 2005 Ashgate Variorum series
