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History and the history of science in the work of Hendrik De Man Ghent University
Disciplinary networks and bounding: scientific communication between science and technology studies and history of science Ghent University University of Antwerp
Against Chronological and Impersonal Accounts of the History of Science. Towards non-linear didactics. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This paper criticizes traditional chronological teaching, instigated by recent studies by Kinchin that show how linear computer presentations barely contribute to the student's understanding of the subject matter. I introduce non-linearity in teaching history, in particular in teaching history of science, as an alternative to standard didactics. Timelines are fundamental to linear teaching, but they are also valuable as a supplement to ...
Teaching history of science to creative students. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Philosophy of science without history is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind." (Lakatos 1970) At Artesis College University Antwerp, history of science and philosophy of science are taught in one and the same course, intertwining historical developments and philosophical analyses, with a practical assignment that grasps the attention and sparks the interest of the down-to-earth practice oriented product design ...
Mendel at the sesquicentennial of 'Versuche uber Pflanzen-Hybriden' (1865): the root of the biggest legend in the history of science Ghent University
In 1965, Mendel was still celebrated as the undisputed founder of genetics. In the ensuing 50 years, scholars questioned and undermined this traditional interpretation of his experiments with hybrid plants, without, however, managing to replace it: at the sesquicentennial of the presentation of his 'Versuche' (1865), the Moravian friar remains, to a vast majority, the heroic Father of genetics or at least some kind of geneticist. This ...