Major Publications:
The History of Imperial College, 1907-2007: higher education and research in science, technology and medicine, London, Imperial College Press, 2007, ISBN: 978-1-86094-709-4
Scientific Careers and Social Exchange in London: The Diary of Herbert McLeod, 1885-1900', History of Science, xlvi (2008), 457 - 496
'Technical Assistance in the world of London science, 1850-1900', Notes and Records of the Royal Society, 62 (2008), : 51 - 75.
'"The Declaration of Students of the Natural and Physical Sciences" revisited: Youth, Science and Religion in Mid-Victorian Britain' in William Sweet and Richard Feist (eds.), Religion and the Challenges of Science, Ashgate, 2007, chapter 1.
"'If gold ruste what shall iren do?': Silvanus Phillips Thompson, Quakerism and Science', in Paul Wood (ed.), Science and Dissent in England, 1688-1945,(Ashgate), 2004, 215 - 238.
'The University of Toronto: a history by Martin L. Friedland' (Essay review), H-net, 2004
'Clock synchrony, time distribution and electrical timekeeping in Britain 1880-1925', Past and Present, 181 (2003), 107 - 140.
'Science and opportunity in London, 1871-85: the diary of Herbert McLeod', History of Science, xli (2003) 427 - 458.
(with Anne Barrett) 'Should the cobbler stick to his last? Silvanus Phillips Thompson and the making of a scientific career', British Journal for the History of Science, 35 (2002), 151 - 186.
'"Pillars of the College": Assistants at the Royal College of Chemistry 1846-71', Ambix: The Journal for the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry, 47 (2000),135 - 169.
'Association and Practice: The City and Guilds of London Institute for the Advancement of Technical Education', Annals of Science, 57 (2000) 369 - 398.
Membership in Academic Societies:
Courses Taught:
range of courses in history of science and European cultural history
