Smith, Robert -

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Personal Information
First Name: 
Robert
Last Name: 
Smith
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
History and Classics
University Affiliation: 
University of Alberta
Phone: 
7804923918
Email Address: 
rwsmith@ualberta.ca
Area of Research
Subject: 
Astronomy
Science
Geographical Region: 
Europe
United States of America
Time Period: 
19th and 20th Century
Specific Area of Research: 
History of astronomy; history of the physical sciences (especially the history of astronomy, cosmology and spaceflight) in the United States; the history of technology from the late eighteenth century to the present
Academics
PHD Program: 
History and philosophy of science
PHD University: 
University of Cambridge
PHD Date: 
1979
Major Publications: 
Books 1) Hubble: Imaging Space and Time (National Geographic, 2008), co-authored with David DeVorkin, 224 pages, being a greatly revised and expanded edition of The Hubble Space Telescope: Imaging the Universe (National Geographic, 2004), co-authored with David DeVorkin. 2) Reconsidering Sputnik: Forty Years Since the Soviet Satellite (Harwood Academic Publishers, 2000), coeditor with R. Launius and J. Logsdon. 3) The Space Telescope: A Study of NASA, Science, Technology, and Politics, (New York, Cambridge University Press, 1989). A paperback version of this book, with an additional 10,000 word chapter, was published in 1993. 4) The Expanding Universe: Astronomy
Membership in Academic Societies: 
History of Science Society, Society for the History of Technology, Society for the Social Studies of Science, Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science
Courses Taught: 
HIST 270-Sources in the History of Science HIST 294-An Introduction to the History of Science, Technology and Medicine HIST 394-History of Astronomy and Cosmology HIST 398-History of Science II HIST 486-Topcis in the History of Technology HIST 496-Topics in the History of Science STS 400-Advanced Topics in Science, Technology and Society HIST 603-History of Historical Writing HIST 696-Topics in the History of the Sciences