Exhibitions and Displays

Advanced Research Fellow Dr Edwin Rose examines 200 years of Scientific Publishing at the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Click here to see this content in accessibility view , with full keyboard functionality and screen reader support. Alternatively, click the ellipsis menu below and select '...

Zhiyu Chen, MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine student (2022-23), outlines the remarkable growth in the mathematical sciences in England, and how this development was reflected in London.

Mark Chih-Wei Liang (MPhil in Health, Medicine and Society, 2021-22) presents the story of British sugar beet in a new exhibition at the Whipple Library.

Incoming HPS Part II student Heather Rowland explores the life and work of Sir William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907).

Former HPS MPhil students discuss research they undertook using books and objects from the Whipple Library, Whipple Museum and beyond.

In advance of the 150th anniversary of Mendeleev's publication of the periodic table, Karoliina Pulkkinen explores alternative ways in which the elements have been organised.

A selection of books that have been annotated by readers both known and unknown

Exploring theatrical representations of three major themes in the history of science.

Featuring material on a wide range of topics by women who were scholars, educators and interpreters of scientific information from the mid 18th to the early 20th centuries.

Featuring items once owned by George Darwin, son of Charles, and related books in the Whipple’s collections.

Exhibiting material donated to the Whipple Library from Gerard L’Estrange Turner’s collection of microscope books.