David P. Miller
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David Philip Miller is a social historian of science. He is an associate professor in the School of History and Philosophy of Science
at the University of New South Wales
, Australia
.
Born in Yorkshire
, he studied chemistry and nuclear physics as well as science and technology policy for a BSc (Hons) at Manchester University and received his MA and PhD in History and Sociology of Science from the University of Pennsylvania
. He has taught at the University of New South Wales since 1981.
Miller's published works include:
History and philosophy of science
The history and philosophy of science is an academic discipline that encompasses the philosophy of science and the history of science. Although many scholars in the field are trained primarily as either historians or as philosophers, there are degree-granting departments of HPS at several...
at the University of New South Wales
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Born in Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, he studied chemistry and nuclear physics as well as science and technology policy for a BSc (Hons) at Manchester University and received his MA and PhD in History and Sociology of Science from the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
. He has taught at the University of New South Wales since 1981.
Miller's published works include:
- James Watt, Chemist: Understanding the Origins of the Steam Age (Pickering & Chatto, 2009, ISBN 1851969748).
- Discovering Water: James Watt, Henry Cavendish and the Nineteenth-Century 'Water Controversy' (Ashgate, 2004, ISBN 0-7546-3177-X).
- Visions of Empire: Voyages, Botany, and Representations of Nature (edited with Peter Hanns Reill), (Cambridge University Press, 1996, ISBN 0-521-48303-4).