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Graeme John Norman Gooday
Graeme John Norman Gooday (born June 1965) is a British historian and philosopher of science currently working as Professor of History of Science and Technology at the University of LeedSchool of Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science where he was Head of School between 2014 and 2019. His research encompasses the history and philosophy of technology: especially electrical technologies, telecommunications, and auditory technologies. He has published extensively on measurement, gender and technology, women in engineering, and histories of patenting. Education Gooday's PhD dissertation was on 'Precision Measurement and the Genesis of Physics Teaching Laboratories in Victorian Britain' and he (jointly) won the 1988-9 British Society for the History of SciencSinger Prizefor his essay on this topic. His first book ''The Morals of Measurement: accuracy, irony and trust in late Victorian electrical practice'' extended his key work on measurement and was published bCambridge Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Gooday
Graham William Gooday (1942–2001) was a British molecular biologist. He was Professor of Microbiology at Aberdeen University. He was presented with the inaugural Fleming Prize Lecture for the Microbiological Society in 1976. He served as Director of the Institute of Marine Biology. Early life and education Gooday was born on 19 February 1942 in Colchester the son of William Arnold Gooday and Edith May Beeton. He studied Biology at the University of Bristol graduating BSc in 1963. He took a year out working as a teacher for Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) in Kenema in Sierra Leone. He received a PhD in 1968 from the University of Bristol for research on sexual reproduction in the Mucorales. He returned as a research fellow at the University of Leeds working with Irene Manton and then at University of Glasgow worked with John Burnett. Career and research Gooday served as a lecturer at Aberdeen University from 1972 and was promoted to Professor in 1986. His research focu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |