Faculty
David Wilson
Professor
625 Ross Hall
Dept. of History
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-5467
Email: davidw@iastate.edu
Education
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Research and Teaching Interests
History of Physics
History of Science and Religion
Scottish Enlightenment
Selected Publications
"Galileo's Religion Versus the Church's Science?" Physics
in Perspective, 1 (1999): 65-84
Kelvin
and Stokes: A Comparative Study in Victorian Physics (Adam
Hilger, 1987)
Ed., Did the Devil Make Darwin Do It? (Iowa State University
Press, 1983, rev 1996)
Courses Taught
Introduction to History of Science
Science and Religion
History of Physics and Astronomy
Graduate seminars in the General History of Science
Professional Activity
Program Co-Chair, History
of Science Society, 2001.
President of the Midwest Junto for the History of Science, 1995-96