Dr. H. Floris COHEN University of Twente - Netherlands
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| He attended the 'Stedelijk Gymnasium' (City Highschool) in Haarlem, then studied history at the university of Leiden. | |
| 1970 | he completed his MA with a major in socio-economic history and a minor in history of science. |
| 1974 | he graduated with a Ph.D. thesis on efforts at renewal in Dutch social-democracy during the first decade after the First World War. |
| 1975-1982 | he served the Museum Boerhaave in Leiden as a curator. |
| 1982 | he was appointed full professor in history of science at the University of Twente. |
| 2001 | he took early retirement; since then, his scholarly efforts have been centered at his home base. |
Mitgliedschaften
| He has enjoyed three senior fellowships at institutes for advanced studies: NIAS (Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study) in Wassenaar, the Wilson Center in Washington DC, and the Dibner Institute for History of Science and Technology in Cambridge (Massachusetts). | |
| He is a member of the History of Science Society (HSS) and of the Global Economic History Network (GEHN). |
Publikationen
| Quantifying Music. The Science of Music at the First Stage of the Scientific Revolution, 1580-1650, Western Ontario Series, Vol. 23., Reidel, Dordrecht, 1984 | |
| The Scientific Revolution. A Historiographical Inquiry, University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London, 1994 | |
| 'How Modern Science Came Into the World. A Comparative History' (provisional title of a book close to completion in first draft) |
