Articles by Joe.1

Simulated bookshelf showing HPS reading list. (Credit: NanoBanana)
Masters-level

Reading List for MSc History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) Prep

This post lists a series of books my colleagues and I in UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) talk about as useful when preparing for MSc-level study in our fields. This list doesn’t identify everything one might want to read in a subject, but it’s […]
HPSC0044 Science and the Publishing Industry
Undergraduate-level

Project Pitch Explained for HPSC0044 Undergraduates

In HPSC0044 Science and the Publishing Industry (undergraduate version) students develop a book proposal. First, they sketch an idea. Second, they deliver a project pitch. Third, they submit a book proposal. To help students think […]
Proceedings of the Seventh International Genetical Congress held in 1939 and published in 1941.
Blog

Using LLMs to query 1939 International Genetical Congress

What work can large-language models (LLMs) do for historical researching? They offer tools for voluminous compilation of data ready for complex human analysis. They can organise and reorganise data. They can extract data from source material. They can be set to search for trends. We’re coming to grips with LLM tools for historical researching, and we’re quickly moving well beyond the LLM-as-author model so distrusted in our community. Historians must push ourselves to be as creative and demanding of LLM resources as those in our sister disciplines.

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