Greg Good
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
202E Woodburn Hall
(304)293-2421 x5247
Ph.D., 1982, History and Philosophy of Science, University of Toronto
Teaching Fields: History of science, environmental history, Cultural Resource Management
Courses: Hist 271-Science/Religion and Myth
Hist 272-Science Since 1700
Hist 277-Revolutions in Science and Technology
Hist 284-History of Environmental Science
Hist 407-The Rise of Modern Science
Hist 408-Science in Modern Europe
Hist 600
Research Fields: History of modern science, especially earth science and physical science in the 19th and 20th centuries
Selected Recent Publications:
A Shift of View: Meteorology in John Herschel's terrestrial physics. In Intimate Universality: Local and Global Themes in the History of Weather and Climate, eds. J.R. Fleming, V. Jankovic, and D.R. Coen, New York: Science History Publications, 2006, pp. 35-67
Geophysical Travelers: The Magneticians of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. To be included in a book being published in 2007 by INHIGEO, the International Commission for the History of Geological Sciences.
From Terrestrial Magnetism to Geomagnetism: Disciplinary Transformation in the Twentieth Century, in The Earth Inside and Out: Some Major Contributions to Geology in the Twentieth Century, ed. David R. Oldroyd, Geological Society (London) Special Publication No. 192 (London, UK: Geological Society, 2002), 229-239.
The Assembly of Geophysics: Scientific Disciplines as Frameworks of Consensus, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 2000, 31:259-292.
Hist 484 Historical Research Capstone: Environmental History
