Peter Barker

Professor of the History of Science

Open Exhibition in Physics, Hertford College, University of Oxford, England, 1968
B.A. (Honors) in Physics and Philosophy, University of Oxford, England, 1971
Diploma in the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Oxford, England, 1972
Ph.D. in Philosophy, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1975

Contact me

Peter Barker
Department of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
The University of Oklahoma
601 Elm, Room 625
Norman, OK 73019
USA

Office Tel: 1-405-325-2213

Email: barkerp@ou.edu
Web: ou.edu/cas/hsci

Curriculum Vitae

Celestial Orbs project

Select Publications

Book cover of The Cognitive Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Hanke Andersen, Peter Barker, and Xiang Chen, published by Cambridge University Press.

The Cognitive Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Hanne Andersen, Peter Barker and Xiang Chen (co-authors). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Book cover of Revolution and Continuity, Essays in the History and Philosophy of Early Modern Science, Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy volume 24, edited by Peter Barker and Roger Ariew.

Pierre Duhem: Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science. Roger Ariew and Peter Barker (trs.). Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Co., 1996. Available as an ebook from 2008.

Book cover of Pierre Duhem, Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science, Translated and Edited, with Introduction, by Roger Ariew and Peter Barker.

Revolution and Continuity: Essays in the History and Philosophy of Early Modern Science, Peter Barker and Roger Ariew (eds.). Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1991.