Sean F. Johnston, BSc MSc PhD
Affiliations: | 1999- | School of Interdisciplinary Studies | University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Area:
science and technology studies; optical physics; spectroscopy; instrumentation; history and philosophy of science; historical sociology of science and technology; environmental ethicsWebsite:
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""sean f. johnston""Bio:
Career as physicist at Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa; Bomem Inc, Quebec; Lloyd Instruments, Southampton; Laser Monitoring Systems, Hull; University of Leeds;
Career as historian of science and technology at University of Leeds; University of York; University of Glasgow.
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Parents
Sign in to add mentor| Philip Douglas Carman | research assistant | 1977-1977 | National Research Council, Canada |
| Henry Buijs | research assistant | 1981-1988 | |
| Ian Macmillan Ward | research assistant | 1992-1995 | University of Leeds |
| Bruce P. Clayman | grad student | 1978-1979 | Simon Fraser |
| E Daryl Crozier | grad student | 1978-1979 | Simon Fraser |
| Geoffrey N. Cantor | grad student | 1991-1995 | University of Leeds (History of History Tree) |
| Colin Divall | post-doc | 1996-1999 | University of York |
Collaborators
Sign in to add collaborator| David J. W. Kendall | collaborator | 1981-1984 | Bomem Inc | |
| William Gault | collaborator | 1982-1985 | ||
| Jeff R. Wimperis | collaborator | 1984-1985 | Interoptics | |
| Henry Buijs | collaborator | 1981-1987 | Bomem Inc | |
| Gordon Greeley Shepherd | collaborator | 1983-1987 | ||
| John F. Bryant | collaborator | 1990-1991 | Laser Monitoring Systems Ltd | |
| Geoffrey R. Davies | collaborator | 1993-1995 | University of Leeds | |
| Colin Divall | collaborator | 1996-1999 | University of York | |
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| Benjamin Franks | collaborator | 2001-2018 | University of Glasgow | |
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| Stuart Hanscomb | collaborator | 2003-2018 | University of Glasgow | |
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| Johnston SF. (2018) Alvin Weinberg and the Promotion of the Technological Fix. Technology and Culture. 59: 620-651 |
| Johnston SF. (2018) Vaunting the independent amateur: Scientific American and the representation of lay scientists. Annals of Science. 1-23 |
| Johnston SF. (2018) The Technological Fix as Social Cure-All: Origins and Implications Ieee Technology and Society Magazine. 37: 47-54 |
| Johnston SF. (2017) Holograms: The Story of a Word and Its Cultural Uses Leonardo. 50: 493-499 |
| Johnston SF. (2017) Technological parables and iconic illustrations: American technocracy and the rhetoric of the technological fix History and Technology. 33: 196-219 |
| Johnston SF. (2016) James Nye, A long time in making: the history of Smiths ( Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. xxvi + 375. 17 figs. 61 plates. 8 tabs. ISBN 9780198717256 Hbk. £30) The Economic History Review. 69: 371-373 |
| Johnston S. (2015) Patently Contestable: Electrical Technologies and Inventor Identities on Trial in Britain. by Stathis Arapostathis and Graeme Gooday (review) Technology and Culture. 56: 276-277 |
| Johnston SF. (2015) Anne Marcovich and Terry Shinn, Toward a New Dimension: Exploring the Nanoscale Minerva. 53: 431-434 |
| Johnston S. (2014) József Illy, The Practical Einstein: Experiments, Patents, Inventions . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. Pp. xi+202. ISBN 978-1-4214-0457-8. £31.00 (hardback). The British Journal For the History of Science. 47: 382-383 |
| Johnston S. (2013) Instrumental Community: Probe Microscopy and the Path to Nanotechnology by Cyrus C. M. Mody (review) Technology and Culture. 54: 221-223 |