Ton Van Helvoort
Biographic Data
| ID | 1645865 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ton Van Helvoort |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ton |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Helvoort |
| SIGNATURE | VAN HELVOORT T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Health Ethics and Philosophy, University of Limburg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Andrewes's christmas fairy tale
This paper uses a short ‘Christmas fairy-story for oncologists’ sent by Christopher Andrewes with a 1935 letter to Peyton Rous as the centrepiece of a reflection on the state of knowledge and speculation about the viral aetiology of cancer in the 1930s. Although explicitly not intended for public circulation at the time, the fairy-story merits publication for its significance in the history of ideas about viruses, which are taken for granted toda…
Virus & Cancer Studies’—Still fascinating after all these years (2014)
Durchsicht, Einsicht, Vorsicht
Reviewed by Ton van Helvoort Elsloo The Netherlands Monika Dommann. Durchsicht, Einsicht, Vorsicht: Eine Geschichte der Röntgenstrahlen, 1896–1963. Interferenzen, no. 5. Zurich: Chronos, 2003. 447 pp. Ill. E29.80 (paperbound, 3-0340-0587-3). Monika Dommann's book is ultimately about people's fascination with technological developments and their concern about the potentially adverse consequences of such developments. In the first decades of the tw…
Purifying’ Science
L'A. analyse la dichotomie entre les sciences pures et appliquees qui s'est produite au XX e siecle apres la seconde guerre mondiale et demontre la demarcation de la biochimie en tant que science pure a partir des travaux du biochimiste E.C. Slater, professeur a l'Universite d'Amsterdam
Institutionalizing Biochemistry
1Department of History, University of Maastricht, P. O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected]
A dispute over scientific credibility
British Society for the History of Science. Report of Council for the year 1996
Objects The primary objective for which the Society is established is to promote and further the study of the history and philosophy of science. Secondary objectives include the provision of facilities, the arrangement of meetings, the promotion of research and the publishing of papers; full details of all the objectives may be found in the Society's Memorandum of Association . Policies The main policy of the Society is to provide the infrastruct…
History of Virus Research in the Twentieth Century
Historique de la recherche sur les virus qui les distingue des bacteries par leur structure et la nature de leur agent infectieux
What is a virus? The case of tobacco mosaic disease
History of Virus Research in the Twentieth Century
Historique de la recherche sur les virus qui les distingue des bacteries par leur structure et la nature de leur agent infectieux
What is a virus? The case of tobacco mosaic disease
Virus & Cancer Studies’—Still fascinating after all these years (2014)
Institutionalizing Biochemistry
1Department of History, University of Maastricht, P. O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected]
A dispute over scientific credibility
What is a virus? The case of tobacco mosaic disease
History of Virus Research in the Twentieth Century
Historique de la recherche sur les virus qui les distingue des bacteries par leur structure et la nature de leur agent infectieux
British Society for the History of Science. Report of Council for the year 1996
Objects The primary objective for which the Society is established is to promote and further the study of the history and philosophy of science. Secondary objectives include the provision of facilities, the arrangement of meetings, the promotion of research and the publishing of papers; full details of all the objectives may be found in the Society's Memorandum of Association . Policies The main policy of the Society is to provide the infrastruct…
A dispute over scientific credibility
Institutionalizing Biochemistry
1Department of History, University of Maastricht, P. O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected]
Purifying’ Science
L'A. analyse la dichotomie entre les sciences pures et appliquees qui s'est produite au XX e siecle apres la seconde guerre mondiale et demontre la demarcation de la biochimie en tant que science pure a partir des travaux du biochimiste E.C. Slater, professeur a l'Universite d'Amsterdam
Durchsicht, Einsicht, Vorsicht
Reviewed by Ton van Helvoort Elsloo The Netherlands Monika Dommann. Durchsicht, Einsicht, Vorsicht: Eine Geschichte der Röntgenstrahlen, 1896–1963. Interferenzen, no. 5. Zurich: Chronos, 2003. 447 pp. Ill. E29.80 (paperbound, 3-0340-0587-3). Monika Dommann's book is ultimately about people's fascination with technological developments and their concern about the potentially adverse consequences of such developments. In the first decades of the tw…
Virus & Cancer Studies’—Still fascinating after all these years (2014)
Andrewes's christmas fairy tale
This paper uses a short ‘Christmas fairy-story for oncologists’ sent by Christopher Andrewes with a 1935 letter to Peyton Rous as the centrepiece of a reflection on the state of knowledge and speculation about the viral aetiology of cancer in the 1930s. Although explicitly not intended for public circulation at the time, the fairy-story merits publication for its significance in the history of ideas about viruses, which are taken for granted toda…
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Twentieth Century Scientific Developments (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Chemistry (2 works) · Historical Medical Research and Treatments (2 works) · History (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medical History and Research (2 works)