2025 Journal Article Darwin's scientific gardener: John Scott, the 'physiological test' and the importance of character in Victorian scienceHesketh, Ian (2025). Darwin's scientific gardener: John Scott, the 'physiological test' and the importance of character in Victorian science. British Journal for the History of Science, 1-19. doi: 10.1017/s0007087425000226 |
2024 Journal Article Review of Scientific History: Experiments in History and Politics from the Bolshevik Revolution to the End of the Cold War. By Elena Aronova. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2021. Hesketh, Ian (2024). Review of Scientific History: Experiments in History and Politics from the Bolshevik Revolution to the End of the Cold War. By Elena Aronova. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2021. . Journal of Modern History, 96 (3), 695-697. doi: 10.1086/730039 |
2024 Journal Article Down under Darwin: Australasian perspectives on Darwin studiesHesketh, Ian, Barton, Ruth and Richards, Evelleen (2024). Down under Darwin: Australasian perspectives on Darwin studies. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 103, 69-76. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2023.11.004 |
2022 Journal Article Disciplining the AnthropoceneHesketh, Ian (2022). Disciplining the Anthropocene. History and Theory, 61 (3), 482-491. doi: 10.1111/hith.12267 |
2022 Journal Article The Psychic Force Serialized: William Crookes and The Quarterly Journal of Science, 1870-1874Hesketh, Ian (2022). The Psychic Force Serialized: William Crookes and The Quarterly Journal of Science, 1870-1874. Aries, 22 (1), 13-41. doi: 10.1163/15700593-02201002 |
2021 Journal Article What Big History missesHesketh, Ian (2021). What Big History misses. Aeon. |
2021 Journal Article Joshua Bennett, God and Progress: Religion and History in British Intellectual Culture, 1845-1914Hesketh, Ian (2021). Joshua Bennett, God and Progress: Religion and History in British Intellectual Culture, 1845-1914. The American Historical Review, 126 (4), 1685-1686. doi: 10.1093/ahr/rhab626 |
2021 Journal Article Narratives of Charles Darwin down underHesketh, Ian (2021). Narratives of Charles Darwin down under. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 88, 303-311. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2021.06.007 |
2020 Journal Article The making of John Tyndall's Darwinian RevolutionHesketh, Ian (2020). The making of John Tyndall's Darwinian Revolution. Annals of Science, 77 (4), 524-548. doi: 10.1080/00033790.2020.1808243 |
2020 Journal Article The first Darwinian: Alfred Russel Wallace and the meaning of DarwinismHesketh, Ian (2020). The first Darwinian: Alfred Russel Wallace and the meaning of Darwinism. Journal of Victorian Culture, 25 (2), 171-184. doi: 10.1093/jvcult/vcz042 |
2019 Journal Article Technologies of the Scientific Self: John Tyndall and His JournalHesketh, Ian (2019). Technologies of the Scientific Self: John Tyndall and His Journal. Isis, 110 (3), 460-482. doi: 10.1086/704672 |
2018 Journal Article A big history of the future: Homo Deus: a brief history of tomorrowHesketh, Ian (2018). A big history of the future: Homo Deus: a brief history of tomorrow. Sydney Review of Books |
2018 Journal Article John Robert Seeley, natural religion, and the Victorian conflict between science and religionHesketh, Ian (2018). John Robert Seeley, natural religion, and the Victorian conflict between science and religion. Journal of the History of Ideas, 79 (2), 309-329. doi: 10.1353/jhi.2018.0018 |
2018 Journal Article Prodding, proofreading, and persistence; or, tales from an Isis proofreaderHesketh, Ian (2018). Prodding, proofreading, and persistence; or, tales from an Isis proofreader. Newsletter of the History of Science Society, 47 (2), 8-10. |
2018 Journal Article Review of: Gillian Beer, Alice in space: the sideways Victorian world of Lewis CarrollHesketh, Ian (2018). Review of: Gillian Beer, Alice in space: the sideways Victorian world of Lewis Carroll. Isis, 109 (1), 189-191. |
2017 Journal Article The evolutionary epicHesketh, Ian (2017). The evolutionary epic. Victorian Review, 41 (2), 35-39. doi: 10.1353/vcr.2015.0014 |
2017 Journal Article Darwinism as Religion: What Literature Tells Us About EvolutionHesketh, Ian (2017). Darwinism as Religion: What Literature Tells Us About Evolution. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews |
2016 Journal Article Review of: Sarah C. Alexander, Victorian literature and the physics of the imponderableHesketh, Ian (2016). Review of: Sarah C. Alexander, Victorian literature and the physics of the imponderable. Isis, 107 (4), 868-869. doi: 10.1086/689422 |
2016 Journal Article Introduction: evolution and historical explanationHarrison, Peter and Hesketh, Ian (2016). Introduction: evolution and historical explanation. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 58, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.12.010 |
2016 Journal Article Counterfactuals and history: contingency and convergence in histories of science and lifeHesketh, Ian (2016). Counterfactuals and history: contingency and convergence in histories of science and life. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 58, 41-48. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.12.015 |