Past Member
W. Roy Laird
Funding provided by the Fund for Historical Studies
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
History of Science
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Walter (Roy) Laird is working on a comprehensive account of the rise of mechanics as a theoretical, mathematical, and practical science in the sixteenth century, leading to Galileo's new science of motion and a general tendency to see nature in mechanical terms, thus preparing the way for the mechanical philosophy of the seventeenth century.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees
University of Toronto
Ph.D.
1983
University of Toronto
M.A.
1978
Concordia University
B.A.
1976
Honors
1976
Governor General's Medal
Appointments
University of Toronto
1986–1987
Visiting Assistant Professor
Rice University
1984–1986
Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow