Dr Jason M Rampelt completed his Ph.D. in the History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University and is pursuing the Institute’s first research project in scientific biography. Dr Rampelt has also earned degrees in Philosophy (B.A., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland; M.A. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) and Theology (M.A.R., Th.M. Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia).>

Recent publications in science and religion:

"Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882-1944)" in Rupke, Nicolaas A., ed. Eminent Lives in Science and Reliigon. Second Revised and Much Expanded Edition (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2009) pp. 129-154

"Religion as a Cause in Scientific Research". Essay review of Practical Mystic: Religion, Science, and A.S.Eddington, by Matthew Stanley. Annals of Science 66:3 (2009)

Recent publications in the history of science:

"The Last Word: John Wallis on the Origin of the Royal Society". History of Science 46, II: 152 (2008), 177-201 

"Religion and Narrative Building in the History of Science". Essay review of Quakers Jews and Science: Religious Responses to Modernity and the Sciences in Britain, 1650-1900, by Geoffrey Cantor. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 39 (2008): 286-289 

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