Dr Joe Cain
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Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Biology
Dr Cain's research interests include the history of evolutionary studies, Darwin and Darwinism, history of science in London, history of natural history and natural history films.
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0207 679 3041 (UK)
+442076793041 (intl)
J.Cain@ucl.ac.uk
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No Ordinary Space
History book about Grant Museum of Zoology
Cain, Joe. 2011. No Ordinary Space: A Brief History of the Grant Museum’s new home at University College London (London: UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies).
UCL’s Grant Museum of Zoology is located in the Thomas Lewis Room in UCL's Rockefeller Building. This book provides fascinating historical notes about that space and the wider university and medical school environment. The aim is to answer a range of basic questions about architectural details and the building's history.
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Award
Cain collects award for public engagement
Among the 2012 Provost's Awards for Public Engagement, Joe was awarded the UCL Public Engagement Unit's award for the head of department who has shown the strongest commitment to culture change in their area of responsibility with respect to public engagement.
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Dr Joe Cain
UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies
