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Straker, Stephen Mory, 1942- (1)

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Born in New York City in 1942, Stephen Straker became a landed immigrant in 1972. Before teaching at UBC, Straker obtained his Ph.D. degree in history of science from Indiana University in 1971: his thesis was entitled Keplers Optics: A Study in the Development of 17th-Century Natural Philosophy. As a professor in the UBC History Department, Straker was regarded as an interdisciplinary, collectively weaving together strands of history, philosophy, and science. He was a founding member of the...

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