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Simon J. Schaffer (born 1 January 1955) is a historian of science, previously a professor of the history and philosophy of science at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and was editor of The British Journal for the History of Science from 2004 to 2009.
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| Simon Schaffer | Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA, PhD) Harvard University | 1.00 | infobox |
| Simon Schaffer | Born | (1955-01-01) 1 January 1955 (age 71) Southampton | 1.00 | infobox |
| Simon Schaffer | Education | Varndean Grammar School for Boys | 1.00 | infobox |
| Simon Schaffer | Thesis | Newtonian cosmology and the steady state (1980) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Simon Schaffer | Website | www.hps.cam.ac.uk/directory/schaffer | 1.00 | infobox |
| Simon Schaffer | Workplaces | University of Cambridge Darwin College, Cambridge Imperial College London University of California, Los Angeles | 1.00 | infobox |
| Simon Schaffer | related to External links | Schaffer's | 0.60 | section |
| Simon Schaffer | related to External links | Department | 0.60 | section |
| Simon Schaffer | related to External links | History | 0.60 | section |
| Simon Schaffer | related to External links | Philosophy | 0.60 | section |
| Simon Schaffer | related to External links | Science | 0.60 | section |
| Simon Schaffer | related to External links | University | 0.60 | section |
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