User:Paul EJ King/Archive (pking123)

Paul King

B. Sc., B. Ed.
High School Teacher
Oakville, Ontario
author of the Food Science Website

Contributed to the Philosophy of History Article

(the "Historical accounts of writing history" subsection). I cleaned it up rather than change any existing information. I discovered some deadwood phrases -- things that were obvious to the point of being non-statements. The topic greatly interests me, because I am personally involved in a bit of "historical revisionism" of my own. Pking123 20:46, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Contributed to the Chemistry page,

expanding the precis on the History of Chemistry, with a quote taken from William Brock's The Fontana History of Chemistry. The history of chemistry is not striaghtforward and linear. It is caught up with otherwise respected scientists, royalty, popes, and idle rich folk. It is linked to Europe's need to become healthy again after being rocked by plagues, blights, and so on (which I don't mention). It is also linked to the Dark Ages, the Renaissance, and the development of a scientific method and a philosphy of science generally.

I thought that at the very least, we should state: 1) alchemy; 2) how alchemy revealed a need for a more systematic way of finding things out; and 3) the emergence of chemistry as the culmination of organised, meticulous and reproducible experiments. Pking123 20:46, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Started the article on Multifactorial inheritance

Added a flurry of edits and refs to the article. Tried to keep the treatment basic and general. I also started a talk page (talk:Multifactorial Inheritance) on the subject to get the ball rolling. Pking123 20:46, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Other General remarks

While I have an extensive science background, I have a great interest in the humanities and social sciences as well.

Pking123 20:46, 7 January 2007 (UTC)