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Bachelors in Physics
Dr. Chalmers first started his education at University of Bristol with the completion of his Bachelorette in Physics. -
Masters in Physics
Dr. Chalmers continued his education at University of Manchester with the completion of his Magister in Physics. -
PhD in Physics with a thesis in Electromagnetic Theory
Dr. Chalmers finished his education while attending the University of London. His thesis was written on a electromagnetic theory form the findings of James Clerk Maxwell. -
What is this Thing Called Science
The book "What is this Thing Called Science" was an attempt to identify shortcomings within the scientific community and replace them with modern attempts. This book was revised with a second addition including 6 more chapters that covered scientific advancements in 1982.
The third revision was introduced in 1999.
In 2013 a fourth revision was introduced to update scientific theories. Chalmers, Alan. What Is This Thing Called Science? 4th ed. St Lucia, Qld: UQP, 2013. Print. -
Science and It's Fabrication
This book is the sequel to the book "What is this Thing Called Science". This book continues to challenge the scientific approach. viewed as one of the baselines for the approach of Philosophy and of Science. Fuller, Steve. “Sociology & Philosophy of Science -- Science and Its Fabrication by Alan Chalmers.” Isis 1 Dec. 1991: 786. Web. -
The Scientist's Atom and the Philosopher's Stone – How Science Succeeded and Philosophy Failed to Gain Knowledge of Atoms
The book is key reading for students and scholars in History and Philosophy of Science and will be instructive for and provide a challenge to philosophers, historians and scientists more generally. Matthews, Michael. “Alan F. Chalmers: The Scientist’s Atom and the Philosopher’s Stone: How Science Succeeded and Philosophy Failed to Gain Knowledge of Atoms.” Science & Education Feb. 2011: 173–190. Web. -
One Hundred Years of Pressure: Hydrostatics from Stevin to Newton
This monograph investigates the development of hydrostatics as a science. In the process, it sheds new light on the nature of science and its origins in the Scientific Revolution. Readers will come to see that the history of hydrostatics reveals subtle ways in which the science of the seventeenth century differed from previous periods.
“One Hundred Years of Pressure.” Google Books, books.google.com/books?id=Smm4DgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false. -
Current workings
Currently Dr. Chalmers is an honorary professor of University of Australia he is also a guest professor at the University of Flinders University.
