Floris Winckel

Postdoc, History of Science

News and Updates


Oct 16, 2025

πŸŽ‰I succesfully defended my doctoral dissertation today! For their encouraging feedback, I'd like to thank my committee: Helmuth Trischler, KΓ€rin Nickelsen, and Jens Soentgen.



Jun 24, 2025

πŸ“˜ I submitted my doctoral dissertation to the LMU's Promotionsamt today.



Jan 28, 2025

πŸ“Ί I had the pleasure of making a short video contribution on what we can learn from snowflakes for the MoMA R&D Salon "It's cold outside!" (27 January 2025). Youtube link available under "Read more"πŸ”—

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Dec 1, 2024

The American Institute of Physics has featured a highlight from my research visit to the M. E. Grenander Deparment of Special Collections & Archives in May-June 2024.

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Nov 21, 2024

πŸ“ƒ New essay co-authored with Alice Murphy on the way the IPCC thinks about aesthetics.

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Nov 19, 2024

πŸ“ƒ New article out on James and Cecilia Glaisher's snowflakes (1855), and what they can tell us about domestic science, husband-wife collaborations, and drawing practices in mid-19th century Britain.

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