I am particularly interested in visual cultures of science — from early Islamic ophthalmology to contemporary astrophysics — and in the history of scientific collecting — from early modern wunderkammern to present day datasets. History of science, like science itself, spans a vast field of material culture, international collaborations and complex processes: it takes place in exhibitions, museums and laboratories as well as in publications and archives. Methodologies developed in history and philosophy of science are vital keys to understanding many areas of human endeavour and intellectual development; highly productive ways to get from epistemology to aesthetics and back.