Across artificial intelligence, climate change, food safety, transport and communication, the fields of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) are integral to modern society. Through a selection of forty-six lives from the Dictionary of Irish Biography, this book brings together natural philosophers, mathematicians, engineers, particle physicists, code breakers and many more. Celebrating the diversity of STEM in Ireland, from the development of the ‘scientific method’ in the circle surrounding Robert Boyle through to the large-scale particle physics experiments undertaken by John Stewart Bell and Anne Kernan at CERN, Irish STEM Lives traces the evolution of the pursuit of knowledge over the past four centuries.
Turlogh O'Riordan is a historian and the online and digital editor of the Dictionary of Irish Biography. He has worked on the project for over two decades.
Jane Grimson is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy and past president of Engineers Ireland and of the Irish Academy of Engineering. She is a Fellow Emerita and former vice provost of Trinity College Dublin.
