"Welcome to the UCSB Program in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine homepage. Science and technology are major influential forces in the world today. Yet we know so little about these things we often take for granted. How did we get the Internet? Is science the same in Mexico and China as it is in the United States? Who invented cell phones? Did doctors or priests invent the hospital? What is bioinformatics and is it related to nanotechnology? What are the proper relationships between animals and humans? How could calendar reform be a political act? Do women do science differently than men? If these questions interest you, and you want to learn more, we invite you to read on and to learn more about graduate study at UCSB in the history of science, technology, and medicine."