Biography
M. Pilar Gil works in the division of Special Collections at the University of St Andrews. Before settling down in Scotland, she spent most of her scientific career in the United States where she was an investigator in the fields of Signal Transduction, Transcriptional Regulation of the Immune System and the Biochemistry of Aging.
Passionate about the sciences and the humanities, she has a particular interest in the history of science. She has authored books about scientists and their discoveries addressed to children and young adults.
M. Pilar Gil holds a PhD in Chemistry and a Master in Immunology from the Universitat de Barcelona and a MLitt in Museum Studies from the University of St Andrews.
Selected publications
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Two books and a plot: when mathematics meets history
Gil, M. P., 13 Aug 2024, Mathematical book histories: printing, provenance, and practices of reading. Beeley, P. & Mac an Bhaird, C. (eds.). Cham: Birkhäuser, p. 313-355 43 p. (Trends in the history of science).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Detecting emerald green in 19thC book bindings using vis-NIR spectroscopy
Gil, M. P., Henderson, E. A., Burdge, J. A., Kotze, E. & McCarthy, W., 21 Dec 2023, In: Analytical Methods. 15, 47, p. 6603-6609 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
The periodic table and other wallcharts in the teaching of chemistry in St Andrews, 1884–1919
Aitken, R. A. & Gil, M. P., 18 Sept 2020, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. A, Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences . 378, 2180, 17 p., 20190299.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
A tale of two tables
Gil, M. P. & Zysman-Colman, E., Sept 2019, In: Nature Chemistry. 11, 9, p. 757-759 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Is this the world's oldest classroom periodic table? How a chart of elements from 1888 was found, rescued and restored
O'Hagan, D., Aitken, R. A. & Gil, M. P., 15 Jan 2019, In: Chemistry World. 16, 2, p. 68-69 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
The St Andrews periodic table wallchart and its use in teaching
Aitken, R. A. & Gil , M. P., 18 Dec 2019, In: Substantia. 3, 2 (suppl. 4), p. 47-59 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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El noi que escoltava el seny popular : Edward Jenner, (1749-1823)
Gil, M. P. & Aguilera, C. (Illustrator), 2015, Barcelona: Editorial Salvatella. 47 p. (Genius; vol. 4)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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El savi i la poma : Isaac Newton, (1642-1727)
Gil, M. P. & Solà, C. (Illustrator), 2015, Barcelona: Editorial Salvatella. 41 p. (Genius; vol. 3)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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El senyor del castell del cel : Tycho Brahe (1546-1601)
Gil, M. P. & Solà, C. (Illustrator), 2015, Editorial Salvatella. 47 p. (Genius; vol. 2)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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La llum d'Alexandria: Hipàtia (355 a 370-415 a 416)
Gil, M. P. & Aguilera, C. (Illustrator), 2015, Barcelona: Editorial Salvatella. 47 p. (Genius; vol. 1)Research output: Book/Report › Book
