I had a great time talking with Joe November recently about his fascinating new book on the early years of the introduction of computers to biology and medicine. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Biomedical Computing: An Interview
Erica Fox Brindley and I recently talked about her stimulating new book on music, resonance, and early Chinese thought. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Music, Cosmology, and the Politics of Harmony in Early China: An Interview
“Bodies in Motion” will take place at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver on 22-23 March 2013. The workshop uses a focused case (early modern science, with readings that emphasize translating the body in this context) to anchor a trans-disciplinary conversation and stimulate new directions for collaborative, interdisciplinary research. The workshop is generously funded by the Situating Science cluster of SSHRC, the History … Continue reading “Bodies in Motion” Workshop: 22-23 March 2013, University of British Columbia
Emma Spary and I spoke recently about her new book on the science and cultures of food in France during the long 18th century. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Eating the Enlightenment: An Interview
[via Printculture] The wonderful Cabinet magazine hosted a performed bestiary one recent afternoon at the New Museum. For 4.5 hours, a small group of writers, artists, professors, curators, and others talked about a series of creatures in order from smallest (ant) to largest (whale). We each had 10 minutes. It was an absolute blast. To represent my creature, the phoenix, I wrote and read a short story based on … Continue reading Read to Me 2: The One Who Claws At His Names
I spoke with Laura Stark this week about her great new book, Behind Closed Doors: IRBs and the Making of Ethical Research. You can listen to it here. Continue reading Behind Closed Doors: An Interview
The Monkey and the Inkpot: Natural History and its Transformations in Early Modern China (Harvard University Press, 2009) The Monkey and the Inkpot introduces natural history in sixteenth century China through the iconic Bencao gangmu (Systematic materia medica) of Li Shizhen (1518–1593). The encyclopedic Bencao gangmu is widely lauded as a classic embodiment of pre-modern Chinese medical thought. This first book-length study in English of Li’s text reveals a “cabinet of curiosities” of … Continue reading The Monkey And the Inkpot
Carla Nappi 