Working Knowledge: An Interview
Joel Isaac and I recently talked about his new book on Kuhn, the human sciences, and the “interstitial academy.” You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Working Knowledge: An Interview
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Warriors of the Cloisters: An Interview
Chris Beckwith and I recently talked about his new book on the recursive method, the history of science, and Central Asia. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Warriors of the Cloisters: An Interview
The Pseudo-Science Wars: An Interview
Michel Gordin and I recently talked about his new book on Immanuel Velikovsky, the “first grand wizard of the Universal Order of Mass Pseudo-Scholarship,” and science at the margins in Cold War America. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading The Pseudo-Science Wars: An Interview
Loving Faster Than Light: An Interview
Katy Price and I recently talked about her engaging and elegantly written new book on the engagement with Einsteinian relativity by various reading publics in early twentieth-century Britain. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Loving Faster Than Light: An Interview
The Insect and the Image: An Interview
Janice Neri and I recently talked about her beautiful new book on the imaging of insects in early modernity and its surprisingly wide-ranging consequences for understanding the history of science, art, and global exchange. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading The Insect and the Image: An Interview
Genentech: An Interview
I had the pleasure of speaking with Sally Smith Hughes recently about her book on the history of Genentech and the business of recombinant DNA technology. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Genentech: An Interview
Visible Empire: An Interview
Daniela Bleichmar and I recently spoke about her beautiful new book on botany and the imaging of empire in the eighteenth-century Hispanic world. This is likely to be of interest to historians of science, of empire, and of art. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Visible Empire: An Interview
Artisan/Practitioners and the Rise of the New Sciences, 1400-1600: An Interview
I had a great time talking with historian Pamela O. Long recently about her new book on artisan/practitioners and the “new sciences” in early modern Europe. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Artisan/Practitioners and the Rise of the New Sciences, 1400-1600: An Interview
The Emperor’s New Mathematics: An Interview
I had the pleasure of talking with historian Catherine Jami recently about her new book on science and mathematics during Kangxi’s reign. This one will be of interest to both historians of science and scholars of Chinese history. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading The Emperor’s New Mathematics: An Interview
Sublime Dreams of Living Machines: An Interview
I recently spoke with historian and fiction writer Minsoo Kang about his recent work on automata and robots in the European imagination. You can find it here. Continue reading Sublime Dreams of Living Machines: An Interview
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