Last weekend, I co-organized Princeton's American Studies Graduate Conference. Our topic was "Science and Religion in America,"...
Cinematic Cultural Cartography: Scientists in Hollywood
Kubrick and Clarke working on 2001 This weekend, I had the pleasure of watching Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey in ...
Cases: History, Philosophy, Science
I've touched on the relationship between history, philosophy, and science too many times to hyperlink (key posts: here , here , and (hes...
Economic vs. Scientific Value: The Case of National Parks
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. There is an interesting piece in today's New York Times about the expansion of Petrifi...
Statistical Infrastructure
It has little to do with America directly, but I am fascinated by the New York Times ' coverage of India's new nation-wise statisti...
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