Historians and their Index Numbers

Historians and their Index Numbers

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John Steele Gordon argues ---over on Bloomberg's recently revamped "echoes" blog---that historians of the US stock market in t...

Do we still need harvest festivals?

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Loyal AmericanScience reader Anna Zeide wonders about Thanksgiving in a post-can world over at the Food Studies section of Grist. Check it o...
Beyond Presentism vs. Historicism in the History of Anthropology

Beyond Presentism vs. Historicism in the History of Anthropology

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This weekend I participated in the Stocking Symposium at the American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Meeting in Montreal. Nam...

AmericanScience in Literature: Pynchon

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What's the place of science (specifically, American science) in literature (specifically, American literature)? While literary scholars ...
American science and the budget crisis

American science and the budget crisis

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Last week's issue of Science  included a number of short articles on the effects of the budget crisis on science funding in the United S...
What Science Does to the Environment

What Science Does to the Environment

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I noticed a fascinating Call For Papers this morning on h-net for a conference on "Science, Space, and the Environment," sponsore...
4S/HSS/SHOT Recap #2

4S/HSS/SHOT Recap #2

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I very much agreed with Hank's recent post about this year's HSS, so I thought I'd add my two cents.  In particular, I wante...
Because Raccoon Intelligence Really Is a Problem

Because Raccoon Intelligence Really Is a Problem

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...for science! At the recent meeting of the Forum for the History of Science in America at HSS, David Spanagel awarded Michael Pettit of...
4S/HSS/SHOT Recap #1

4S/HSS/SHOT Recap #1

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As announced in a recent post, the whole sick crew spent last weekend in Cleveland at the jointly-located 4S, HSS, and SHOT meetings. Divid...

Dr. Cynthia Beall and the Science of Human Adaptability

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This Friday, Nov. 4 at 12pm, those attending the FHSA distinguished scientist lecture will have the privilege of hearing from and talking w...
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