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?
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
This weekend I participated in the Stocking Symposium at the American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Meeting in Montreal. Nam...
AmericanScience in Literature: Pynchon
What's the place of science (specifically, American science) in literature (specifically, American literature)? While literary scholars ...
American science and the budget crisis
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
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
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
...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
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
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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