The Inspiration: A Toronto Raccoon, photo by Michael Pettit The Forum for the History of Science in America's newsletter regula...
Ease on Down Them Cyborg Highways . . .
Last week’s announcement that Nevada had OK’d Google to license driverless cars in the state reminded me of another story from last year ...
How are History of Sci/Med/Tech and History of Capitalism Teaching One Another?
Continuing our ruminations on the history of capitalism and its relationship to the history of science/med/tech or to STS ( here ) ( here ) ...
A Craft Economy: Technology, Aesthetics, and Beer
Yesterday, I awoke to two announcements. First, Steve Shapin is giving a talk in England at the end of the month called " The Tastes of...
Radiolab: Pop Science, Common-Sense
Like many people in the history of science and technology, I am deeply interested in the history and cultural work of popular science, inclu...
(Capitalist) Numbers to Narratives
Lee kicked of a lively discussion Friday as he wondered what the history of capitalism had to say to the history of technology, (medicine?)...
The History of Capitalism and HOTeES
When talking about the history of science and technology here on American Science, I've referred to it as HOST. This is nice. HOST has o...
Beyond Theory & Method: Sociology, Anyone?
In the wake of yesterday's guest-post , I've been thinking about our ontology discussion ( here and here ) through a new lens. It&#...
Guest Post: Sculpting Science?
Fossil preparation using a sandblaster. [ A recent post on feathered dinosaurs has led to an interesting discussion on whether an...
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