Recently, the webcomic xkcd spurred some discussion with a description of the Saturn V rocket that managed to use only the thousand (or &qu...
Silver Linings and the Statistical Playbook
We asked historian of science Christopher J. Phillips, an expert on quantification in American public life, to reflect on the role ...
David Kinkela on DDT, American politics, and transnational history
I've recently had the pleasure of interviewing David Kinkela , Associate Professor of History at SUNY Fredonia and -- of particular ...
Science and its #overlyhonestmethods
This week, a hashtag trended on Twitter that will be of particular interest to historians, sociologists, and other students of science: #ove...
Farish Jenkins and American Science (Pedagogy)
Farish A. Jenkins, Jr. – paleontologist, anatomist, curator, artist, professor, friend – died this past autumn at 72. Harvard's Departme...
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