A Nice Derangement of Empathies Hank 1:30 PM 1 comment In the wake of JAS-BIO (which I mentioned earlier and which Joanna thoroughly recapped last week ), Nathaniel Comfort over at PACHSmörgÄsbo... Read More
JAS-BIO, Evolving Joanna 10:02 PM 2 comments A few weeks ago, Henry, Lukas, and I all traveled to New Haven for the 46th meeting of the Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of Biology... Read More
Spending Cuts, Financial Crises, and Social Darwinism Lukas 6:16 PM 5 comments The American Museum of Natural History, 77th and Central Park West I have been reading Sven Beckert ’s excellent book, The Monied Metro... Read More
Labels and the History of Science Hank 11:00 AM No Comments I would like to erase the consequences of certain events and restore an initial condition. But every moment of my life brings with it an ... Read More
Is Business Our Business Too? Dan 5:15 PM 2 comments Of course. That's my answer. Last weekend I had the pleasure of giving a paper at the annual Business History Conference. The program ... Read More
Hemingway's Cats: Let's Talk About Animals Joanna 12:01 PM 4 comments So far, our blog has been rather human-centric. Today, I want to change that by starting a discussion about the intersections of Animal Stu... Read More
David Brooks and "Scientific Concepts" Hank 11:15 AM No Comments I know, I know: another David Brooks column? After my last stab at Brooks' popularization efforts - which received a bit of positive f... Read More