Toward an Environmental History of Psychology: A Conversation with Michael Pettit

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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 . . .

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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?

How are History of Sci/Med/Tech and History of Capitalism Teaching One Another?

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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

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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

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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

(Capitalist) Numbers to Narratives

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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

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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?

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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?

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Fossil preparation using a sandblaster. [ A recent post on feathered dinosaurs has led to an interesting discussion on whether an...
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