Toward an Environmental History of Psychology: A Conversation with Michael Pettit Dan 8:59 PM 1 comment The Inspiration: A Toronto Raccoon, photo by Michael Pettit The Forum for the History of Science in America's newsletter regula... Read More
Ease on Down Them Cyborg Highways . . . Lee 1:51 PM 2 comments 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 ... Read More
How are History of Sci/Med/Tech and History of Capitalism Teaching One Another? Dan 10:49 AM 2 comments Continuing our ruminations on the history of capitalism and its relationship to the history of science/med/tech or to STS ( here ) ( here ) ... Read More
A Craft Economy: Technology, Aesthetics, and Beer Hank 8:46 AM 1 comment 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... Read More
Radiolab: Pop Science, Common-Sense Lee 5:12 PM 3 comments Like many people in the history of science and technology, I am deeply interested in the history and cultural work of popular science, inclu... Read More
(Capitalist) Numbers to Narratives Dan 2:31 PM 3 comments Lee kicked of a lively discussion Friday as he wondered what the history of capitalism had to say to the history of technology, (medicine?)... Read More
The History of Capitalism and HOTeES Lee 11:55 PM 7 comments 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... Read More
Beyond Theory & Method: Sociology, Anyone? Hank 9:38 PM 1 comment In the wake of yesterday's guest-post , I've been thinking about our ontology discussion ( here and here ) through a new lens. It... Read More
Guest Post: Sculpting Science? Lukas 1:46 PM 3 comments Fossil preparation using a sandblaster. [ A recent post on feathered dinosaurs has led to an interesting discussion on whether an... Read More