Monday, October 19, 2009
W. Brian Arthur’s new book on the relationship between science and technology argues that technological developments often precede scientific ones, not the other way around.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 10/19 at 11:00 PM
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
A very interesting report on a 10-year $85 million project to evaluate and improve the process of producing Ph.D.’s in the humanities.
Posted by Babak Ashrafi on 10/14 at 03:00 PM
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
A quick review of Samuel Edgerton’s new book The Mirror, the Window, and the Telescope. How Renaissance Linear Perspective Changed Our Vision of the Universe (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2009) and its problematic explanation for the rise of modern science.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 10/13 at 10:53 PM
Friday, September 18, 2009
HEWG held its first event of the new year last night, with Richardson Dilworth, Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Politics at Drexel University sharing his research with the group. Dilworth’s work looks at urban water policy and infrastructure.
Posted by Jody on 09/18 at 06:20 AM
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Richard Holmes’s The Age of Wonder wins Royal Society Book Prize, underscoring again the broad interest in history of science.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 09/15 at 09:25 AM
Sunday, September 13, 2009
For more than a two decades now The Royal Society has awarded a prize to the best “accessible popular science books.” This years’s winner will be announced Tuesday, 15 September. Here is the short list of finalists.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 09/13 at 10:43 PM