Why Einstein Wouldn’t Be Published Today: A Conversation with Lorraine Daston, Part Two
Part One of our conversation is available here.The full conversation is available as PDF. As part of our Meanings of Science in the
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Does Science Need History? A Conversation with Lorraine Daston
Lorraine Daston in Conversation with Samuel Loncar As part of our Meanings of Science in the Modern World project, I had the honor
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Science as a Human Story: The Royal Society Recognizes Philip Ball
Philip Ball on winning the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal and Lecture Philip Ball is the author of over 25 books, a writer, broadcaster, scientist, a
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Scientific Certainty and Religious Mystery
It is not difficult to see why natural disaster phenomena find religious signification. From the primeval deluge in Genesis to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, religious meaning is often attributed to the calamitous effects of natural disasters which unsettle the status quo.
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Quantum Information Theory: Part 2 of Philip Ball on Beyond Weird
The writer Philip Ball is former editor of Nature, a physicist by training, and the author of over 25 books on science, history,
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Cosmic Humility: Harvard’s Avi Loeb on Extraterrestrials and The Future of Science
Avi Loeb, Harvard Astrophysicist, in Conversation with Samuel Loncar Read the PDF. Introduction In the Fall of 2017, atop the dormant volcano Heleakalā,
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For the Life of Science: Philip Ball on Quantum Physics and The Writing Life
Philip Ball in Conversation with Samuel Loncar PDF available here Over a few delightful hours last year, I spoke to the genial and generous
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Scholarship Out of Time: Weimar’s Lost Existence
Samuel J. Loncar on Anachronism in Philosophy, Religion, and Heidegger’s Existence and Time (Sein und Zeit) The Forum provides a home for original
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No Gods, No Masters
Vincent Lloyd on Nathan G. Alexander What does an atheist want? The answer is simple: freedom from domination. A powerful instinct toward liberation
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How Special Is Science?
Philip Ball on writing about science in the Covid-19 pandemic Science is special. Its central idea – collecting data about the real world,
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