New Books in the History of Science

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51
Agustín Fuentes, "Sex Is a Spectrum: The Biolog...
43 min
52
Jack Ashby, "Nature's Memory: Behind the Scenes...
51 min
53
Matthew Shindell, "Lunar: A History of the Moon...
An interview with Matthew Shindell
67 min
54
From Hal to Siri: How Computers Learned to Speak
A Discussion with Benjamin Lindquist
50 min
55
Andrew Griebeler, "Botanical Icons: Critical Pr...
An interview with Andrew Griebeler
56 min
56
Matthew Daniel Eddy, "Media and the Mind: Art, ...
An interview with Matthew Daniel Eddy
50 min
57
Howard Chiang, "After Eunuchs: Science, Medicin...
Howard Chiang’s new book is a masterful study of the relationship between sexual knowledge and Chinese modernity...
66 min
58
Scientists Cooperate while Humanists Ruminate (...
36 min
59
Sally King, "Menstrual Myth Busting: The Case o...
An interview with Sally King
41 min
60
William Max Nelson, "Enlightenment Biopolitics:...
An interview with William Max Nelson
64 min
61
Andrew Janiak, "The Enlightenment's Most Danger...
An interview with Andrew Janiak
45 min
62
Anne Greenwood Mackinney, "Nature on Paper: Doc...
An interview with Anne Greenwood Mackinney
37 min
63
M. Chirimuuta, "The Brain Abstracted: Simplific...
An interview with M. Chirimuuta
46 min
64
Anthony Grafton, "Magus: The Art of Magic from ...
An interview with Anthony Grafton
27 min
65
Christos Lynteris, "Visual Plague: The Emergenc...
An interview with Christos Lynteris
69 min
66
Peter J. Bowler, "Evolution for the People: Sha...
An interview with Peter J. Bowler
45 min
67
Karenleigh A. Overmann, "The Material Origin of...
An interview with Karenleigh A. Overmann
9 min
68
Vera Keller, "Curating the Enlightenment: Johan...
An interview with Vera Keller
45 min
69
Pierre Sokolsky, "The Clock in the Sun: How We ...
An interview with Pierre Sokolsky
48 min
70
Bruce Lieberman and Niles Eldredge, "Macroevolu...
An interview with Bruce Lieberman and Niles Eldredge
35 min
71
Patchen Barss, "The Impossible Man: Roger Penro...
An interview with Patchen Barss
30 min
72
Disability and the History of Science (Osiris, ...
A Discussion with Jaipreet Virdi, Mara Mills, and Sarah Rose
80 min
73
Melissa B. Reynolds, "Reading Practice: The Pur...
An interview with Melissa B. Reynolds
62 min
74
Mariam Motamedi Fraser, "Dog Politics: Species ...
An interview with Mariam Motamedi Fraser
57 min
75
Nancy Reddy, "The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning ...
An interview with Nancy Reddy
46 min