Browse Items (175 total)
- Discipline is exactly "STS"
A Place for Hype
'A Place for Hype', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2007; 2007-10-5; Alvin Toffler; B-52 bombers; David Edgerton; flat-pack bookcases; Future; History of Science; Horses; Hype; Kalashnikovs; Robert Hughes; Social change; STS; Tenner, Edward
Headaches have themselves
'Headaches have themselves', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2007; 2007-5-24; Consciousness; Fodor, Jerry; Galen Strawson; Philosophy; Philosophy of Science; Physicalism; STS
Hysterical scientism
'Hysterical scientism', Harpers
Tags: 2000s; 2006; 2006-11-1; Book reviews; Religion and science; Richard Dawkins; Robinson, Marilynne; Science and religion; STS
Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching
'Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2006; 2006-10-19; Critique; Eagleton, Terry; Richard Dawkins; Science and religion; STS
Who ate the salted peanuts?
'Who ate the salted peanuts?', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2006; 2006-9-21; Fodor, Jerry; Michael Frayn; Philosophy; Positivism; Richard Dawkins; STS
Those bastards, we�ve got to cut them back
'Those bastards, we�ve got to cut them back', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2005; 2005-9-22; Chris Mooney; George Bush Jnr; Greenberg, Daniel S.; Institutions and Funding; Politics of Science; STS
A forest of bamboo
'A forest of bamboo', Harpers
Tags: 2000s; 2005; 2005-8-1; Biography; Curtis Cate; Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche; Gass, William H.; Germany; Philosophers; Philosophy; STS
The Enlightenment is dead! Long live the Enlightenment!
'The Enlightenment is dead! Long live the Enlightenment!', Harpers
Tags: 2000s; 2005; 2005-3-1; Book reviews; Critiques and Comments; Eagleton, Terry; Enlightenment; Francis Wheen; Louis K. Dupré; STS
In defiance of gravity
'In defiance of gravity', Harpers
Tags: 2000s; 2004; 2004-9-1; 21st century; Philosophy; Play (Philosophy); Play in literature; Robbins, Tom; STS
Poet in the machine
'Poet in the machine', Harpers
Tags: 2000s; 2004; 2004-2-1; Book reviews; Brian Stimpson; Critiques and Comments; French; Krystal, Arthur; Paul Gifford; Paul Valéry; Poets; Robert Pickering; STS
Exit Cogito
'Exit Cogito', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2004; 2004-1-22; Antonio Damasio; Neroscience; Philosophy; R�e, Jonathan; Spinoza; STS
Ivory Trade
'Ivory Trade', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2003; 2003-11-9; Commercialised Research; Derek Bok; Entrepreneurial Science; Henry Etzkowitz; Herbert Hoover; innovation; Klustron; President Eisenhower; Rebecca Lowen; Shapin, Steven; STS
Spiv v. Gentleman
'Spiv v. Gentleman', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2003; 2003-10-23; Ancient Science; Barnes, Jonathan; Chinese Science; Geoffrey Lloyd; Greek Science; History of Science; Nathan Sivin; STS
Learned Insane
'Learned Insane', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2003; 2003-4-17; Charles Darwin; Erasmus Darwin; History of Science; Industrial Science; invention; Jenny Uglow; Schaffer, Simon; STS
Saintly Resonances
'Saintly Resonances', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2002; 2002-10-31; Alfred Wallace; Beatrice Webb; Charles Darwin; Charles Dickens; Daston, Lorraine; Epistemology; George Eliot; George Levine; Harriet Martineau; History of Science; Karl Pearson; Mary Somerville; Objectivity; Oscar Wilde; STS; Thomas Carlyle; Wlater Pater
What�s in the bottle?
'What�s in the bottle?', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2002; 2002-9-5; Alan Sokal; Brian Petley; Critiques and Comments; Erwin Chargaff; Gunther Stent; Harry Collins; Ian Hacking; Jacob Bronowski; Jay Labinger; Leon Kamin; MacKenzie, Donald; Michael Lynch; Richard Lewontin; Science Wars; Steven Rose; Steven Shapin; STS
Francine-Machine
'Francine-Machine', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2002; 2002-9-5; Automata; Barbara Maria Stafford; Descartes; Frances Terpak; Gaby Wood; History of Science; Puppets; R�e, Jonathan; STS; Victoria Nelson
Prayer against the experts and their ways
'Prayer against the experts and their ways', Harpers
Tags: 2000s; 2001; 2001-12-1; Science and religion; STS
In the ruins of the future
'In the ruins of the future', Harpers
Tags: 2000s; 2001; 2001-12-1; 21st century; Critiques and Comments; DeLillo, Don; New York; New York (State); September 11 Terrorist Attacks; STS; Terrorism; United States
Tell us, Solly
'Tell us, Solly', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2001; 2001-9-20; Institutions and Funding; John Peynton; Physics; Radford, Tim; Science and government; Solly Zuckerman; STS; War
No High Heels in Paradise
'No High Heels in Paradise', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2001; 2001-7-19; History of Science; Horticulture; John Evelyn; John ingram; STS; Thomas, Keith
The New New Economy
'The New New Economy', Whole Earth
Tags: 2000s; 2001; 2001-3-1; innovation; Makower, Joel; STS
Principled uncertainty
'Principled uncertainty', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1999; 1999-8-1; Critiques and Comments; Feynman, Richard; Science; Social aspects; STS; Uncertainty
Why anything? Why this?
'Why anything? Why this?', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-5-2; Parfit, Derek; Philosophy; PhilosophyCosmology; Randomness; STS
Why anything? Why this?
'Why anything? Why this?', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-1-22; Cosmology; Luwdwig Wittgenstein; Parfit, Derek; Philosophy; Philosophy of Science; Stephen Hawking; STS
You have to be educated to be educated
'You have to be educated to be educated', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1997; 1997-3-4; History of Science; Phillips, Adam; Scientific Revolution; Sociology of Science; Steven Shapin; STS
On earth as it is in heaven
'On earth as it is in heaven', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1996; 1996-11-1; Creationism; Hitt, Jack; Religion and science; Science and religion; STS; United States
The cars of the elect will be driverless
'The cars of the elect will be driverless', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1996; 1996-10-31; apocalypse; Critiques and Comments; Driverless cars; Future; Futures; Harold Bloom; Kermode, Frank; Millennium; STS
In the Know
'In the Know', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1994; 1994-10-11; alchemy; books of secrets; History of Science; Italo Calvino; Schaffer, Simon; STS; William Eamon
In praise of Geoffrey Lloyd
'In praise of Geoffrey Lloyd', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1992; 1992-8-10; Ancient Science; G.E.R Lloyd; History of Science; King, Helen; STS