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Just published! The Empathy Diaries, by Prof. Sherry Turkle

Mar 3, 2021

For decades, Sherry Turkle has shown how we remake ourselves in the mirror of our machines. Here, she illuminates our present search for authentic connection in a time of uncharted challenges.…

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EDGE: The Shifting Terrain of Scientific Inquiry, A Conversation with David Kaiser [7.13.20]

Jul 14, 2020

THE SHIFTING TERRAIN OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY I have a couple of questions that are on my mind these days. One of the things that I find helpful as an historian of…

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Enduring Cancer, by Prof. Dwai Banerjee

Jul 9, 2020

Read the introduction to Enduring Cancer, by Prof. Dwai Banerjee, on Duke Press website: http://ow.ly/BdId50A38AN

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How growth of the scientific enterprise influenced a century of quantum physics

May 4, 2020

MIT physicist and historian David Kaiser explores the complicated history of quantum physics in a new book, “Quantum Legacies: Dispatches from an Uncertain World,” published by the University of Chicago Press.…

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In cancer research, a winding road to discovery

May 14, 2019

In cancer research, a winding road to discovery Book by MIT professor examines the circuitous history behind the investigation of cancer as a contagious illness. Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office…

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MIT News featuring Prof. Kate Brown – Chernobyl: How bad was it? A scholar’s book uncovers new material about the effects of the infamous nuclear meltdown.

Mar 8, 2019

Chernobyl: How bad was it? A scholar’s book uncovers new material about the effects of the infamous nuclear meltdown. Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office March 5, 2019 Not long after…

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The Mobile Workshop, The Tsetse Fly, and African Knowledge Production By Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga

May 29, 2018

The Mobile Workshop, The Tsetse Fly, and African Knowledge Production By Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga Summary How the presence of the tsetse fly turned the African forest into an open laboratory where…

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New book by Will Deringer – “Calculated Values: Finance, Politics, and the Quantitative Age”

Feb 7, 2018

When numbers started counting New book by MIT assistant professor chronicles the birth of statistical arguments in public debate. Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office | February 5, 2018 Odds are,…
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