Kenneth Keniston, pictured 2nd from right.
Remembering Kenneth Keniston
1930-2020
The Questions Keniston Brought to MIT
Kenneth Keniston, a founder and pillar of MIT’s Program in Science, Technology, and Society, and…
The Pandemic Is Not a Natural Disaster
The coronavirus isn’t just a public-health crisis. It’s an ecological one.
By Kate Brown
April 13, 2020
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Freeman Dyson’s Letters Offer Another Glimpse of Genius
By David Kaiser
March 5, 2020
Dyson’s typewritten letters give an impression of his quick mind at work;
often stray letters appear above…
Quantum Conversations, Entanglement, and the American Cold War “Physics Bubble”
By Michael D. Gordin
FEBRUARY 7, 2020
TRAINING TO BECOME a physicist is really hard work. I know because I’m not…
The Steady State: When Astronomers Tried to Overthrow
the Big Bang
Some astronomers didn’t like the religious implications of a universe with a beginning. Their alternative was the so-called “steady state…
By Kate Brown
Nov. 19, 2019
9:59 AM
Nuclear accidents often aren’t surprises. Whistleblowers had warned of the dangers before such disasters occurred in 1986 in Chernobyl, Ukraine, and 25 years…
Celebrating Leo Marx on his 100th birthday
Over 40 years, the influential historian helped build MIT’s Program in
Science, Technology, and Society into a world leader in the field.
The…