Science & Technology

"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein

The Stories Silicon Valley Tells Itself in Order to Live: A Conversation with Anna Wiener
Anna Wiener discusses her new memoir about working in Silicon Valley.
Sam Jaffe GoldsteinFeb 11, 2020
- Memoir & Essay
- Science & Technology
Quantum Conversations, Entanglement, and the American Cold War “Physics Bubble”
Historian of science Michael D. Gordin reviews his former lab partner’s new book on the fuzziness of the quantum world.
Michael D. GordinFeb 7, 2020
- History
- Science & Technology
On Simone and André Weil: An Exchange with Karen Olsson
Ronald Collins interviews Karen Olsson about her book “The Weil Conjectures: On Math and the Pursuit of the Unknown.”
Ronald CollinsFeb 1, 2020
- Philosophy & Religion
- Science & Technology
Historicizing the Self-Evident: An Interview with Lorraine Daston
Jack Gross interviews historian of science Lorraine Daston about her early work on rules, which has become newly salient in the age of algorithms.
Jack GrossJan 25, 2020
- History
- Science & Technology
Selling a Charismatic Technology
Historian of technology Patrick McCray reviews Morgan Ames’s new book on the MIT Media Lab’s One Laptop per Child program.
W. Patrick McCrayJan 23, 2020
The Proliferation of Profilicity
From the Chinese Social Credit System to Facebook and Airbnb, what to make of our new era of profilicity.
Paul J. D’AmbrosioJan 18, 2020
- Around the World
- Science & Technology
Promiscuous Autobiography on Facebook: An Interview with Samuel R. Delany, Part II
Alex Wermer-Colan interviews sci-fi legend Samuel R. Delany about queerness, history, literature, and identity as the author moves into his late career.
Alex Wermer-ColanJan 10, 2020
Confessions of a Cake Boy
Another robot world is possible, one not built on hidden human labor and not dependent on damage to the soul
Ramsey McGlazerJan 6, 2020
Tortoise Futures
Lydia Pyne reviews "On the Backs of Tortoises: Darwin, the Galápagos, and the Fate of Evolutionary Eden" by Elizabeth Hennessy.
Lydia PyneJan 3, 2020
- Around the World
- Science & Technology
The Way They Move
Jean Comandon's 1909 "Spirochaeta Pallida (Agent de la Syphilis)" brought together the history of science and technology, sex and entertainment.
Sonia Shechet EpsteinDec 25, 2019
The Revolution Won’t Be Live Tweeted: On Jen Schradie’s “The Revolution That Wasn’t: How Digital Activism Favors Conservatives”
Emily Drabinksi reviews Jen Schradie’s “The Revolution That Wasn’t: How Digital Activism Favors Conservatives.”
Emily DrabinskiDec 19, 2019
- Politics
- Science & Technology
Pinker’s Pollyannish Philosophy and Its Perfidious Politics
Jessica Riskin challenges Steven Pinker’s take on the Enlightenment.
Jessica RiskinDec 15, 2019