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Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America

New Books in the History of Science

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Is There a Difference Between Ideas and Reality?

Andy Jewitt: I think ideas generally matter more than they are given credit for. "I'm very much committed to making my scholarship speak in some way, at least through some sort of translation to our public concerns," he says. The author's new book is about the Second World War and how it shaped American history.

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