New Books in the History of Science

Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America

Jan 12, 2023

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Is There a Difference Between Ideas and Reality?

02:26

The Critique of Science in the Middle of the 20th Century

04:15

The Black Leaders and Feminists

02:37

Introduction

4min

Science Under Fire by Andy Jewett

3min

What's the Difference Between Science and Humanity in the 20th Century?

2min

The Pinker Response

2min

Is There a Scientific Culture?

4min

The Critique of Science in the Middle of the 20th Century

4min

The Black Leaders and Feminists

3min

What's the Difference Between Science and Technology?

3min

Do You Think Science Critics Go Back to Romantic Traditions?

2min

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The Social Sciences' Critical Criticism of American Politics

3min

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The Social Sciences and the New Left

2min

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Is It a Coincident?

4min

13.

The Convergence of Left-Right Lines in Politics

2min

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Is There a Deeper Tradition of Disillusionment With Science?

3min

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What Is the Problem With Science?

2min

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Is There a Craving for Generality?

2min

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Is There a Scientific Culture?

2min

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Generalities? Is That the Best Way Forward?

4min

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Is There a Difference Between Ideas and Reality?

2min

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Science and Anti-Racism in the Civil Rights Movement

4min

Andrew Jewett is the author of Science Under Fire: Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America (2020) and Science, Democracy, and the American University: From the Civil War to the Cold War (2012). He has taught at Harvard, Yale, NYU, Vanderbilt, and Boston College and held fellowships from the National Humanities Center, the Cornell Society for the Humanities, the National Academy of Education, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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