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Evocative Objects
Autobiographical essays, framed by two interpretive essays by the editor, describe the power of an object to evoke emotion and provoke thought: reflections on a cello, a laptop …
The Quantum Moment
Time travel, parallel worlds, random behaviour: the language and the imagery of quantum mechanics are ubiquitous, yet the science—and its journey into everyday language—still …
The Play of Nature
"Crease's brilliantly exploited theatrical analogy places scientific theorizing back into the wider context of experimental inquiry." —Robert C. ScharffCrease attacks the …
Hermeneutics and the Natural Sciences
philosophers with both hermeneutic-phenomenological and scientific back- grounds (such as Heelan, Ihde, Theodore Kisiel, Joseph Kockelmans) have begun to read the work of …
World in the Balance
Millions of transactions each day depend on a reliable network of weights and measures. But achieving such a network was anything but easy, as Robert P. Crease, physicist and …
The Great Equations
While we may be familiar with some of science s greatest equations, we may not know that each and every equation emerged not in Eureka! moments but in years of cultural …
Between Science And Industry: Institutions In The History Of Materials Research
Materials science institutions have always been crucial to the development of materials research. Even before materials science emerged as a discipline in the 20th century, these …
Hermeneutics and the Natural Sciences
philosophers with both hermeneutic-phenomenological and scientific back- grounds (such as Heelan, Ihde, Theodore Kisiel, Joseph Kockelmans) have begun to read the work of …
The Workshop and the World
Robert P. Crease looks at questions about when a scientific discovery becomes accepted fact, who decides this and how citizens should interact with the scientific process. He …
Postphenomenology and Imaging
How should we understand the experience of encountering and interpreting images? What are their roles in science and medicine? How do they shape everyday life? Postphenomenology …
Science Policy Up Close
In a career that included tenures as president of Stony Brook University, director of Brookhaven National Laboratory, and science advisor to President George W. Bush, John …
Technoscience and Postphenomenology
Friis and Crease capture Postphenomenology, a new field that has attracted attention among scholars engaged in technology studies. Contributors to this edited collection seek to …