We have four scholars here today well placed to pick up these themes from, intriguingly, different kinds of angles and backgrounds. Let me go ahead and introduce them. To my left is henry cole, an assistant professor at yale where he holds appointments in the medical school and History Department. He is also on the faculty of cognitive science. He is working on what will be a terrific book on the history of mind and Brain Science in the late 19th century currently titled other mines other minds. David is the author of storytelling and science, rewriting oppenheimer and the nuclear age. Just out, his attitudes towards he studies attitudes towards studying science in the modern united states, he is interested in nuclear history, environmental history, and the history of energy. He is currently working on a book about the way that Rachel Carson and other in other contemporary authors have shaped views on environmentalism. Andrew is a professor at harvard. He is especially interested in en
At in the History Department vanderbilt university. We are here today to talk about a number of things. Im sure that more will come out in the discussions. The intellectual work of inence, the place of science intellectual history and the relations between science and intellectual history. Many other threads as well. We have four scholars here today well placed to pick up these themes from, intriguingly, different kinds of angles and backgrounds. Let me go ahead and introduce them. To my left is henry cole, an assistant professor at yale where he holds appointments in the medical school and History Department. He is also on the faculty of cognitive science. He is working on what will be a terrific book on the history of mind and Brain Science in the late 19th century currently titled other mines other ds. David is the author of storytelling and science, rewriting oppenheimer and the nuclear age. Just out, his attitudes towards studying science in the modern united states, he is interes