Physique

The Physicists

1978réf. 059860New York: Alfred A Knopf 1978. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine DJ. Hardcover. First Edition Stated Fine In Near Fine Dj Priced $15.95 3.4" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Panel With Associated Crease. Signed By Daniel Kevles On Front Endpaper. No Other Names Or Marks. Per Wikipedia Daniel J. Kevles Born 2 March 1939 In Philadelphia Pennsylvania Is An American Historian Of Science Best Known For His Books On American Physics And Eugenics And For A Wide-Ranging Body Of Scholarship On Science And Technology In Modern Societies. He Is Stanley Woodward Professor Of History Emeritus At Yale University And J. O. And Juliette Koepfli Professor Of The Humanities Emeritus At The California Institute Of Technology. Kevles' Research Has Focused Primarily On The History Of Science In America And The Interactions Between Science And Society. A Central Theme In Much Of His Work Has Been The Tension Between Elite Science And The Norms Of Democratic Control. He Is Best Known For His Accessible And Original Interpretative Histories Of Physics And Eugenics And For An Extensive Body Of Scholarship That Ranges Widely Across The Histories Of The Physical Sciences Life Sciences And Technology. His Books Include The Physicists 197814 A History Of The American Physics Community In The Name Of Eugenics 1985 Currently The Standard Text On The History Of Eugenics In The United States And Britain15 And The Baltimore Case 199816 A Study Of Accusations Of Scientific Fraud. He Is Also A Co-Author Of The Textbook Inventing America: A History Of The United States 2002; 2Nd Edition 200617 And Co-Editor With Leroy Hood Of The Code Of Codes 199218 A Set Of Essays That Explore Scientific And Social Issues Surrounding The Human Genome Project. Recently He Has Been Working On A History Of The Uses Of Intellectual Property In Living Organisms From The Eighteenth Century To The Present19 And A Co-Authored History Of The National Academy Of Sciencthroughout His Career Kevles Has Brought The History Of Science And Technology To A Broad Audience Through His Contributions To General Readership Publications. These Have Included Pieces In The New Yorker21 The New York Times22 The New York Review Of Books23 Times Literary Supplement24 Scientific American25 And The Huffington Post26 Among Others. The Serialized Version Of His Book In The Name Of Eugenics Published In The New Yorker In 1984 Received The 1985 Page One Award For Excellence In Science Reporting Alfred A Knopf hardcover

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