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Matthew James, “Collecting Evolution: The Galapagos Expedition that Vindicated Darwin” (Oxford UP, 2017)
Matthew James
Collecting Evolution
The Galapagos Expedition that Vindicated Darwin
Oxford University Press, 2017

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network August 16, 2019 Michael F. Robinson

Matthew James talks about the 1905 Galapagos Expedition organized by the California Academy of Sciences. James is a professor of geology at Sonoma State University. He is the author of Collecting Evolution: The Galapagos Expedition that Vindicated Darwin (Oxford University Press, 2017). In 1905, eight men from the California Academy... Read More
Daniel Veidlinger, “From Indra’s Net to Internet: Communication, Technology, and the Evolution of Buddhist Ideas” (U Hawaii Press, 2018)
Daniel Veidlinger
From Indra’s Net to Internet
Communication, Technology, and the Evolution of Buddhist Ideas
University of Hawaii Press, 2018

New Books in Buddhist StudiesNew Books in CommunicationsNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network August 15, 2019 Christopher Jensen

In this episode of New Books in Buddhist Studies, I am joined by Daniel Veidlinger to discuss his exciting new book From Indra’s Net to Internet: Communication, Technology, and the Evolution of Buddhist Ideas (University of Hawaii Press, 2018), which offers a theoretically compelling exploration of the types communicative “ecosystems”... Read More
Lindsey Green-Simms, “Postcolonial Automobility: Car Culture in West Africa” (U Minnesota Press, 2019)
Lindsey Green-Simms
Postcolonial Automobility
Car Culture in West Africa
University of Minnesota Press, 2019

New Books in African StudiesNew Books in AnthropologyNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FilmNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network August 15, 2019 Jacob Doherty

Cars promise freedom, autonomy, and above all, movement but leave whole cities stuck in traffic, breathing polluted air, exposed of deadly crashes, and dependent on vast the vast infrastructures of road networks, and oil production. Postcolonial Automobility: Car Culture in West Africa (University of Minnesota Press, 2019) examines the paradoxes... Read More
David Philip Miller, “The Life and Legend of James Watt” (U Pittsburgh Press, 2019)
David Philip Miller
The Life and Legend of James Watt
Collaboration, Natural Philosophy, and the Improvement of the Steam Engine
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019

New Books in BiographyNew Books in British StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network August 13, 2019 Mark Klobas

For all of his fame as one of the seminal figures of the Industrial Revolution, James Watt is a person around whom many misconceptions congregate. In The Life and Legend of James Watt: Collaboration, Natural Philosophy, and the Improvement of the Steam Engine (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019), David Philip... Read More
Margaret O’Mara, “The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America” (Penguin Press, 2019)
Margaret O’Mara
The Code:
Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America
Penguin Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in EconomicsNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network August 13, 2019 Dexter Fergie

Seventy years ago, there was no Apple Campus or Googleplex. Silicon Valley itself didn’t even exist! The region was filled with sleepy towns, prune trees, and orange groves. Since then, the cluster of computer-related companies based in Silicon Valley has shifted the gravity of the United States, providing a Pacific... Read More
Shai Lavi, “Bioethics and Biopolitics in Israel: Socio-legal, Political and Empirical Analysis” (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Shai Lavi ed., et al.
Bioethics and Biopolitics in Israel
Socio-legal, Political and Empirical Analysis
Cambridge University Press, 2019

New Books in Israel StudiesNew Books in Jewish StudiesNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and Society August 12, 2019 Renee Garfinkel

Once upon a time, or so we’ve been told, medical ethics were confined to the patient-doctor relationship. As long as doctors were true to their Hippocratic oaths, as long as they acted with compassion and wisdom, then all expectations were met. Life is more complicated today, and so is healthcare:... Read More
Andrew Wright Hurley, “Ludwig Leichhardt’s Ghosts: The Strange Career of a Traveling Myth” (Camden House, 2018)
Andrew Wright Hurley
Ludwig Leichhardt’s Ghosts
The Strange Career of a Traveling Myth
Camden House, 2018

New Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesNew Books in BiographyNew Books in German StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network August 9, 2019 Michael F. Robinson

Andrew Wright Hurley talks about the life and afterlife of the Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt, a man whose reputation has shifted to reflect the changing cultures of Australia and Germany over the past 160 years. Hurley is an associate professor in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the... Read More