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Alistair Sponsel, “Darwin’s Evolving Identity: Adventure, Ambition, and the Sin of Speculation” (U Chicago Press, 2018)
Alistair Sponsel
Darwin’s Evolving Identity
Adventure, Ambition, and the Sin of Speculation
University of Chicago Press, 2018

New Books in BiographyNew Books in British StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network February 14, 2020 Michael F. Robinson

Dr. Alistair Sponsel talks about Darwin’s experiences on HMS Beagle and his early career as a naturalist. His close reading of Darwin’s journals and letters reveals insights about the man that would become known as the father of evolution. Sponsel is the author Darwin’s Evolving Identity: Adventure, Ambition, and the Sin of... Read More
Angela Jones, “Camming: Money, Power, and Pleasure in the Sex Work Industry” (NYU Press, 2020)
Angela Jones
Camming
Money, Power, and Pleasure in the Sex Work Industry
NYU Press, 2020

New Books in AnthropologyNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books in TechnologyNew Books Network February 14, 2020 Michael O. Johnston

In her new book, Camming: Money, Power, and Pleasure in the Sex Work Industry (NYU Press, 2020), Dr. Angela Jones engages readers in a five-year mixed-methods study she conducted on the erotic webcam industry where she tells a pornographic story about the multibillion-dollar online sex industry that is colloquially known... Read More
Francesca Minerva, “The Ethics of Cryonics: Is It Immoral to be Immortal?” (Palgrave, 2018)
Francesca Minerva
The Ethics of Cryonics
Is It Immoral to be Immortal?
Palgrave Pivot, 2018

New Books in MedicineNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in TechnologyNew Books Network February 13, 2020 John Danaher

Cryonics―also known as cryopreservation or cryosuspension―is the preservation of legally dead individuals at ultra-low temperatures. Those who undergo this procedure hope that future technology will not only succeed in reviving them, but also cure them of the condition that led to their demise. In this sense, some hope that cryopreservation... Read More
Germaine R. Halegoua, “The Digital City: Media and the Social Production of Place” (NYU Press, 2019)
Germaine R. Halegoua
The Digital City
Media and the Social Production of Place
NYU Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in CommunicationsNew Books in GeographyNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network February 12, 2020 Michael O. Johnston

In her new book, The Digital City: Media and the Social Production of Place (NYU Press, 2019), Germaine R. Halegoua rethinks everyday interactions that humans have with digital infrastructures, navigation technologies, and social media as we move through the world. Dr. Halegoua draws from five case studies from global and... Read More
Gil Eyal, “The Crisis of Expertise” (Polity, 2019)
Gil Eyal
The Crisis of Expertise

Polity, 2019

New Books in PoliticsNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network February 10, 2020 Patrick Sheehan

In recent political debates there has been a significant change in the valence of the word “experts” from a superlative to a near pejorative, typically accompanied by a recitation of experts’ many failures and misdeeds. In topics as varied as Brexit, climate change, and vaccinations there is a palpable mistrust... Read More
Michael F. Robinson, “The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture” (U Chicago Press, 2006)
Michael Robinson
The Coldest Crucible
Arctic Exploration and American Culture
University of Chicago Press, 2006

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in GeographyNew 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 February 7, 2020 Michael F. Robinson

Radio host Kevin Fox interviews Michael F. Robinson about the history of American Arctic exploration, the subject of his book, The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2006). The disappearance of the Franklin Expedition in 1845 turned the Arctic into an object of fascination. By the... Read More
Shannon Vallor, “Technology and the Virtues” (Oxford UP, 2016)
Shannon Vallor
Technology and the Virtues
A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting
Oxford University Press, 2016

New Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in TechnologyNew Books Network February 6, 2020 John Danaher

The 21st century offers a dizzying array of new technological developments: robots smart enough to take white collar jobs, social media tools that manage our most important relationships, ordinary objects that track, record, analyze and share every detail of our daily lives, and biomedical techniques with the potential to transform... Read More
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