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| + | The teaching of physics, my career, could be better informed by an understanding of the nature of physics, the historical paths of physics, and the society of physicists and consumers and patrons of physics. | ||
Cite Dear and Jasanoff's Dismantling Boundaries, Isis, Dec 2010 pp. 759-774. S&TS and history of science are morphing, and may serve new purposes in the future. It may be that a subset of physicists at Cornell deserve some training in the history and philosophy and sociology of their science, and that could even be a two-way street, both scientists and the rest sharing training on understanding each other's work. | Cite Dear and Jasanoff's Dismantling Boundaries, Isis, Dec 2010 pp. 759-774. S&TS and history of science are morphing, and may serve new purposes in the future. It may be that a subset of physicists at Cornell deserve some training in the history and philosophy and sociology of their science, and that could even be a two-way street, both scientists and the rest sharing training on understanding each other's work. | ||
Revision as of 20:25, 29 November 2011
Exemplary writing
(graph of number of items in Isis bibliography under 'textbooks', year)
new analysis of textbooks. Use bibliometrics.
Submit paper on physicism.
Personal Statement
The teaching of physics, my career, could be better informed by an understanding of the nature of physics, the historical paths of physics, and the society of physicists and consumers and patrons of physics. Cite Dear and Jasanoff's Dismantling Boundaries, Isis, Dec 2010 pp. 759-774. S&TS and history of science are morphing, and may serve new purposes in the future. It may be that a subset of physicists at Cornell deserve some training in the history and philosophy and sociology of their science, and that could even be a two-way street, both scientists and the rest sharing training on understanding each other's work.
