How should scientists deal with politicians who don’t respect science?
Robert P Crease wonders what Freeman Dyson would have made of today’s world
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Robert P Crease is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at Stony Brook University, New York. He has written, translated or edited more than a dozen books on the history and philosophy of science and technology, and is the author of the Physics World Discovery ebook Philosophy of Physics and the IOP ebook Philosophy of Physics: a New Introduction. He is past chair of the Forum for History of Physics of the American Physical Society. He is co-editor-in-chief of Physics in Perspective, and since 2000 he has written a column, Critical Point, on the historical, social and philosophical dimensions of science for Physics World. His latest book (with Peter D Bond) is The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory (2022 MIT Press).
Robert P Crease wonders what Freeman Dyson would have made of today’s world
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Robert P Crease explains how we make sense of the world around us
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Robert P Crease wants your suggestions of physics metaphors that need fact checking
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Robert P Crease explains the aims and ambitions of the Helgoland 2025 meeting
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Robert P Crease discusses a puzzle that goes to the heart of science and philosophy
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A historic scientific landmark may soon disappear, says Robert P Crease
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Robert P Crease explains how Fermilab navigated an accidental leak of tritium
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What can quantum multiple-world fiction teach us about identity, ask Robert P Crease and Jennifer Carter
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Robert P Crease meets Michael Dubno, who is trying to solve the mystery of the ancient Antikythera mechanical device
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Robert P Crease on why we can thank Ursula Le Guin for popularizing Schrödinger’s cat
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