A new way to detect breakthroughs in science: Large-scale analysis reveals 'disruptive' innovations in research history

The history of science and technology is marked by major breakthroughs—the theory of evolution, the splitting of the atom, ...
NPR

Scientific Method: Questioning Quantum Mechanics

Unless you're a physicist, you've probably only encountered quantum mechanics on TV. And even when it was explained, you might've still been a little confused. The field of quantum mechanics was ...
The Conversation

Changing the Eurocentric narrative about the history of science – why multiculturalism matters

In the 11th century in Cairo, the foundations for modern science were laid through the detention of an innocent man. The mathematician Abu Ali al-Hasan Ibn al-Haytham had been tasked with regulating ...
Scientific American

In Matters of Scientific Debate, Follow the Houdini Rule

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, leading scientists around the world believed that paranormal activity might be detected and demonstrated by scientific methods. The history of their attempts ...
Opinion

Without Science, America’s Prosperity Is At Risk

From vaccines to semiconductors, the scientific method made the U.S. a superpower. Abandoning it could reverse decades of progress.
insider.si.edu

The technical image : a history of styles in scientific imagery / edited by Horst Bredekamp, Vera Dünkel, and Birgit Schneider

Foreword / Peter Miller -- Introduction: the image: a cultural technology: a research program for a critical analysis of images / Horst Bredekamp, Birgit Schneider, Vera Dünkel -- Methods. Discourses ...