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At the end of the twentieth century, the long predicted convergence of the media, computing and telecommunications into hypermedia is finally happening.[2] Once again, capitalism’s relentless drive…
The late French thinker said that philosophy was his great intellectual love. He pursued that love in many ways.
<p>The historian of science has examined the social relationships of credibility that must prevail for scientific expertise to exist, and also critiqued the evolving conventions of wine-tasting terminology from "Old BS" to "New BS." </p>
Steven Shapin on trust, interdisciplinarity, wine — and writing to be read.
Plague, Crisis, and Scientific Authority during the London Caterpillar Outbreak of 1782