This week we’ll read about science fiction/speculative fiction, and we’ll read a short science fiction story that features physics concepts. You’ll find the Haraway reading a bit challenging at first, but bear in mind it is an acceptance speech for a lifetime achievement award for science fiction scholarship. IT is…

This week, we’re moving from the Space Race and Cold War into the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During this time, there was a push in both the US and UK to improve public understanding of science. In his chapter, Bucchi articulates some of the ways this idea of…

This week, we are exploring gender and race in science during the space race. We’ll be watching Hidden Figures, reading a brief article about whitewashing in the film, and listening to a song by Gil Scott-Heron. …

This week, you’ve got some thought provoking and challenging material. You’ll be reading Frayn’s Copenhagen, which provides several accounts of a meeting between Neils Bohr and Werner Heisenberg in 1941, as well as Barad’s critiques of both Frayn’s interpretations (there are three) of the event and of the ways he…

This is blog post, but we will now name them according to week so they will match the reading assignments in the syllabus. This week we finished radioactive, and read a bit about the experiences of women in physics today. During week 3, we also read a bit about the…

Most of you have done a great job with your first blog posts! We hope Medium.com, and the medium of blogging, are working for you. A few pointers for the next round: Make sure you’re spending some time on the structure and formatting of your post. While these are not…

If you haven’t already, please read this overview of the weekly blog assignments before you begin the first post. This week, we have given you several foundational readings. These selections are all fairly short and quite readable, but they cover a wide range of topics and ideas. They are meant…

Welcome to your class blogs! In these blogs, we will share our initial impressions of the readings, videos, films, podcasts and other materials. We will also use them as a space to share and reflect on some of the creative work you’ll do in class. These blogs are part of…