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New Books in the History of Science

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Episode: Amit Varshizky, "The Metaphysics of Race: Science and Faith in the Nazi Worldview" (Taylor & Francis, 2024)
Thomas Haigh
Eminent computer historian and author.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Taylor McCall
Managing editor of Speculum, the Journal of the Medieval Academy of America
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Episode: Taylor McCall, "The Art of Anatomy in Medieval Europe" (Reaktion Books, 2023)
Thomas Morel
Professor of History of Mathematics at the University of Wuppertal in Germany
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Episode: Thomas Morel, "Underground Mathematics: Craft Culture and Knowledge Production in Early Modern Europe" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Dr. Eram Alam
Author and historian of science and medicine
JHU Press
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Dr. Rick López
Professor of history and environmental studies at Amherst College
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Professor of cultural studies and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota
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Lecturer in Science and Ideas at the University of Oulu.
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Anne Lawrence-Mathers, "The Magic Books: A History of Enchantment in 20 Medieval Manuscripts" (Yale UP, 2025)
Q: How did Christine de Pizan use astrology to support her political and literary goals?
Christine viewed astrology as a powerful tool for insight and demonstrated its importance to responsible leadership, particularly praising King Charles V for consulting astrologers as a duty of a monarch.
Anne Lawrence-Mathers, "The Magic Books: A History of Enchantment in 20 Medieval Manuscripts" (Yale UP, 2025)
Q: How did they navigate the risks of practicing divination?
The gains were perceived to outweigh the risks, and that includes instances of clerics and scholars navigating theological condemnation while engaging in practices like divination.
Anne Lawrence-Mathers, "The Magic Books: A History of Enchantment in 20 Medieval Manuscripts" (Yale UP, 2025)
Q: What do these texts tell us about the role of magic in monastic life, especially in Anglo-Saxon England?
We don't know precisely how they were used, but there were instances where divinatory texts in monastic manuscripts were very surprising and not readily explained, suggesting that monks and religious officials were engaging with magic in ways that were more complex than previously understood.
Anne Lawrence-Mathers, "The Magic Books: A History of Enchantment in 20 Medieval Manuscripts" (Yale UP, 2025)
Q: Can you just very briefly introduce yourself and then tell us how the idea of this book came to you and why you decided to write this book?
I'm Anne Lawrence-Mathers, a Professor of Medieval History at the University of Reading. This book came out of my work on the history of medieval magic and its place in medieval society, spurred by a general interest in magic after the popularity of Harry Potter.
Thomas Haigh on the History of “AI” as a Brand
Q: So why did you decide to take this brand angle, and what kind of work does it do for you to do that?
Haigh explains that the branding concept helps understand how various technologies have been categorized as AI and how this categorization has changed over time.

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