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New Books in the History of Science

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In the well-trod history of the Roman Empire, a pivotal moment has long gone unnoticed: It was in ancient Rome that medical men first set their sights on childbirth, the traditional domain of female midwives.

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Recent Guests

Helen Zoe Veit
Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University, author of Picky: How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History
Michigan State University
Episode: Helen Veit, "Picky: How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History" (St Martin's Press, 2026)
Richard Elwes
Author, Huge Numbers, A Story of Counting Ambitiously, from 4 1/2 to Fish 7
University of Leeds
Episode: Richard Elwes, "Huge Numbers: A Story of Counting Ambitiously, from 4 1/2 to Fish 7" (Basic Books, 2026)
Tara Mulder
Author of A Womb of One's Own, Lost Histories of Childbirth in Ancient Rome
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Episode: Tara Mulder, "A Womb of One's Own: Lost Histories of Childbirth in Ancient Rome" (U California Press, 2026)
Rina Bliss
Professor of sociology, Rutgers University, author of What's Real About Race
Rutgers University
Episode: Rina Bliss, "What's Real About Race: Untangling Science, Genetics, and Society" (W.W. Norton, 2025)
Angus Burgin
Associate Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
Episode: Angus Burgin on the Rise of the Internet
Dr. Raffaele Danna
Historian and author of The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals
Harvard University Press book author
Episode: Raffaele Danna, "The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals: How Practical Arithmetic Shaped Commerce and Mathematics in Western Europe, 1200–1600" (Harvard UP, 2026)
Kim Embrey
Historian of Victorian Britain and author of Coca and the Victorians
Transcript Publishing (publisher)
Episode: Kim Embrey, "Coca and the Victorians: From Botanical Curiosity to Regulated Drug, 1835–1912" (Transcript Publishing, 2025)
Beans Velocci
Author of Sex Isn't Real, The Invention of an Incoherent Binary
University of Pennsylvania
Episode: Beans Velocci, "Sex Isn't Real: The Invention of an Incoherent Binary" (Duke UP, 2026)
Matthew Romaniello
Historian, author of Europe's Laboratory: Climate and Health in Eighteenth-Century Russia
Cornell University Press
Episode: Matthew P. Romaniello, "Europe's Laboratory: Climate and Health in Eighteenth-Century Russia" (Cornell UP, 2025)

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Dr. Miranda Melcher
Host on New Books Network; multiple episode appearances; associated with New Books Network.

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Richard Elwes, "Huge Numbers: A Story of Counting Ambitiously, from 4 1/2 to Fish 7" (Basic Books, 2026)
Q: Do you think AI mathematicians will overtake human mathematicians in proving theorems?
The host and Elwes discuss that AI can generate and verify proofs but remain fallible; ultimate collaboration between AI and humans, especially using proof-checking software, is anticipated rather than full automation.
Richard Elwes, "Huge Numbers: A Story of Counting Ambitiously, from 4 1/2 to Fish 7" (Basic Books, 2026)
Q: What are Knuth arrows and why are they important in understanding large numbers?
They are a notation system for iterated exponentiation and beyond; Knuth arrows provide a compact way to describe towers and higher-level operations, showing how quickly numbers can explode in magnitude.
Tara Mulder, "A Womb of One's Own: Lost Histories of Childbirth in Ancient Rome" (U California Press, 2026)
Q: How did Serenis's views shift our understanding of pregnancy and health?
Serenis's claim that pregnancy might be detrimental to women's health challenged Hippocratic orthodoxy, shifting gynecological authority toward medical professionals and embedding pregnancy management within a broader medical framework for centuries.
Tara Mulder, "A Womb of One's Own: Lost Histories of Childbirth in Ancient Rome" (U California Press, 2026)
Q: What does the Julian Laws tell us about the state's stake in reproduction?
The Julian Laws reveal a state-driven framework that rewarded upper-class childbearing with rights and reduced guardianship, while lower classes could gain freedom through offspring, illustrating how policy and culture reinforced gendered expectations around producing heirs.
Tara Mulder, "A Womb of One's Own: Lost Histories of Childbirth in Ancient Rome" (U California Press, 2026)
Q: Could you start us off by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book?
I'm Tara Mulder, an assistant professor who grew up around midwifery; I connected lifelong experiences with the ancient world to explore childbirth in Rome, showing how deeply reproductive life was embedded in social, legal, and medical systems.

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This show centers scholarly conversations with authors and researchers about recently published books in history of science, technology, and related fields. Interviews typically pair the author with another expert to unpack core arguments, historical contexts, and methodological approaches, often linking long-running threads in science, medicine, mathematics, and intellectual history to broader cultural and social developments. Across episodes, listeners encounter deep dives into topics like medieval and early modern science, race and genetics, the diffuse history of technology, and the social meanings of scientific practices, with a steady emphasis on archival work, historiography, and the reception of ideas in public life. What stands out... more

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