A Theorist of (Not Quite) Everything
Helmholtz: A Life in Science
by David Cahan
October 10, 2019 issue
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Steven Shapin is Franklin L. Ford Research Professor of the History of Science at Harvard and the author of several books, including The Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation. (October 2019)
A Theorist of (Not Quite) Everything
Helmholtz: A Life in Science
by David Cahan
October 10, 2019 issue
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