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Laurie Marhoefer, "Racism and the Making of Gay Rights: A Sexologist, His Student, and the Empire of Queer Love" (U Toronto Press, 2022)
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In 1931, a sexologist arrived in colonial Shanghai to give a public lecture about homosexuality. In the audience was a m... Read more
14 Jul 2022
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“Vaccine: The Human Story”: A Chat with Historian and Podcaster Annie Kelly
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8 Jul 2022
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Sarah Fox, "Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England" (U London Press, 2022)
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Sarah Fox's fascinating new book Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England (U London Press, 2022) rewrites all that we ... Read more
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Frank Close, "Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass" (Basic Book, 2022)
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On July 4, 2012, the announcement came that one of the longest-running mysteries in physics had been solved: the Higgs b... Read more
6 Jul 2022
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Susan H. Brandt, "Women Healers: Gender, Authority, and Medicine in Early Philadelphia" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2022)
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Howard Gardner, "A Synthesizing Mind: A Memoir from the Creator of Multiple Intelligences Theory" (MIT Press, 2022)
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Howard Gardner's Frames of Mind was that rare publishing phenomenon--a mind-changer. Widely read by the general public a... Read more
23 Jun 2022
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Slobodan Perovic, "From Data to Quanta: Niels Bohr’s Vision of Physics" (U Chicago Press, 2021)
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22 Jun 2022
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Natalie Lira, "Laboratory of Deficiency: Sterilization and Confinement in California, 1900-1950s" (U California Press, 2021)
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22 Jun 2022
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21 Jun 2022
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