21 July 1773: Disputation, Poetry, Slavery

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Previous articleNext article No Access21 July 1773: Disputation, Poetry, SlaveryPeter GalisonPeter Galison Search for more articles by this author Peter Galison is the Joseph Pellegrino University Professor at Harvard. His 1983 PhD is in theoretical high-energy physics and in the history of science. In 1997, he received the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship; he won a 1998 Pfizer Award for his book Image and Logic (1997); in 1999, the Max Planck/Humboldt Stiftung Prize; in 2018, the Pais Prize from the American Physical Society. His other books include How Experiments End (1987); Einstein’s Clocks, Poincaré’s Maps (2003); and Objectivity (with Lorraine Daston, 2007). He and Robb Moss directed Containment (1915), a film about guarding radioactive materials for ten thousand years, and Secrecy (2008). Galison has also partnered with artist William Kentridge on The Refusal of Time (2012). His current research is on technology, science, and the self and, separately, black holes.PDFPDF PLUSFull TextSupplemental Material Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Critical Inquiry Volume 45, Number 2Winter 2019Davidson and His Interlocutors Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/700967 Views: 459Total views on this site © 2019 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.