The Secret History of Science and Modernity: The History of Science and the History of Religion

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July 01 2022 The Secret History of Science and Modernity: The History of Science and the History of Religion Lorraine Daston Lorraine Daston Lorraine Daston is Director emerita at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin and regular Visiting Professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. She has written on a broad range of topics in the early modern and modern history of science, including probability and statistics, wonders and the order of nature, scientific images, objectivity and other epistemic virtues, quantification, observation, algorithms, and the moral authority of nature. Her most recent books are Against Nature (MIT Press, 2019) and Rules: A Short History of What We Live By (Princeton University Press, 2022). Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Lorraine Daston Lorraine Daston is Director emerita at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin and regular Visiting Professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. She has written on a broad range of topics in the early modern and modern history of science, including probability and statistics, wonders and the order of nature, scientific images, objectivity and other epistemic virtues, quantification, observation, algorithms, and the moral authority of nature. Her most recent books are Against Nature (MIT Press, 2019) and Rules: A Short History of What We Live By (Princeton University Press, 2022). Online Issn: 1536-0105 Print Issn: 1526-3819 © 2022 Grey Room, Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.2022Grey Room, Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Grey Room (2022) (88): 14–31. https://doi.org/10.1162/grey_a_00347 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share MailTo Twitter LinkedIn Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Lorraine Daston; The Secret History of Science and Modernity: The History of Science and the History of Religion. Grey Room 2022; (88): 14–31. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/grey_a_00347 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsGrey Room Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2022 Grey Room, Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.2022Grey Room, Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.