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The National Academy of Sciences in the American Democracy: A History

March 2, 2023
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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Event Description

In 2014, Ruth Schwartz Cowan, Daniel J. Kevles and Peter Westwick were invited to write the 150th anniversary history of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and were given unprecedented access to its extensive archival collection, much of which had never attracted scholarly attention. Their manuscript, tentatively titled The National Academy of Sciences in the American Democracy: A History is now very close to completion. The book is a contextual as well as an institutional history. It situates the Academy in both American and global history, covering the history of the natural and social sciences as well as engineering and medicine. It aims to weave the internal evolution of the Academy together with its impact on American government and society--and vice versa.

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Free and open to the public; registration required. For more information, please visit the event webpage

Hosted by the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine