I’ve taken to calling the pieces I write for FreakTakes “administrative histories.” The reason I opted for that name instead of “progress studies histories” or “metascience histories” is that it was the name that drew the fewest confused stares and/or eye rolls from the scientists and engineers whom I hope to attract. Some think this classification is a bit boring…but I have no problem with that! After all, I have — to some extent — made my name diving deeper into the boring details of science and engineering history than most would ever feel incentivized to do just to answer specific questions like “
I have been having a great time reading many of the books you've cited, esp. From Nowhere to Know-how and the Weaver autobiography. I wonder if you could start keeping a bookshelf page on this stack, with just a sentence or two on each book to guide us or say which posts it informed, or else maybe start adding a recommended reading list below each post? I have enjoyed some of the books enough that I've started filling a bookshelf in our lab's office space, in the hope of sharing the gospel more widely.
I have been having a great time reading many of the books you've cited, esp. From Nowhere to Know-how and the Weaver autobiography. I wonder if you could start keeping a bookshelf page on this stack, with just a sentence or two on each book to guide us or say which posts it informed, or else maybe start adding a recommended reading list below each post? I have enjoyed some of the books enough that I've started filling a bookshelf in our lab's office space, in the hope of sharing the gospel more widely.
Amazing topic!
Can’t wait, seems epic