Join the New Haven chapter of Science for the People’s Political Education working group as we host the second module of our 12-part monthly series on The Social Production of Science!
In Module Four: What is Science? Part II we will be continue to explore one of the most difficult questions facing the radical science movement. What is science? Our conversation will start to understand the key institutions of science like the Royal Society and the Research University.
We will be reading the following texts:
Chapter 1 of “The Origins of American Science New England” by Dirk J. Struik: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1szfiJc7CNWxlvXJtW6Jv_hqeWS7ZfH7P/view?usp=drive_link
“Toward a History of the Professional: On the Class Composition of the Research University”, by Mark Paschal, Viewpoint Magazine: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oilzObfEhWrpsINcbN_wFepT6gEejOaM/view?usp=drive_link
Chapter 3 of “Not In Our Genes: Biology, Ideology, and Human Nature” by Richard Lewontin, Steve Rose, and Leon Kamin: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qWDWT5EFyZFcOSUf3iSF7zNrY7SmoZ8-/view?usp=drive_link