Tom Mullaney on the History of Science and Technology
May 09, 2019•40 min
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Episode description
Episode 12 - Galen Poor and Aijie Shi interview Tom Mullaney, Professor of Chinese History at Stanford University. He discusses how thinking about technology changes how we understand Asian and global history. Learn about grand narratives in the history of science, the importance of studying low-impact inventions, and how systems of knowledge, practice and politics are embodied in everyday technologies.
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