Daniel Kevles
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Daniel J. Kevles is an American historian of science. He is currently the Stanley Woodward Professor of History at Yale University, a position he assumed in 2001. He was previously a professor of the humanities at the California Institute of Technology, where he also served as faculty chair, from 1964 to 2001.
His research interests have been primarily on the history of science in America, the interactions between science and society, and environmentalism. He is best known for his survey works, which generalize large amounts of historical information into readable and coherent narratives. His books include The Physicists (1978), a history of the American physical community, In the Name of Eugenics (1985), currently the standard text on the history of eugenics in the United States, and The Baltimore Case (1998),[1] a study of accusations of scientific fraud. Because he sympathized with David Baltimore in the latter book, he became the target of some ire from mathematician Serge Lang, who waged an unsuccessful campaign against Kevles being granted tenure at Yale.[2] In 2001 he was awarded the Sarton Medal by the History of Science Society.
Recently he has been working on a history of the uses of intellectual property in relation to the life sciences from the eighteenth century to the present.
[edit] Works
[edit] References
- ^ Kevles, Daniel J. The Baltimore Case: A Trial of Politics, Science, and Character (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.; 1998)
- ^ Tim R.A. Cooper, "Yale to tenure two science history stars; Professors to boost ailing humanities program" (Yale Daily News, 20 Jan. 2000, pp. 1, 4); T.R.A. Cooper & Charles Forelle, "Tenure offer draws fire from Lang; Kevles in town, likely to accept history of science position" (Yale Daily News, 31 Jan. 2000, pp. 1, 3); Serge Lang, "On A Yale Kevles Appointment" (paid advertisement) (Yale Daily News, 3 Feb. 2000, pp. 6-9); Jon Butler & Frederic L. Holmes, "On the history of science at Yale" (Guest Column) (Yale Daily News, 7 Feb. 2000, p. 2); Lila Guterman & Scott Heller, "Peer Review" (Chronicle of Higher Education, 11 Feb. 2000, p. A14); John Chin, "Battle of professors: Lang irate, Kevles indifferent" (Yale Herald, 11 Feb. 2000) [1]; Michael Miarmi, "Serge Lang is fighting a losing battle" (Opinion) (Yale Herald, 11 Feb. 2000) [2]; S. Lang, "Holes in Butler-Holmes editorial and YDN decisions" (Guest Column) (Yale Daily News, 15 Feb. 2000, p. 2); Henry Whitaker, "The case of Caltech's Daniel Kevles" ("Brute Fact" column) (Yale Daily News, 17 Feb. 2000); Matthew Matera, "Kevles settles in after last year's controversy" (Yale Daily News, 27 Oct. 2000)
[edit] External links
- Radio: "Scientific Misconduct," Hour One on Science Friday, Talk of the Nation, NPR 2 October 1998 [3]: discussion of research fraud, Baltimore Case, and Kevles' "The Baltimore Case..."; Guests: D.J. Kevles, D.S. Greenberg, and C.K. Gunsalus; Philip Hilts, the reporter who covered the Baltimore Case for the New York Times, is among call-ins. Greenberg, who covered the case for Science & Government Report, and Hilts have sharp exchanges with Kevles. Greenberg & Gunsalus subsequently wrote scathing reviews of Kevles' book (see "Imanishi-Kari Case" section of David Baltimore).
- "Kevles to teach as Woodward Professor" Yale Bulletin & Calendar, 29 June 2001 [4]
- Yale U. History Dept. Kevles page
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