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Program in Science,
Technology, and Society
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David Kaiser
Professor Kaiser received his A.B. in Physics from Dartmouth
College in 1993, completed a Ph.D. in Physics at Harvard University
in 1997, and a Ph.D. in the History of Science from Harvard in
2000. His physics research focuses on early-universe cosmology,
working at the interface of particle physics and gravitation. His
historical research focuses on changes in American physics after
World War II, looking especially at how the postwar generation of
graduate students was trained.
He has recently completed a book entitled, "Drawing Theories Apart:
The Dispersion of Feynman Diagrams in Postwar Physics," as well as
an edited volume entitled, "Pedagogy and the Practice of Science:
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives." Honors include the Leroy
Apker Award from the American Physical Society (1993), the Ivan
Slade Prize (runner-up) from the British Society for the History of
Science (2000), and the Levitan Prize in the Humanities from MIT
(2001).
Activities:
Training Scientists, Crafting Science: Putting Pedagogy on
the Map for Science Studies.
Professor David Kaiser received a grant from the National Science
Foundation to head a 19-member workshop on "Training Scientists,
Crafting Science: Putting Pedagogy on the Map for Science Studies."
The workshop met at MIT in the spring and fall of 2002 to discuss
original pre-circulated papers. Kaiser will edit the resulting
volume. He also received a research grant from the Spencer
Foundation.
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