Daniel Kevles
Stanley Woodward Professor of History and Professor in the History of Medicine and Senior Research Scientist in Law; Director of Graduate Studies, History of Science and Medicine; Professor of American Studies
Research Interests
interplay of science and society past and present; history of science in America; history of modern physics; history of modern biology, scientific fraud and misconduct; history of intellectual property in living organisms; history of science, arms, and the state
Current Projects
Dr. Kevles's teaching areas are the history of modern science, including genetics, physics, science in American society.Selected Publications
- Inventing America: A History of the United States, coauthored with Alex Keyssar, Pauline Maier, and Merritt Roe Smith (New York: W.W. Norton, 2002; 2nd edition forthcoming, 2005)
- The Code of Codes: Scientific and Social Issues in the Human Genome Project, edited with Leroy Hood Harvard University Press, 1992; (paperback, 1993); published in Germany (Artemis and Winkler), 1994 and in Japan (Ague Shotu-Sha), 1997.
- In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity Alfred A. Knopf, 1985; University of California Press,1986 (paperback); Harvard University Press, 1995 (paperback with new preface). Also published in England (Penguin), Japan (Asahi), Spain (Editions Planeta), France (Presse Universitaire de France).
- International Eugenics, in Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Holocaust Museum, 2004), pp. 41-60
- Big Chill in Biotechnology, Technology Review (July 2003)
- Ownership and Identity: The Drive to Manipulate DNA Has Changed the Economy and the Law, The Scientist, Jan. 13, 2003
Articles
Spring 2004
Marie Curie at Yale
When Marie Curie came to Yale in 1921 to receive an honorary degree, opinions among the faculty were decidedly mixed....
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