History of Science and Technology Q&A (January 24, 2024)

thanks for your streams Steven! always a pleasure to listen to them

YouTube may have shadow banned my posts. It certainly wont allow me to edit them.
So this the edited version of my initial reply

Sir. When looking at history its important to recognise that different disciplines look at the history of Science: Differently!

Equally important is to whom the science & technology is being presented to.

For Example, for most people the history they get taught in school is the history of the nobs. The mover & shakers, and it doesn't relate to them in anyway. But when you were at the Dragon (and at Slough High 😝), you would have known other pupils even classmates where the history is being told is about them & their families! For example you might have overlapped with Nick & Tim Knatchbull when you were in A and they were in E.

My introduction to this was Rethinking History by Jenkins. But if I was going to recommend one book its Bruno Latour's Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society (ISBN 0-674-79291-2)

I also have one question for you, as I have ADHD, I need to be careful with para-social dynamics: If I should bump into you sometime in Town or Gown, through friends etc, should I bring up the history of technology? Obviously if you were speaking at the Union that's a different context. But generally because of para-social dynamics I would avoid rocking up to your absolutely gorgeous Wolfram Research Building outside Oxford and just saying hello.