The humanities of engineering (Tracy Chou, Quartz)
Engineering needs the humanities to find its greatest range and meaning.
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07, 2017
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06, 2017
Cracking the code through the humanities (Ellen Ullman, Harper’s Magazine)
As code is written by people, the humanities -- the study of the human experience -- are critical for those who design it.
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06, 2017
The open paths before us, always providing opportunity
The way open to opportunity.
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05, 2017
Culture compared to civilization
Culture as a feature of progress; civilization as its form.
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05, 2017
The art and science of bird song and human speech (David Robson, BBC Future)
How bird song offers insights into the origins of language.
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05, 2017
Listening in health care: a humanities task (Philippa Göranson, Global Listening Centre)
Restoring the art of listening in the health care setting.
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05, 2017
Stories and histories of science
Our scientific knowledge relies on narratives, which shift over time.
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04, 2017
On science and ethics: conveying and exploding knowledge
Can you write a book on ethics, using words of science, that would explode all other books?
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04, 2017
Sense, emotion, and scientific discovery (Lewis Lapham, Lapham’s Quarterly)
How experience fosters discovery of all kinds, as well as a deeper reading of history and literature
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04, 2017
Painting, nature, and science
Why painting is more truth-seeking than philosophy and physics