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Arkansas will receive $10 million for maternal health
Olivia Walton announced her nonprofit will give $10M to Arkansas and $10M to Kentucky.
Lakers Dalton Knecht Gets Unexpected Lifeline With New Trade Rumors
The Los Angeles Lakers are expected to make Dalton Knecht their final roster cut, but he also remains a top trade candidate, per new rumors. The post Lakers Dalton Knecht Gets Unexpected Lifeline With New Trade Rumors appeared first on HEAVY.
ENTERTAINMENT: ‘Dirty Dancing’ comes to Fayetteville en route to Broadway
The North American tour of “Dirty Dancing: The Musical” makes a stop at Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center en route to a February Broadway debut.
Dalton Kincaid shut down for second straight week
Dalton Kincaid held to season-low one reception in Week 4 against New England.
New laws make incremental tweaks to California’s mental health court, while bigger changes nixed
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills Sunday designed to help his mental health court reach more vulnerable Californians. But two other bills that would have made much bigger, and more controversial, changes to the program died without ever making it to his desk. […]
Community & Health Benefits of Electrification
Learn about benefits of electrification, community & health impacts and risks, and financial costs
ALTOUR Unveils ALTOUR iQ During Innovation Faceoff at Business Travel Show America 2026, Moving Business Travel Beyond Reporting to Decision Intelligence
/PRNewswire/ -- ALTOUR, a global leader in business travel management, has unveiled ALTOUR iQ, its proprietary AI-powered conversational travel intelligence...
Trump Returns to Dalton for a Rescue Mission in Georgia
Plus, Katie Zacharia’s ouster, A.O.C. on the trail, and another tense debate in Maine.
Dalton Knecht Emerges as Likely Lakers Roster Casualty
The Los Angeles Lakers may be gearing up to cut former first-round pick Dalton Knecht, according to a new report, as they shape the roster. The post Dalton Knecht Emerges as Likely Lakers Roster Casualty appeared first on LA Sports Report.
Free Agent Centers Put Bronny James Lakers Future in Doubt
The Los Angeles Lakers cutting Dalton Knecht over Bronny James sees the current roster finalized for opening night. However, there are rumors that the team would like to add another center to have flexibility in today’s NBA. Most other teams have a noteworthy center who the Lakers will have to defend. Walker Kessler’s injury history […] The post Free Agent Centers Put Bronny James Lakers Future in Doubt appeared first on HEAVY.
LDF Strongly Opposes Passage of the Protect College Sports Act, Urges House to Reject the Bill
On Sept. 28, the U.S. Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act (PCSA), an irresponsible piece of legislation that threatens the financial security and success student-athletes, including low-income Black student-athletes, have earned. The Legal Defense Fund previously issued a letter urging all members of Congress to reject the bill. Altogether, the PCSA lacks employment rights […]
$100 million Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America announces grants to Arkansas, Kentucky
Olivia Walton says maternal health is a solvable problem, with state governments "in the driver's seat."
Chamber to host special business briefing on Brainerd school referendum
The briefing will take place 11 a.m.-noon Oct. 22 at the Greater Lakes Association of REALTORS office in Baxter.
Ex-Saints QB Suddenly Released by Eagles
In a successful and well-traveled NFL career, Andy Dalton had a stop with the New Orleans Saints. It wasn’t the most memorable or the longest, but it was substantial time on the field for “The Red Rifle” with the Saints. It came to mind again on Friday, when the Philadelphia Eagles surprisingly released Dalton after […] The post Ex-Saints QB Suddenly Released by Eagles appeared first on HEAVY.
Arkansas Advocate on Ozarks at Large: Maternal health, Kentucky's governor and political debates
Arkansas Advocate Editor-in-Chief Andrew DeMillo joined Ozarks at Large Senior Producer Matthew Moore on KUAF this week to discuss recent grants for maternal health, Kentucky's governor rallying Democrats and the history of political debates.
Montanans shopping for health insurance face rising costs, shrinking subsidies, fewer choices
Open enrollment for the federal Health Insurance Marketplace starts Nov. 1. People with those plans faced higher premiums this year because of declining financial help from the federal government. Many Montanans chose lower levels of coverage or canceled their plans altogether.
Dalton Schultz receives day off Wednesday
Texans TE Dalton Schultz sits out practice because of a rest day
In House District 13, Two Political Newcomers Square Off
House District 13, the Lake County district that includes Polson, has been held by a Republican for more than a decade. This year, self-described moderate Democrat Dalton Bradford hopes he can change that. “I’m just a hometown guy,” Bradford said. “My wife would say I’m overly humble, but that truly is me. I don’t view […]
Ryan Elijah slams Bale Dalton's position on gender-affirming care
Dalton says the federal government should stay out of family medical decisions.
Should the Kings Take a Flyer on Knecht if Waived?
Sacramento could take a flyer on Dalton Knecht to bolster their outside shooting, if he's waived by the Los Angeles Lakers.
Bills TE Kincaid is once again pulling his weight in production
The fourth-year player is leading the Bills (2-0) with 12 catches and is third in the NFL with 225 yards receiving.
Penn State Altoona political science professor publishes new book
A new book by Daniel DiLeo, associate professor of political science at Penn State Altoona, was released by Bloomsbury Press earlier this month.
Dalton Knecht plays 22 minutes for Lakers at Golden State
Former Vol Dalton Knecht plays 22 minutes for the Lakers at Golden State.
Byron Donalds brings 'Defending the Florida Dream' tour to Overtown cookout
The Republican nominee's tour lands in Miami a month before the General Election.
Bridging the gap: Western student earns Fulbright to study wildfire science in Australia
“The goal is to identify the drivers behind intense wildfire activity and the ecosystems and communities they could impact” When Dalton Robberson finally got to the point of choosing …
Princess Diana’s brother trashes Kristen Stewart’s ‘Spencer’ movie: ‘Terrible’
Princess Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, trashed Kristen Stewart’s ‘Spencer’ movie as ‘terrible,’ though he praised the Oscar-nominated actress’ performance for ‘capturing Diana’ in spirit.
What’s up this week: Paly students’ science book, political satire sketch show, ’90s rockers, a PBS travel host and more
This week, Paly students launch a science-focused children's picture book; Molly Tuttle plays Stanford Live; former lovers reunite at The Pear; Los Altos Stage Company skewers current events and more.
Community & Health Impacts and Risks of Gas
Learn about benefits of electrification, community & health impacts and risks, and financial costs
Prairie Meadows HR vice president is voice for employees
Gina Vitiritto has spent her professional career as a confidante and advocate for the people of Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino. What started as a seasonal waitressing job in her hometown of Altoona became a 32-year career in human resources. She worked in the clubhouse beginning in 1989 and joined the HR team in 1994. …
Limited practice for Dalton Schultz
Texans TE Dalton Schultz listed as limited because of scheduled rest day
ENTERTAINMENT: ‘Dirty Dancing’ comes to Fayetteville en route to Broadway
The North American tour of “Dirty Dancing: The Musical” makes a stop at Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center en route to a February Broadway debut.
Doctors warn about the risks energy drinks pose to kids. What families need to know.
Various medical groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, say children and teens should avoid energy drinks altogether.
Rangers Prospect Earns Recognition After Breakout 2026 Season
Texas Rangers left-hander Dalton Pence delivered one of the Minor Leagues' strongest pitching performances in 2026.
O-Town Frontman Ashley Parker Angel Opens Up About His Shocking Health Scare and Las Vegas Sanctuary
See inside Angel's Las Vegas abode where he supports his carefully choreographed wellness ritual after a health scare.
National Association of Realtors helps push Amendment 3 committee over $21M raised
Polls still show there is work to do to sell the proposal.
RFK Jr., Dr. Oz visit Broward Health to outline new federal Alzheimer's initiative
The FDA program's first initiative, the Alzheimer's Prevention Accelerator, focuses on finding medical products that can help delay or altogether prevent Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
Lakers Insider Suggests Shocking Jaden Hardy Trade Scenario
The Los Angeles Lakers remain in a tough spot of having to cut or trade someone before the NBA season starts. League rules see the Lakers currently one player over the maximum allowed players. Dalton Knecht continues to be the top rumored name to get cut, but Jaden Hardy remains a realistic option as well. […] The post Lakers Insider Suggests Shocking Jaden Hardy Trade Scenario appeared first on HEAVY.
Vote no on Prop 45 to Protect California’s environment and public health
This November, California voters will have a chance to push back against President Trump’s attacks on our clean air and water, public health, and open space by voting NO on Proposition 45. This deceptive ballot initiative is a 41-page recipe for pollution and sprawl. It would weaken California’s bedrock environmental law and make it easier to build data centers, warehouses and other polluting projects – with severely limited public oversight.
‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Star Diana Jenkins Diana Jenkins Is Leaving America—and Selling Her $23 Million Hidden Hills Compound
The former Bravo cast member is looking to offload her sprawling Hidden Hills, CA, estate to return to her home city of Sarajevo.
Vinod Khosla Backs An AI Startup Building A Mind-Reading Baseball Cap
Palo Alto-based Sabi is betting its cap, outfitted with 100,000 sensors, will enable people to talk to their AI agents just by thinking.
Lakers Depth Chart For Final Roster After Dalton Knecht Release
T he news of the Los Angeles Lakers releasing Dalton Knecht confirms the final roster entering the NBA regular season. Bronny James and Jaden Hardy survived the cut and will make the roster to keep their jobs. Knecht was not expected to get strong playing time, but he removes a player who could give the […] The post Lakers Depth Chart For Final Roster After Dalton Knecht Release appeared first on HEAVY.
Lakers Make Final Roster Cut Before Beginning of Season
The Los Angeles Lakers waived forward Dalton Knecht on Monday, reducing the size of their roster to 15 just before their Monday deadline. The post Lakers Make Final Roster Cut Before Beginning of Season appeared first on LA Sports Report.
Paly students combine science, compassion in children’s book
A group of Palo Alto High School students recently published a picture book — “The Brave Fuzzy” — that is geared toward getting young children excited for science.
Endeavor Heartland names fall accelerator participants
Bentonville-based Endeavor Heartland recently named eight companies to participate in its fall 2026 ScaleUp Accelerator. The program is supported by the Walton Family Foundation and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission....
Protecting Your Clients and Your Business From Fraud
Essential real estate fraud prevention tips for agents: verify, detect, and report to protect clients and transactions.
Greater Fort Worth Association of REALTORS: The Aging Homeowner is Becoming a Business Issue
Learn about aging as a homeowner in this sponsored article by Greater Fort Worth Association of REALTORS.
Andy Dalton's first pass of 2026 season was an interception
Former Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton entered the Eagles-Bears Monday Night Football game in relief of Jalen Hurts, and threw a pick in the end zone.
Vaishali Sirkay: Supporting student mental health and wellbeing
Vaishali "Shali" Sirkay is one of four candidates vying for three seats on the Los Altos School District Board of Trustees in this November's General Election. Her top priorities include closing the "opportunity gap," fostering an inclusive environment and maintaining high employee compensation.
Students share science lessons at Walk Walton
Students Journey Hicks and Scarlett Brooks presented their water filtering experiment to visitors at the Walk Walton event on Oct. 18.
Lakers Exploring Trades For Forward With Roster Decision Looming
The Los Angeles Lakers are actively exploring trades for third-year forward Dalton Knecht. The post Lakers Exploring Trades For Forward With Roster Decision Looming appeared first on LA Sports Report.
Falcons release veteran quarterback after Andy Dalton signing
The Falcons sign one veteran QB and release another.
Minimal production once again from Dalton Kincaid
Dalton Kincaid caught only one pass for seven yards against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 5.
JJ Redick Defends Dalton Knecht Amid Rumored Lakers’ Roster Cu
JJ Redick praises Dalton Knecht.
Navan Selected by Investec to Modernize Global Travel Program
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 12, 2026--
Falcons’ Tua Tagovailoa Faces Uncertain Future After Andy Dalton Signing
The Atlanta Falcons made a pair of quarterback roster moves on Monday. No, neither of them directly involved Tua Tagovailoa, Atlanta’s current backup QB. The fact that the moves happened at all, though, raised questions about Tua’s future with the Falcons. Falcons QB Moves The Falcons chose to sign free agent QB Andy Dalton, the […] The post Falcons’ Tua Tagovailoa Faces Uncertain Future After Andy Dalton Signing appeared first on HEAVY.
Federal agency sues Ohio-based Catholic health system over alleged antisemitism
The EEOC lawsuit states Dr. Ian Walton is
Rogers Tries to Make El-Sayed’s Health Care Plan Scary
_Taylor, Michigan_HERE’S HOW YOU CAN TELL Mike Rogers is anxious to make up ground in the Michigan Senate race: He held a press conference on health care last weekend. Health care is usually a rough issue for Republicans, because voters associate the GOP with attacking cherished programs like Medicare and Medicaid that Democrats have historically supported. It’s a particularly difficult issue in this campaign, because a few months ago Donald Trump and the Republicans refused to extend temporary financial assistance in the Affordable Care Act. As a result of that decision, more than 20 million Americans faced higher insurance prices this year. That’s not a policy choice you want to be defending at a time when voters frequently cite the cost of health care as a top concern. Throw in the fact that Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed can draw on his credibility as a doctor and former public health director in Detroit, and it might seem like Rogers’s best bet would be to avoid health care altogether. But Rogers had his reasons to spotlight health care last Saturday. And they became apparent a few minutes before he spoke, when members of his campaign staff There’s a lot happening. Too much, some days. We can’t promise to have all the answers. But we can promise to keep asking the questions, following the facts, and figuring things out alongside people who care about where this country is headed. Read with us. Learn with us. And when it matters, stand with us. Join the side you’re already on. Join Bulwark+
Arkansas, Kentucky each awarded $10M grants for maternal health efforts
A nonprofit founded by philanthropist Olivia Walton announced Thursday it is awarding $10 million grants to Arkansas and Kentucky to improve maternal health in rural communities.
Guardant Health to Report Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results on November 5, 2026
PALO ALTO, Calif., October 08, 2026--Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced it will report financial results for the third quarter 2026 after market close on Thursday, November 5, 2026. Company management will webcast a corresponding conference call beginning at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Wastewater release prompts health advisory for Eastern Lake in Santa Rosa Beach
Drinking water remains safe and is not affected by the advisory, according to the Florida Department of Health in Walton County (DOH-Walton).
Arkansas Advocate on Ozarks at Large: Maternal health, Kentucky's governor and political debates
Arkansas Advocate Editor-in-Chief Andrew DeMillo joined Ozarks at Large Senior Producer Matthew Moore on KUAF this week to discuss recent grants for maternal health, Kentucky's governor rallying Democrats and the history of political debates.
Bills news: Assessing Buffalo’s offense through 4 weeks
After a hot start, Josh Allen and the offense have been inconsistent while Dalton Kincaid has been neutralized.
Regional Entertainment Calendar
Upcoming entertainment events scheduled within a 250-mile radius of Mountain Home include: Wednesday, Oct. 21-Sunday, Oct. 25 Dirty Dancing: The Musical, Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. Tickets: […]
NinjaTech AI Launches Enterprise AI Workforce Platform Using Open-Weight Models
Built to end runaway per-token AI costs, the platform deploys into the customer’s own cloud and data centers, so data never leaves their control PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 28, 2026 — NinjaTech AI today launched SuperNinja Enterprise, an AI workforce platform that puts AI employees to work around the clock inside the customer’s own cloud, on […]
What's up this week: Paly students' science book, political satire sketch show, '90s rockers, a PBS travel host and more
This week, Paly students launch a science-focused children's picture book; Molly Tuttle plays Stanford Live; former lovers reunite at The Pear; Los Altos Stage Company skewers current events and more.
Walmart’s Open Call event hosts 125 prospective suppliers
They came from 35 states and Puerto Rico, and filed into Sam Walton Hall on Walmart’s home office campus in Bentonville on Wednesday (Oct. 7). The hopeful suppliers toted luggage...
Studying Science in an Anti-Scientific Time
This Chronicle Review Deep Cut was first published in 2025. By Julianne Werlin Thanks for reading The Chronicle Review! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Subscribe The last two decades have not been kind to science studies. Already bruised and battered by the “science wars” of the 1990s, by the 2000s sociologists of science — who had long argued that science had to be understood in its human context — were encountering the funhouse-mirror version of their own views in right-wing critiques of climate scientists. It was enough to give some prominent scholars pause. “Was I wrong to participate in the invention of this field known as science studies?” asked Bruno Latour, the most famous sociologist of science in the world, in 2003. “Should we apologize for having been wrong all along? Or should we rather bring the sword of criticism to criticism itself and do a bit of soul-searching here: What were we really after when we were so intent on showing the social construction of scientific facts?” In response, Latour proposed a change of method and attitude. Science studies, now chastened and contrite, would no longer seek to strip facts of their authority, but to enrich and enhance them. What this meant in practice was never fully clear. But his diagnosis of problems resonated, even if his solutions did not. Latour’s exercise in public hand-wringing signaled a shift in mood. By 2016, with the first election of Donald Trump, the idea that skepticism of science was a right-wing position, not a left-wing one, had become a commonplace, discussed eagerly in The New York Times. For liberals, vaccine denial during the Covid era and Trump’s second-term attacks on the funding of scientific research, covered extensively in these pages, added a new urgency to the defense of science on both practical and principled grounds. There was little appetite for a sociology or philosophy of science that emphasized the messiness and missteps of the scientific process rather than its integrity and triumphs. The distinguished historian of science Peter Dear’s new book, The World as We Know It: From Natural Philosophy to Modern Science (Princeton University Press, 2025), which seeks to tell the story of 18th- and 19th-century science for a general public, may seem comfortably remote from these bitter contests. In its 16 short chapters, Dear draws swift, sure sketches of major discoveries from Newton to Einstein, ably guiding the reader through debates on stellar nebulae, animal taxonomy, atomic chemistry, evolution, and other flashpoints in the history of science. But though a work of history, Dear’s book must still negotiate our polarized present. In a blurb on its back cover, the historian of biology Lynn K. Nyhart alludes to the “present moment, when scientific knowledge is being swamped by misinformation and its institutions are under siege.” Dear himself, in his conclusion, refers to the “yard signs” and “bumper stickers” that proclaim “Science Is Real.” One antidote to both anti-science propaganda and to reductive slogans in science’s defense is a robust history and philosophy of science: exactly what Dear’s scholarship has long offered. But his new book illustrates how difficult such work has become. Dear, an emeritus professor of history at Cornell University, is best known as a creative and philosophically minded historian of the Scientific Revolution. His edited volume The Literary Structure of Scientific Argument (1991) analyzed the rhetoric of Galileo’s thought experiments to brilliant effect. Discipline and Experience: The Mathematical Way in the Scientific Revolution (1995) was a major contribution to the analysis of scientific experiments in early modern Europe and beyond, while Revolutionizing the Sciences: European Knowledge in Transition, 1500-1700 (2001), now in its third edition, remains one of the best overviews of the profound epistemological upheavals of 16th- and 17th-century science. But Dear has also ventured into later periods. Nearly two decades ago, in The Intelligibility of Nature: How Science Makes Sense of the World (2006), he turned to the 18th and 19th centuries to sketch a history and theory of scientific knowledge. Aimed at a generalist audience, Dear’s simple prose belied serious philosophical ambitions. Science, Dear argued, has two aspects: “natural philosophy,” the quest to understand the true nature of the universe, and “instrumentality,” the applied skills and technologies that allow us to manipulate the world for human advantage. Both strands are ancient, but the innovation of the phenomenon we call “science” was to yoke them together. As Francis Bacon wrote, “Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known, the effect cannot be produced,” an insight typically abridged to “knowledge is power.” Or, in Bertrand Russell’s characteristically blunt phrase, science has two functions, “1. to enable us to know things, and 2., to enable us to do things.” So far, so conventional. But Dear took issue with this familiar story in one respect. Bacon’s formula implied that theory and practice could be fused in a single method. In fact, Dear argued, the quest to understand nature and the desire to manipulate it were coupled only loosely. They could come together, but they could also pull apart. Focusing on natural philosophy, the “knowing” half of the scientific circle, he used a series of case studies from cosmology, taxonomy, chemistry, electromagnetism, and quantum theory to show how theories changed over time, in dialogue with practice, but never reducible to it. Take the case of matter, the basic substrate of the physical world. In the 18th and 19th centuries, scientists not only disagreed about what it was, but also about how well it could be known. In 1789, the chemist Antoine Lavoisier dismissed speculation about the atomic composition of chemicals as “discussions entirely of a metaphysical nature,” as he sought to orient chemistry away from philosophical abstraction and toward laboratory results. But in the 19th century, atoms returned with a vengeance in the atomic chemistry of John Dalton, who wanted to explain the underlying structure of nature. It was not just that Dalton and Lavoisier had a different set of experimental results, or even a different theory, Dear showed. What counted as an explanation had changed. In arguing that scientific theories depended on their intelligibility to human beings with complex arrays of beliefs and commitments, Dear was in sympathy with science studies. Key figures such as the sociologist Steven Shapin emphasized the importance of psychological mechanisms like trust in the formation and acceptance of scientific ideas. But in focusing on the scientific pursuit of knowledge, not its politics or economics, Dear resisted the more cynical perspective of some of his colleagues. The Intelligibility of Nature strikes a very different note than Shapin’s collection of a few years later, Never Pure: Historical Studies of Science as If It Was Produced by People With Bodies, Situated in Time, Space, Culture, and Society, and Struggling for Credibility and Authority (2010), to name just one example. Walking a very fine line, Dear depicted science as driven at once by complex social dynamics and by the intellectual power of real discoveries. It was a testament not only to his own acumen but also to the vitality of the field that he was able to do so. Nearly two decades later, The World as We Know It returns to the questions broached in The Intelligibility of Nature. Like Dear’s earlier study, it begins with the Newtonian cosmos and ends with debates between Einstein and Bohr on quantum physics. Beyond its terminal figures, many of the same characters appear in both studies, including the naturalists John Ray and the Comte de Buffon; the chemists Étienne François Geoffroy, Antoine Lavoisier, and John Dalton; as well as Charles Darwin and Michael Faraday, among others. Its subject is nearly identical: As in The Intelligibility of Nature, The World as We Know It considers natural philosophy as opposed to instrumentality, here defined as the “desire to create a picture of what the world is really like — the world as God knows it — rather than simply having instrumental or operational control over it.” The two books also overlap in insights — and sometimes even in language. The reader who has learned in The Intelligibility of Nature that Buffon’s method of classifying animals “reflected his belief in the importance of the senses and empiricism in learning about nature (a doctrine associated with Newton and the philosopher John Locke)” will experience a sense of déjà vu on reading, in The World as We Know It, that the classification “reflects Buffon’s commitment to the epistemological stance of Newton and his philosophical underlaborer John Locke, who stressed the role of the senses in creating natural knowledge.” Later in the passage, we read that, “because of its stress on understanding the ways of life of animals in their environments, Buffon’s approach could almost be labeled (anachronistically) as ‘ecological.’” And again, “an anachronistic way of putting it would be to say that Buffon recommends an ecological mode of understanding.” Likewise, in The Intelligibility of Nature we read of Dalton that he was initially drawn to meteorology, and that: He did a bit of experimental work on these things, especially having to do with the water-holding capacity of gases, but his real interest lay in understanding what, at an underlying natural-philosophical level, was really going on physically.” Whereas, in The World as We Know It: He did experimental work on these things, especially concerning the water-holding capacity of gases — although not at a very refined level quantitatively — but he was continually trying to develop a theoretical conception of what was happening physically. The final full chapter of each book closes on the same resigned note. Intelligibility: These days, most serious work on the natural philosophical underpinnings and implications of quantum mechanics is performed not by physicists but by philosophers of science. Among scientific practitioners themselves, Bohr’s attempt to use instrumentality as sufficient grounds for a respectable science has met with a high degree of success. And again, in The World as We Know It: Bohr’s and Einstein’s concerns are now questions that are mostly discussed by philosophers of science rather than by physicists themselves. The marginalization of these sorts of questions amounts to the demise of natural philosophy, at least in physics, in the 20th century. Quantum mechanics “works,” and that’s good enough for most scientists who encounter it. Examples could be multiplied. When handling the same subject matter, some echoes are inevitable. Scholars should not feel that because they have written “Isaac Newton died in 1727” in one book, in the next they must describe him as perishing, expiring, or meeting his maker. But the repetitions of language and arguments (not to mention six reproduced images) threaded throughout The World as We Know It are more extensive than that. They should have been caught by Princeton University Press or its reviewers, and revised. Because the two books have so much in common, it is easy to see where they diverge. The World as We Know It is a less theoretical work than its predecessor. The sociology of knowledge that organized The Intelligibility of Nature has been reduced in scale and folded into readings and examples. The taut interplay between history and theory, which gave the earlier study so much interest, is there, but it is subtle. In the earlier book, the case studies demonstrated theoretical claims about the character and development of science. In the later work, each narrative of discovery is an end in itself. Insights emerge from the history, but they do not control the organization of the study. With the theory muted, it can be hard to understand the logic uniting Dear’s sprawling history of more than two centuries of scientific knowledge. The 16 brisk chapters cover an enormous amount of material. But the closer the volume edges to comprehensiveness, the more obvious the missing elements become. A chapter on “Institutions and Pedagogy,” describing the birth of the research university, illustrates the problem. Inserted roughly halfway through the book, the unnumbered chapter is designed as an “entr’acte,” in acknowledgement that it does not fit the study’s organization around scientific discoveries. Yet as Dear is well aware, no general history of the development of modern science can bracket its 19th-century institutionalization and professionalization. It was the 19th-century university, after all, that gave us the “scientist,” a term coined by the Cambridge philosopher William Whewell. Dear’s history of scientific discoveries implies a wider social and institutional history, but it remains largely subterranean, only occasionally extruded under the pressure of the narrative. It must be said that the balance is not all on the side of the earlier study. There are some advantages to the more historical, less theoretical organization of The World as We Know It. Dear’s accounts of paradigm shifts are remarkably lucid, no small accomplishment given that they span fields and centuries. He makes excellent use of the wealth of new scholarship on Darwin and his influences, to which he has himself contributed. It is satisfying to see puzzle pieces from Buffon’s natural history, Georges Cuvier’s animal taxonomy, Thomas Robert Malthus’s demography, and Charles Lyell’s geology recombined seamlessly in the Darwinian jigsaw. Likewise, Dear’s discussion of stellar nebulae, divided between chapters two and 15, shows vividly how Newton, Kant, Herschel, and Hubble reimagined insights and observations as they sought to discover whether the diffuse light that filtered through early telescopes was a glowing, gaseous substance or discrete but distant stars. Yet despite such pleasures, the book remains a more modest work than The Intelligibility of Nature. Dear has clearly not changed his views about the history of science. But in the two decades that have elapsed, the discipline and the world around it have changed, making it harder to write a sociologically and philosophically ambitious history of science for the general reader. That is a shame, because in the age of Silicon Valley and biotechnology, both the reciprocity and the tensions Dear identified between the epistemological and instrumental ambitions of science are more evident than ever. In recent years, some of the most exciting new books on the history of science in early modernity have focused precisely on this pressure point. Important studies such as Pamela H. Smith’s From Lived Experience to the Written Word (2022), James Poskett’s Horizons: The Global Origins of Modern Science (2022), and Vera Keller’s The Interlopers: Early Stuart Projects and the Undisciplining of Knowledge (2023) all shed new light on how early modern science negotiated the relationship between its instrumental and epistemological ambitions, or in Russell’s phrase, knowing and doing. There is every opportunity for a philosophically informed approach to draw new insights from this wealth of material. Dear, unfortunately, has not done so in The World as We Know It. But for future scholars of the history of science, his body of work over nearly four decades may provide just the model. Julianne Werlin is an associate professor of English at Duke University. 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Representatives from Penn State’s Smeal College of Business will visit Penn State Altoona on Tuesday, Oct. 20, from noon to 3 p.m. in the Pond View Lounge of the Slep Student Center.
Regional Entertainment Calendar
Upcoming entertainment events scheduled within a 250-mile radius of Mountain Home include: Wednesday, Oct. 22-Sunday, Oct. 25 Dirty Dancing: The Musical, Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. Tickets: […]
Jawando, Wells appear at small-business event, but not to debate
Plus: Realtors endorse new candidates, including school board hopefuls; Mail-in ballot canvass underway
Steelers trade Joey Porter Jr. to Dallas Cowboys
PITTSBURGH (BLACK AND GOLD NATION) — The end to an ongoing story has finally arrived between the Pittsburgh Steelers and defensive back Joey Porter Jr. The team has traded Porter Jr. to the Dallas Cowboys for a 2027 sixth-round pick and a 2028 second-round pick. This marks the second trade the two teams have made […]
Realtor Hosts Local Artist
ST. JOHNSBURY — Four Seasons Sotheby’s International Realty is pleased to showcase the work of local artist Mardi McGregor at its St. Johnsbury office, located at 1184 Main Street.
Crucial Catch: Bryan Cook, Dalton Risner Visit Kettering Health
S Bryan Cook, G Dalton Risner, Who Dey and the Ben-Gals visited patients at Kettering Health as a part of the Crucial Catch campaign.
Veteran quarterback reportedly refused to sign with Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles have been scrambling at quarterback ever since Jalen Hurts landed on injured reserve with a blood clot, and Sunday’s 25-14 loss to the Carolina Panthers only added to the urgency. However, there is one longtime NFL quarterback who seemingly has no interest in offering his asstance. Veteran quarterback Andy Dalton was released…
Not a good sign for Dalton Knecht, whom multiple rival …
Not a good sign for Dalton Knecht, whom multiple rival …
Businesses Report Flat Summer Tourism Despite Inflation, Smoke and Airport Runway Closure
In August, when an active wildfire season in the Pacific Northwest choked the Flathead Valley in a dome of smoke, Glacier Guides and Montana Raft owner Denny Gignoux started getting cancellation requests and noticed lower demand for rafting and hiking trips at his outfitting business. While the smoky skies deterred some visitors from traveling altogether, […]
Lakers waive Dalton Knecht ahead of season opener, roster deadline after failing to find trade partner
Newsom vetoes insurance-claim bills: Is it ‘petty’ politics?
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed two bills that would have helped improve the insurance-claims process for consumers but signed one that also addresses claims-related issues, leaving Los Angeles County fire survivors and others wondering whether the vetoes were retaliatory. One bill, Senate Bill 877, […]
Los Angeles Angels edge closer to franchise rock bottom
The Oakland Athletics defeated the Los Angeles Angels 7-3 on Wednesday night, powered by a three-run blast from Donovan Walton and a career-first four-hit game by rookie Henry Bolte.
How to watch Navarrete vs Foster and Smith vs Puello: Combat sports on DAZN this weekend
Find out how to watch Navarrete vs Foster, Dalton Smith vs Alberto Puello, RWS Muay Thai and Hitman Fight League on DAZN this weekend with fight dates, cards and viewing details.