Peter Dizikes: Writings on Science and Society


What I Do

Update: As of Fall 2009, I am a staff writer for a new publication, MIT News, covering research across a number of disciplines. I also contribute to our related publication, Technology Review. At MIT, my work continues to explore many kinds of links between culture, science, and technology. My pieces frequently draw upon my training in the history of science. You can learn more about me here. Contact me here.


features and profiles by Peter Dizikes

Poverty's Researcher
Profile: Esther Duflo
Technology Review, Jan/Feb 2010

Digging for Darwin
Do you own a first edition of the Origin?
The New York Times, May 17, 2009

Cell Division
America’s regional politics of science.
Salon, May 11, 2009

America + China = The New G2
The pairing needed for climate progress
Seed, April 29, 2009

Your DNA is a snitch
Can you keep your genes private?
Salon, February 17, 2009

Alaska has more oil than the Middle East?
Busting the myths of endless energy
Salon, August 18, 2008

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essays and reviews by Peter Dizikes

Science Chronicle
Four Books on Evolutionary Science
The New York Times, August 30, 2009

Visualizing Climate Change
Interview: NASA’s Gavin Schmidt
Salon, June 1, 2009

Our Two Cultures
Reconsidering C.P. Snow, 50 years later
The New York Times, March 22, 2009
Talk at Harvard's Snow Conference

Political Science
Review: The Art and Politics of Science
The New York Times, February 15, 2009

The Meaning of the Butterfly
Why we get “The Butterfly Effect” wrong
The Boston Globe, June 8, 2008

Joseph Needham's Grand Question
Review: The Man Who Loved China
Seed, May/June 2008

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