About Boffins and Cold Warriors. I contributed an article to iPolitics. On the troubled relationship between science and government, and how the current situation is new, but not that different from previous conflicts between scientists and politicians. Quick Updates on a Thursday. On April 9th I attended the wonderful conference hosted by.

History of Science Association at OU. History of Science in Ecuador. This summer the University of Oklahoma had a special opportunity to send students and faculty to Ecuador to study the history of the theory of evolution and tropical ecology. Of the HSCI department and Dr. Teamed up for two four-week classes of intense lecturing, reading, and exploring. The rainforest was amazing! Are hopeful that the succes.

On Science, History, and Exploration. The Search for Planet X. At this time, Pluto was known as Planet X. Like most stories of discovery, the story of Planet X seems straight-forward at first, then gets more tangled the deeper one digs. The story of Pluto reveals a bigger story about scientific discoveries and the difficulties of attributing credit. Inspired, astronomers began looking for irregularitie.

Welcome to the homepage of Aaron Sidney Wright! In addition to academia, I am an avid skier and photographer. On this page you can see some of the ongoing research projects I am pursuing. Penrose diagrams and diagrammatic reasoning. A third paper charting the course of the diagrams and examining their c.