Professor Thomas Levenson and New York Academy of Sciences president Nick Dirks discuss Levenson’s new book “A Pox on Fools”

Levenson joins NYAS President Nick Dirks for a conversation about the role of storytelling in how we understand science. Drawing on examples from the history of physics, scientific discovery, and vaccination, Levenson explores how scientific ideas develop within broader cultural and political contexts. The discussion also considers the long history of vaccine skepticism and what it can teach us about science communication in an age of misinformation.

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