I was interviewed by Molly Webster for the “Kleptotherms” episode of Radiolab, which was entirely focused on the concept of temperature. Molly and I discussed the marker of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit: where it originated in medicine, how it functions as a cultural artifact, and why no single number can be an accurate or inclusive arbiter of human health.
Tag: Data
Robots are Better People than Mark Zuckerberg
Robots are Better People than Mark Zuckerberg
Lady Science
April 12, 2018
To Boldy Go Where No Series Had Gone Before
To Boldy Go Where No Series Had Gone Before
Lady Science podcast
February 14, 2018
The Sum of Our Programming
The Sum of Our Programming: Finding Humanity in Emotional Labor
Lady Science
February 4, 2018
The History of Data is the History of Labor
The History of Data is the History of Labor
Lady Science
July 2, 2017
History Lab
History Lab
Program co-developer and seminar leader
Science History Institute
Summer 2017
My Data, My Self
My Data, My Self: A Century of Self-Tracking Health Technologies
Panelist
Science History Institute
May 25, 2017
Exercise Without Failure
Exercise without Failure: Building Fitness Apps as Narrative Games
Model View Culture
April 29, 2015
98.6: Fevers, Fertility, & the Patient Labor of American Medicine
Doctoral Dissertation:
98.6: Fevers, Fertility, and the Patient Labor of American Medicine [Full Text PDF]
History & Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania
Abstract:
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