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episode 398: Surroundings
Host: Nora Ludewig Shownoter: Jochen Spalding Gast: Etienne Benson
I wanted to make an episode on a topic from the history of science for a long time, finally it happened. This is an interview with Etienne Benson, professor of the history of science and technology, on the history of how people of the western world have been seeing, studying and explaining their environment. We talk mostly about his book, Surroundings, but also briefly about his current field of study.
Introduction of Todays Guest Dr. Etienne Benson 00:02:55Dr. Etienne Benson | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Dr. Etienne Benson's Book 00:15:11Surroundings: A History of Environments and Environmentalisms First Edition by Etienne S. Benson | Wired Wilderness: Technologies of Tracking and the Making of Modern Wildlife (Animals, History, Culture) by Etienne S. Benson | Darwinism | Epigenetics | Jean-Baptiste Lamarck | Lamarckism | Milieu | Jane Addams | W. E. B. Du Bois
How Did The Term Environment Evolve? 00:37:00Environmentalism | Environmental Defense Fund | United Nations Conference on the Human Environment | Ozone depletion | How Nuclear Tests Spawned Environmentalism | Murray Bookchin | Rachel Carson