Margaret Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died on Sep. 30. She was 90. A computing pioneer who authored over 130 publications, Hamilton helped … Read more
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI I recently had the chance to discuss my book Tripping on Utopia with the physicist Sean Carroll on his Mindscape podcast. Typically, Sean’s guests are scientists, but he’s also spoken … Read more
On the Shelf Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science By Benjamin BreenGrand Central: 384 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from … Read more
In “Pure Wit,” Francesca Peacock makes a fresh case for the writer Margaret Cavendish’s place in the feminist canon. PURE WIT: The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish, by Francesca Peacock Margaret Cavendish was an intrepid and prolific writer of the … Read more