Democracy

In 1934, David Hilbert, by then a grand old man of German mathematics, was dining with Bernhard Rust, the Nazi minister of education. Rust asked, “How is mathematics at Göttingen, now that it is free from the Jewish influence?” Hilbert replied,...

Led by Harold F. Linder Professor Alondra Nelson, the Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab explores emerging scientific and technological phenomena (including genomics, artificial intelligence, space exploration, and public health) and their...