Past Member
Ken Alder
Funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fund
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
History of Science
Home Institution
Northwestern University
Website
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During his year at IAS, Ken Alder will be working on his book project, "Lives of the Machines," a history of technology in the form of ten memoirs by artificial beings—from a Sumerian balance-weight to the genomics revolution—each of which casts light on the human beings who designed, made, and used it.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees
Harvard University
Ph.D.
1991
Honors
2012
Fellow, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
2010-11
Guggenheim Fellow
Appointments
Northwestern University
Professor of History