Even as summer temperatures neared the 90’s in Hamilton this week, 51’s faculty continued to achieve. Here are this week’s highlights.
The New York Times has called , George Dorland Langdon Jr. professor of history and Africana and Latin American studies, “a taxi historian.” He recently making headlines in the NYC area: is taking a taxi or a car hailed with the smart-phone application Uber better, in terms of the exploitation of workers?
The argument has led to protests, lobbying, and harsh criticism from both sides. In an argument where there’s no clear choice, Hodges shared some insight into the difficult position drivers are in today, bearing the entire operating costs.
Read more about taxi drivers in and see the full debate on .
, Charles A. Dana professor of physics and astronomy, will be honored as one of the chairs of the in New York City August 4-7.
Galvez is recognized as a leading name within the field of optical angular momentum, which has received an increase in attention in recent years. His specialties include physical optics, quantum optics, and experimental atomic physics. While at the conference he will be he co-authored with ’15 and ’16.&Բ;.
Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, with the advent of life insurance, there has been a surge in personal data collection. , assistant professor of history, combined his interests in modern U.S. history and the history of capitalism to write about the need to quantify our lives in How our days became numbered: Risk and the rise of the .
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