Daniel Kevles, PhD
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Biography
Professor Kevles received his B.A. from Princeton University (Physics) in 1960, training at Oxford University (European History) from 1960-61, and his Ph.D. from Princeton (History) in 1964. His research interests include: the interplay of science and society past and present; the history of science in America; the history of modern physics; the history of modern biology, scientific fraud and misconduct; the history of intellectual property in living organisms; and the history of science, arms, and the state. His teaching areas are the history of modern science, including genetics, physics, science in American society, and the engineering and ownership of life. His books include The Baltimore Case, In the Name of Eugenics, The Physicists, The Code of Codes (co-edited with Leroy Hood), and Inventing America: A History of the United States (coauthored). He is currently completing a book on the history of innovation and intellectual property protection in the stuff of life.
Education & Training
- PhDPrinceton University, History (1964)
- BAPrinceton University (1960)
Activities
- Genomics and intellectual propertyFrance 2008Part of Dr. Kevles work on the history of the genomic issues and intellectual property in living organisms concerns the development of relevant policies and practices in the European Community. To this end, Dr. Kevles collaborates with Jean-Paul Gaudilliere of the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
- Medical and Modern Life Sciences HistoryFrance 2008Professor Kevles conducts collaborative work pertaining to the development of genetics, molecular biology, biotechnology, including their relationship to medicine and agriculture.
- History of ScienceFrance 2004Dr. Kevles is exploring possible graduate student exchanges between the Yale Program in the History of Science and Medicine and the activities supervised by the historian of modern science Dominique Pestre at the Centre Koyre and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris.