1 | Name: | Dr. Evelyn Fox Keller | |
Institution: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||
Year Elected: | 2006 | ||
Class: | 4. Humanities | ||
Subdivision: | 404c | ||
Residency: | Resident | ||
Living? : | Deceased | ||
Birth Date: | 1936 | ||
Death Date: | September 22, 2023 | ||
Evelyn Fox Keller received her Ph.D. in theoretical physics at Harvard University, worked for a number of years at the interface of physics and biology, and is now Professor of History and Philosophy of Science in the Program in Science, Technology and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of many articles and books, including: A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock; Reflections on Gender and Science; Secrets of Life, Secrets of Death: Essays on Language, Gender and Science; Refiguring Life: Metaphors of Twentieth Century Biology; The Century of the Gene; and Making Sense of Life: Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines. A new book, The Mirage of a Space Between Nature and Nurture, is forthcoming. Between Jan, 2006 and July, 2007, she held the Chaire Blaise Pascal in Paris at REHSEIS. |