Media & Press Archive The MPIWG in the Media Press Releases Media & Press Overview Deputy Head, Communications Team Stephanie Hood +49 30 22667 242/315 public@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de Archived Media by Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2009 Filter & Sort Category - Any -Call for PapersExternal EventIn the MediaNew PublicationPress ReleaseCareerInstitute News Unit - Any -Dept. IDept. IIDept. IIIAdministrationArt and Knowledge in Pre–Modern EuropeBetween Knowledge and Innovation: The Unequal-Armed BalanceComputational History of ScienceConcepts and Modalities: Practical Knowledge TransmissionConstructions of the Brain: The Emergence of the Neurological AdolescentCooperation & CommunicationDept. DastonDept. RheinbergerEpistemes of Modern AcousticsExperimental History of ScienceIMPRSIT SupportLibraryLise Meitner Research GroupMax Planck Research Group (ASTRA)Max Planck Research Group (Biomedical Sciences)Max Planck Research Group (Final Theory Program)Max Planck Research Group (Premodern Sciences)Max Planck Research Program (GMPG)Modern Geometry and the Concept of SpaceReading & Writing Nature in Early Modern EuropeResearch Group (Data, Media, Mind)Research ITThe Construction of Norms in 17th to 19th-Century Europe & the United StatesTwentieth Century Histories of Knowledge about Human Variation October 2017 Oct 9, 2017 “Into the Fascist Forest—a Real Italian Controversy” The Conversation UK Research Scholar Wilko Graf von Hardenberg explores the politics of forest fires Read Article Oct 6, 2017 “Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions” hsozkult Lorraine Daston’s and Robert Richards’ book is reviewed Read Review Oct 3, 2017 “On our Bookshelf” Nature Astronomy The Formative Years of Relativity by Hanoch Gutfreund and Jürgen Renn is reviewed Read Review September 2017 Sep 25, 2017 “An Insightful Tome Recounts the Heady Early Days of General Relativity” Sciencemag.org Review of Jürgen Renn and Hanoch Gutfreund’s book The Formative Years of Relativity: The History and Meaning of Einstein’s Princeton Lectures Read Review Sep 25, 2017 “‘Sound of a Dog Barking’: History Reveals the Significance of this North Korean Insult to Trump” The Conversation UK John DiMoia, Visiting Scholar in Department III, publishes article through MPIWG workshop Read Article August 2017 Aug 31, 2017 “scobel: Fakes & Fakten Was ist echt und was ist falsch? Sind wir in der Lage, dies zu erkennen?” scobel (3sat) Lorraine Daston, Director at the MPIWG, discusses the truth behind fakes and facts; . Go to broadcast (in German) Aug 25, 2017 “The Chirps and Ripples in the Universe That Prove Einstein Was Right” New York Times Review of Jürgen Renn and Hanoch Gutfreund’s book The Formative Years of Relativity: The History and Meaning of Einstein’s Princeton Lectures Read Review Aug 17, 2017 “How to Live with Bears” The Conversation UK Wilko Hardenberg, Research Scholar in Department III, publishes article Read Article Aug 9, 2017 “Das Nullniveau schwankt” Kulturradio RBB Wilko Hardenberg interviewed on the measurement of sea level Go to Interview Aug 4, 2017 “The Inconstant Level of the Sea” RBB Wilko Hardenberg on the inconstancy of a geographical reference point Read Article Aug 4, 2017 “The Sound of the Oceans” www.mpg.de Lino Camprubi interviewed on marine acoustics research and what marine biologists have learned Read Article Aug 3, 2017 “Wissenschaften sind veränderliche Kulturtechniken” Neue Zürcher Zeitung Hansjörg Rheinberger calls for an interdisciplinary perspective on nature and culture Read Article Aug 3, 2017 Das Zeitalter der ewigen Wahrheiten ist längst zu Ende Neue Zürcher Zeitung Hans-Jörg Rheinberger in Neue Zürcher Zeitung on the two scientific cultures Go to Article July 2017 Jul 27, 2017 “Forschung im postfaktischen Zeitalter” vdi nachrichten Lorraine Daston is mentioned in this article about how science is facing increasing pressure Read Article Jul 25, 2017 “Reflexion über das erkennende Subjekt” literaturkritik.de Review of Gallison, Peter; Daston, Lorraine: Objektivität (in German) Read Review June 2017 Jun 28, 2017 “Steckt die Wissenschaft in einer Vertrauenskrise?” Die Zeit Lorraine Daston discusses the state of science in the post-fact era Go to Podcast Jun 25, 2017 “Es herrschte ein Schweigen auf dem Meer” Tagesspiegel Klaus Vogel interviewed on the work of SOS Mediterranee Read Article Jun 4, 2017 “‘In alle Welt...’: Deutsche Missionen während des Kolonialismus” WDR Helge Wendt interviewed on aspects of social and economic history in German missionary work in Africa Go to Interview Jun 3, 2017 “Eine neue Erdepoche hat begonnen” Berliner Zeitung Christian Schwägerl, former Journalist-in-Residence at the MPIWG, on the influence of the Anthropocene Read Article May 2017 May 4, 2017 “Three Faculty Members Elected to American Philosophical Society” UChicagoNews Lorraine Daston member of the American Philosophical Society Read Article Load More