John Tresch is associate professor in the Department of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
A fascinating book and a must for anyone seeking to get to grips with the complex, knotty roots of modernity. (Metascience) Illuminating a spectrum of heterodox approaches grouped under the umbrella term 'mechanical romanticism,' Tresch makes an insistent and compelling case for why the current cultural impasse between science- and creative-types is far from inevitable. In this vision, sound science need not transpire without a lyrical core, while efficiency need not obviate moments of effusive, ecstatic connection. (Brooklyn Rail)