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Thank you very much for the link to an article by <em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-style:normal">Joshua Roebke [MS, Theoretical
High Energy Physics, </span></em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">McGill
University, Montréal], <span class="aCOpRe"><span>Institute for Historical Studies</span></span>, Univ of Texas, Austin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><a href="https://www.joshuaroebke.com/articles/">https://www.joshuaroebke.com/articles/</a><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><a href="https://ugs.utexas.edu/tsi/faculty-profiles">https://ugs.utexas.edu/tsi/faculty-profiles</a><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-style:normal">“Opinion:
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<span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">In the shadows of every celebrated scientist, there are other contributors who may be more deserving of our adulation.”
<i>Undark,</i> 20 Oct 2020<i> </i></span></span><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><a href="https://undark.org/2020/10/22/the-fiction-of-individual-genius/"><span style="font-style:normal">https://undark.org/2020/10/22/the-fiction-of-individual-genius/</span></a></span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also recommend this Roebke article on</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> race and gender in high energy physics</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><em>:</em></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;">
</span></em><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">“The Standard Model,”
</span><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joyland</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, Issue 10, Oct 2020</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><a href="https://joylandmagazine.com/uncategorized/standard-model/?fbclid=IwAR1VALqswPivKt5e-7YyVRXePl-euslbFow3CIYlSxZd5r5Xcs1B0IvEuf8">https://joylandmagazine.com/uncategorized/standard-model/?fbclid=IwAR1VALqswPivKt5e-7YyVRXePl-euslbFow3CIYlSxZd5r5Xcs1B0IvEuf8</a><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span><br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 22, 2020 8:41 AM<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi, everybody,</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hope everyone is safe and well.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Here is an article on the importance of looking beyond the mythologies and cults of genius in the history of science and tech.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fundark.org%2f2020%2f10%2f22%2fthe-fiction-of-individual-genius%2f&c=E,1,zSJ4vpB4KaeiSCfDXUtpGaDeuowkE6aW4gmiCvCUYOWdr0NSn0T9QMaeE5BWGQuxbb8a5nA1upjF8wWloVC9E9hulaD6G7pfuau27-4OCg,,&typo=1">https://undark.org/2020/10/22/the-fiction-of-individual-genius/</a></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">However, I would argue that in computer history as everywhere else in the history of science and tech, debunking is not enough – we must understand the reasons, cultures and process of cult-formation and
myth-making that plays such an influential role in our understanding of the past. That’s something I’m exploring in an article on John von Neumann that I recently submitted for publication review (“Creation Myths”). Am also looking at the formation of political
personality cults in a seminar I am teaching this semester.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Barbara Walker</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">Barbara Walker</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; color:black">
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; color:black">Associate Professor</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; color:black">University of Nevada, Reno</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; color:black">Reno NV 89557</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
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