Robert P. Crease

Robert P. Crease’s principal interest is philosophy of science and technology, especially relations between science and society. In 2023 he received a National Science Foundation grant to study science and society relations, and for 26 years has written a monthly column for Physics World about the topic. He recently wrote Philosophy of Physics: A New Introduction (IOP 2023), and before that The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory (MIT Press, 2022), about one of the most important episodes in science and society relations after World War II. Before that was The Workshop and the World: What Ten Thinkers Can Teach us about Science and Authority (Norton 2019).  Crease is also interested in the phenomenology of the lived body, especially relating to dance. He wrote the entry on "Jazz and Dance" for both the Oxford and Cambridge Companions to Jazz.  He has written an award-winning short science play, edited a journal, co-founded the Laboratory History Conference series, and written numerous editorials and short articles for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Nature, and other venues.

To learn more about Professor Crease, please visit his website and view his  Curriculum Vitae.