Paul Josephson is a specialist on big science and technology in the twentieth century. He is professor emeritus of history at Colby College, Waterville, Maine. Paul focuses on the relationship between state power, various publics and environmental concerns. He has conducted field research in Russia, Ukraine, Northern Europe, Brazil and the United States.
His concern about n uclear power dates to Cold War air raid drills in elementary school and to his Red Atom (1999, republished 2005). He has participated in “duck and cover” drills; visiting nuclear facilities in the US, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Russia.
Paul writes about: Nuclear power; Hydroelectricity, canals and other water works; Transport (roads, highways, railways, bridges, and speed bumps); Technology and sport — including sports bras, jet skis, snowmobiles, ATVs, and Running; Agribusiness (Fishsticks, chickens and bananas and “Get the Fruc Out of My Food!”; Technological utopianism; Brute Force Technology; Authoritarianism; and the Environment (Fisheries and forestry, extractive industries).
Paul’s writing in includes extensive Political Commentary.
