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 is interested in 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 involvement in nuclear 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 has received numerous awards and grants including from the US National Science Foundation, most recently to research and write a global environmental history of the nuclear age.
Paul writes extensive Political Commentary.
Paul, the author of 16 books and dozens of articles, writes about:
Nuclear power
Hydroelectricity, canals and other water works
Transport
Roads, highways, railways, bridges, and speed bumps
Technology and sport
Sports bras, jet skis, snowmobiles, ATVs, Running
Agribusiness
Fishsticks, chickens and bananas
Get the Fruc Out of My Food!
Chickens
Technological utopianism
Brute Force Technology
Authoritarianism
Environment
Fisheries and forestry, extractive industries
