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Yves Gingras

Yves Gingras is professor of history and sociology of science at the Université du Québec à Montréal and Director of the Interuniversity Research Center on Science and Technology (CIRST).

Recent articles


Nobel by association: beautiful mind, non-existent prize

Is the Nobel Prize for Economics as real as the Loch Ness monster? A fascinating story of how, when the global public was looking the other way, strategy and snobbery brought a symbolic currency to life.

(This article was first published on 23 October 2002)

Science and mysticism: a tainted embrace

Scientists who indulge mystical and religious fantasies in the interest of popularisation are betraying their professional calling, says Yves Gingras.