John Krige Explained
| Occupation: | Historian of science, physical chemist, author, academic |
| Discipline: | History |
| Sub Discipline: | History of science |
| Workplaces: | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Alma Mater: | University of Sussex, University of Pretoria |
| Awards: | Francis Bacon Award (2020) |
| Main Interests: | The history of science and technology, history of CERN and the European Space Agency |
| Kranzberg Professor |
John Krige is a historian of science and technology and the Kranzberg Professor at the School of History, Technology and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.
Biography
Krige is originally a physical chemist by training, earning a PhD from the University of Pretoria in the subject. After earning a PhD in philosophy at the University of Sussex, in the United Kingdom in 1979, Krige's intellectual career has been in the history of science and technology, including notable efforts within the project to write the history of CERN and the European Space Agency in the 1980s and 1990s. His main focus is on the place of science and technology in the foreign policies of governments both intra-European and between the U.S. and Western Europe in the cold war.
In 2000, Krige became a professor at Georgia Institute of Technology's School of History and Sociology.As a Francis Bacon Award recipient, Krige became a visiting professor at Caltech's Division of Humanities and Social Science.
Bibliography
As an author
- Book: Science, revolution, and discontinuity. Krige, J.. Brighton, Sussex, England. Harvester Press. 1980. 80029643. [1]
- Book: . Krige, J. . Cambridge, Mass. . MIT Press . 2008 . 2006044420 . 9780262112970. [2]
- Book: NASA in the world : fifty years of international collaboration in space. Krige, J.. Callahan, Angelina Long. Maharaj, Ashok. New York, NY. Palgrave Macmillan. 2013. 2013014745. 978-1-137-34091-7.
- Book: Knowledge Regulation and National Security in Postwar America . 9780226816616 . Daniels, Mario . Krige, J. . 2022 . University of Chicago Press. 2021040769.
As an editor
- Book: Krige, J.. Choosing Big Technologies . 9783718653027 . 1993 . Chur, Switzerland ; Philadelphia, Pa.. Harwood Academic . 92019366. [3]
- Book: Krige, J.. History of CERN, III . 9780080534039 . 18 December 1996 . Elsevier . 86024390.
- Book: Science in the twentieth century. Krige, J.. Pestre, Dominique. Amsterdam. Harwood Academic Publishers. 1997. 98109318. 9057021722.
- Book: Oreskes, Naomi . Naomi Oreskes . Krige, J. . Science and Technology in the Global Cold War . MIT Press . Transformations (Cambridge, Mass.) . 2014 . 978-0-262-02795-3 . 2014009830. [4]
- Book: Sharing knowledge, shaping Europe : U.S. technological collaboration and nonproliferation. Krige, J.. Cambridge, MA. MIT Press. 2016. [5]
- Book: How Knowledge Moves: Writing the Transnational History of Science and Technology . 9780226606040 . Krige, J. . 25 January 2019 . University of Chicago Press . 2018027426. [6]
- Book: Knowledge Flows in a Global Age: A Transnational Approach . 9780226819945 . Krige, J. . 7 September 2022 . University of Chicago Press . 2021061665. \
Monographs
- Book: Prehistory of ESRO 1959/60. Krige, J.. Noordwijk, The Netherlands. ESA Publications Division. 1992. 1992pres.book.....K . 2007416650.
- 33 pages
.
- Book: Early activities of the COPERS and the drafting of the ESRO Convention (1961-62). Krige, J.. Noordwijk, The Netherlands. ESA Publications Division. 1993. 1993eacd.book.....K . 93223662.
- 45 pages
.
- Book: Krige, John. Europe into space: the Auger years (1959-1967). Noordwijk, The Netherlands. ESA Publications Division. 1993. 1993eisa.book.....K . 93223682.
- Book: Europe in space, 1960-1973. Krige, J.. Russo, Arturo.
- with the assistance of Lorenza Sebesta; vii+142 pages
. Noordwijk. European Space Agency. 1994. 1994eusp.book.....K . 95213704.
- Book: Reflections on Europe in space. Krige, J.. Russo, Arturo. Noordwijk, The Netherlands. ESA Publications Division. 1994. 95111836.
- iii+49 pages
.
- Book: European Meteorological Satellite Programme. Krige, J.. Noordwijk, The Netherlands. ESA Publications Division. 1998. 1998emsp.book.....K . 98205702.
- v+65 pages
.
- Book: History of the European Space Agency 1958-1987. Krige, J.. Russo, A.. Sebesta, L.. Noordwijk, The Netherlands. European Space Agency. 2000. 00392482.
Awards
- 2020 Francis Bacon Award.[7]
External links
Notes and References
- Muir Wood, Robert. Review of Science, revolution and discontinuity by John Krige. New Scientist. 30 April 1981. 301.
- Book: Elbers, Astrid. The Rise of Radio Astronomy in the Netherlands: The People and the Politics . 107 . 9783319490793 . 23 November 2016 . Springer .
- Review of Big Systems: Choosing Big Technologies . John Krige, ed. From a symposium, Florence, Italy, Nov. 1991. Reprinted from History and Technology, vol. 9, nos. 1-4. . 10.1126/science.264.5156.293 . 1994 . Smith . Robert W. . Robert W. Smith (historian). Science . 264 . 5156 . 293–294 . 1774902. p. 294 of review
- Naomi Oreskes and John Krige (Eds.), Science and Technology in the Global Cold War. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2014. Pp. 464. ISBN 978-0-2625-2653-1. £25.95 (Paperback) . 10.1017/S0007087415000898 . 2015 . Agar . Jon . The British Journal for the History of Science . 48 . 4 . 715–716 .
- Web site: Sharing Knowledge, Shaping Europe . mitpress.mit.edu . July 2016 . February 16, 2020.
- Web site: About the Author - John Krige . press.uchicago.edu . January 2019 . February 16, 2020.
- Web site: The Francis Bacon Award in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology . hss.caltech.edu . 2020 . February 16, 2020 . February 10, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200210195827/http://www.hss.caltech.edu/about/honors-and-awards/the-francis-bacon-award . dead .
