Lorraine Daston

thumb|Lorraine Daston Lorraine Daston (born June 9, 1951) is an American historian of science. Quotes “The-enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend” goes a long way to explain most scientific controversies I’m familiar with; so much so, that one wonders why it is that such debates so quickly and permanently become polemically polarized. The long after-life of the medieval disputation-cum-duel? External links Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:Historians of science Category:Historians from the United States Category:Women academics from the United States Category:Harvard University alumni Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:University of Chicago faculty Category:Members of the American Philosophical Society Category:People from Michigan Category:Women born in the 1950s