The mass of objects lead quiet lives awaiting activation. On shelves or in boxes, as papers or digital files, storage furnishes an ever-present ...

Evan Hepler-Smith
Evan Hepler-Smith, a historian of science and technology, is Ziff Environmental Fellow at the Harvard University Center for the Environment. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Time. He is writing a book entitled “Naming Matters: Nomenclature and the Structure of Modern Chemistry.”