Edited Books
Tucker, co-edited with Margaret Vining and Barton Hacker, A Right to Bear Arms? The Contested Role of History in Contemporary Debates on the Second Amendment (Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press and Penguin Books, 2019).
This collection of essays offers a glimpse into how and why historical arguments have been marshaled on both sides of today’s debate over the Second Amendment. The debate over the Second Amendment has unveiled new and useful information about the history of guns and their possession and meaning in the Read more
Art, Scientific Discovery, and Visual Imagination
“Photography in the Making of Modern Science,” in Handbook of Photography Studies, ed. Gil Pasternak (London: Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2019), pp. 235-254.
Tucker, “Photography in the Making of Modern Science,” in Handbook of Photography Studies, ed. Gil Pasternak (London: Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2019), pp. 235-254. Learn more here. he Handbook of Photography Studies is an overview of the field of photography studies, examining its thematic interests, dynamic research methodologies and multiple scholarly Read more
Art, Scientific Discovery, and Visual Imagination
“Popularizing the Cosmos: Pedagogies of Science and Society in Anton Pannekoek’s Life and Work,” in Chaokang Tai, Bart van der Steen, and Jeroen van Dongen (eds), Anton Pannekoek (1873-1960): Ways of Viewing Science and Society (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019), 175-197. [Open Access]
Tucker, “Popularizing the Cosmos: Pedagogies of Science and Society in Anton Pannekoek’s Life and Work,” Ch. 9 in Chaokang Tai, Bart van der Steen, and Jeroen van Dongen (eds), Anton Pannekoek (1873-1960): Ways of Viewing Science and Society (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019), 175-197. [Open Access] My chapter is available Read more
Art, Scientific Discovery, and Visual Imagination
The Conversation: In ‘Mary Poppins Returns,’ an Ode to the Gas Lamp
“Mary Poppins Returns” transports audiences back to 1930s London. The beloved nanny at the center of the original 1964 hit film will return, this time played by Emily Blunt. But Mary’s original companion, Bert, a chimney sweep played by Dick Van Dyke, has been replaced by Jack, a lamplighter played Read more
Articles
“Display of Arms: A Roundtable Discussion about the Public Exhibition of Firearms and Their History,” Technology and Culture, Vol. 59, Issue 3 (July 2018): 719-769.
Tucker, ed. “Display of Arms: A Roundtable Discussion about the Public Exhibition of Firearms and Their History,” with Glenn Adamson, Jonathan S. Ferguson, Josh Garrett-Davis, Erik Goldstein, Ashley Hlebinsky, David D. Miller, & Suzanne Slavick, Technology and Culture, Vol. 59, Issue 3 (July 2018): 719-769. [Free online access through JHU Read more
Environmental History
History News Network: It’s No Downton Abby, But It’s Just as Much a Part of English History
In connection with a Royal visit to Widnes, in Cheshire, in the north west of Britain, to unveil the new Gateway bridge across the River Mersey, I reflect in History News Network about the history of the region’s chemical industry and efforts to curb industrial pollution. In the 1870s, it Read more
Art, Scientific Discovery, and Visual Imagination
The New York Times: Do You Know What Lightning Really Looks Like?
I was quoted in a The New York Times story comparing artistic renderings of lightening with actual photographs of the dramatic weather phenomena. Offering context, I told the Times that the new work fits into a long history of scientists drawing a boundary between artistic and photographic representations of lightning Read more
Media Interviews and Opinions
History News Network: Tabloid Photographers Are Hounding the Royals, But They Have a History of Using Each Other
Ahead of a royal wedding and all the accompanying tabloid coverage, I reflect on how the public’s relationship with the monarchy has been transformed dramatically by the invention of photography, dating back to the early 19th century and the reign of Queen Victoria. I show how “Long before the digital Read more
