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Ruth Schwartz Cowan

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American historian

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Ruth Schwartz Cowan is an American historian of science, technology and medicine noted for her research on the history of human and medical genetics, as well as on the history of household technologies.

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2007John Desmond Bernal Prize
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Ruth Schwartz Cowan is an American historian of science, technology and medicine noted for her research on the history of human and medical genetics, as well as on the history of household technologies. She is the author of a widely used textbook, A Social History of American Technology, on the history of colonial American, industrial, and 20th century socio-technical relations.

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Born 1941 · age 85
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