Professor of History of Science, Stanford University
Jessica Riskin is professor of history of science at Stanford University. Her latest book is The Restless Clock: A History of the Centuries-Long Argument Over What Makes Living Things Tick (2016).
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History of science
Alive and ticking
The idea that nature is a humming, complex, clockwork machine has been around for centuries. Is it due for a revival?
Jessica Riskin