Peder Anker (@pederanker) 's Twitter Profile
Peder Anker

@pederanker

Professor of History of Science @NYUGallatin with an interest in histories of ecology, architecture, design, the environment and climate change.

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"If you want to better the world, try a good laugh rather than a moral reprimand." I am in the latest issue of TAD, #Technology/#Architecture + #Design talking #climatechange with Marty Matlock, Malkin Shoshan & Hazem Rashed-Ali. "Views from the Outside" doi.org/10.1080/247514…

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Came across it by a prof's book on "ecological design" who teaches there From Bauhaus to Ecohouse: A History of Ecological Design by by Peder Anker Peder Anker amazon.com/Bauhaus-Eco-Ho…

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Available for preorder! Challenges the conventional narrative of triumph and scientific wonder surrounding the atomic bomb, shedding light on marginalised voices and perspectives ➡️ tinyurl.com/yc6akzdy #AnthemPress Peder Anker NYU Gallatin #AtomicHistory

Available for preorder! Challenges the conventional narrative of triumph and scientific wonder surrounding the atomic bomb, shedding light on marginalised voices and perspectives ➡️ tinyurl.com/yc6akzdy #AnthemPress <a href="/pederanker/">Peder Anker</a> <a href="/NYUGallatin/">NYU Gallatin</a> #AtomicHistory
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Do we need to investigate how that dominance changes the life of plants and animals in urban areas? @HubertKlumptner is interviewing Mitchell Joachim , me, and Nicholas Gervasio mdpi.com/books/edition/…

Do we need to investigate how that dominance changes the life of plants and animals in urban areas? @HubertKlumptner is interviewing <a href="/MitchellJoachim/">Mitchell Joachim</a> , me, and <a href="/NicholasGervasi/">Nicholas Gervasio</a>  mdpi.com/books/edition/…
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Fresh from the press! Starting with the gruesome mining of uranium by First Nation people in northern Canada, and continuing with the racialist culture of uranium enrichment in the Atomic City of Oak Ridge, this book offers a novel history of the bomb.

Fresh from the press! Starting with the gruesome mining of uranium by First Nation people in northern Canada, and continuing with the racialist culture of uranium enrichment in the Atomic City of Oak Ridge, this book offers a novel history of the bomb.
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Out now! Challenges the conventional narrative of triumph and scientific wonder surrounding the atomic bomb, shedding light on marginalised voices and perspectives➡️ tinyurl.com/3cdx65a8 Peder Anker New York University #AnthemPress

Out now! Challenges the conventional narrative of triumph and scientific wonder surrounding the atomic bomb, shedding light on marginalised voices and perspectives➡️ tinyurl.com/3cdx65a8 <a href="/pederanker/">Peder Anker</a> <a href="/nyuniversity/">New York University</a> #AnthemPress
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Peder Anker talks to #MirandaMelcher about his book 'For The Love of Bombs: The Trail of Nuclear Suffering' at New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) ➡️ tinyurl.com/5cwe8aj6 #AnthemPress #authorinterview #listennow #bookpromotions #NuclearHistory #AtomicBomb #AlternativeHistories

<a href="/pederanker/">Peder Anker</a> talks to #MirandaMelcher about his book 'For The Love of Bombs: The Trail of Nuclear Suffering' at <a href="/NewBooksNetwork/">New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social)</a> ➡️ tinyurl.com/5cwe8aj6 #AnthemPress #authorinterview #listennow #bookpromotions #NuclearHistory #AtomicBomb #AlternativeHistories
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Can the ocean remember for us? At Venice Biennale 2024, Coding Plants by Terreform ONE stores design ideas in kelp DNA. A living reef becomes a memory archive—art, science & sea meet. #BlueHumanities in action. terreform.org/venice #publichumanities Peder Anker Steve Mentz

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"The Power of the Periphery" has been shortlisted for the 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and the Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards in Environmental Humanities! 🌍📘 Congratulations to our author, Peder Anker🎉 Read more 🔗 cup.org/4dAd5ud

"The Power of the Periphery"  has been shortlisted for the 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and the Arcadia Open Access Publishing 
Awards in Environmental Humanities! 🌍📘

Congratulations to our author, Peder Anker🎉 

Read more 🔗 cup.org/4dAd5ud
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Coding Plants: An Artificial Reef and Living Kelp Archive, La Biennale di Venezia Architettura, 19th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice May 10-Nov 23. I'm there with a dream team from #NYU and Terreform One. #architecture

Coding Plants: An Artificial Reef and Living Kelp Archive, La Biennale di Venezia Architettura, 19th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice May 10-Nov 23. I'm there with a dream team from #NYU and Terreform One. #architecture
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In a second essay, Peder Anker argues that Oppenheimer was being used by US officials as part of a strategy to make nuclear weapons look like an unambiguous force of good—not of evil. (2/2) thebulletin.org/2025/07/genera… #Oppenheimer #Groves #80thAnniversary

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Many narrators continue to portray Oppenheimer as the father of the atomic bomb. But crediting him was part of a strategy to make nuclear weapons look like an unambiguous force of good—not of evil, writes Peder Anker. thebulletin.org/2025/07/genera…

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I’m part of team team, with Mitchell Joachim and Paul D. Miller repurposing the decommissioned Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center barge. Together, we can create a thriving and vibrant new space for all to enjoy. bargebooster.org

I’m part of team team, with <a href="/MitchellJoachim/">Mitchell Joachim</a> and <a href="/djspooky/">Paul D. Miller</a> repurposing the decommissioned Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center barge. Together, we can create a thriving and vibrant new space for all to enjoy.

bargebooster.org