Clay Cansler
Editorial Director
Clay Cansler is the Science History Institute’s editorial director. He previously worked as a journalist and book editor.
More from Clay Cansler
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Matthew Carey Lea and the Origins of Mechanochemistry
A reclusive expert of 19th-century photography laid the foundation for green chemistry solutions emerging today.
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Styrofoam, a Practical and Problematic Creation
The good and bad of an everlasting invention.
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Graphic History
Comic books have been wrestling with the consequences of the atomic age for as long as their readers.
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Making Sense of Making Meth
Anthropologist Jason Pine offers an up-close view of methamphetamine culture in small-town America.
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The DDT Collector
In the 1980s Phil Allegretti found an unusual hobby. His collection of old DDT cans, sprayers, and diffusers tells the story of our contradictory approach to pesticides.
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Where’s the Beef?
Mix a 19th-century chemist with a South American roader builder. Add cows and boil.