W. Patrick McCray
W. Patrick McCray (* 1967 in the USA ) is an American historian whose research focuses on the history of science and technology.
Life
McCray grew up in southwest Pennsylvania and began his studies at the University of Arizona , where he studied with W. David Kingery and Michael Brien Schiffer , among others . He then worked at the Center for History of Recent Science at George Washington University and later at the Center for History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics before becoming a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara .
In 2005 McCray was one of the co-founders of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society , which was set up with a start-up grant from the US National Science Foundation . There he heads the research group that deals with the history of nanotechnology .
honors and awards
- 2011: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science .
- 2014: Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize from the History of Science Society based in Washington, DC
Publications
- Keep Watching the Skies: The Story of Operation Moonwatch and the Dawn of the Space Age . Princeton University Press, Princeton 2008, ISBN 978-0-691-12854-2 .
- Giant Telescopes: Astronomical Ambitions and the Promise of Technology . Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, Mass 2004, ISBN 0-674-01147-3 .
- The Visioneers: How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and a Limitless Future. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2012, ISBN 978-0-691-13983-8 .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McCray, W. Patrick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American historian, university professor, and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | United States |