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More on polio and randomized clinical trials

Polio and the controversy over randomized clinical trials

Our weapons against infectious disease: a survey

Were vaccines relevant to 20th century US mortality improvements?

A letter on optimism about human progress

The history of smallpox & the origins of vaccines

In which I answer your questions about cement

Going full-time

Another interview and another Letter

Roots of Progress is now on Reddit

A dialogue on growth, progress, and “sustainability”

Iron: From mythical to mundane

Podcast interview on Venture Stories with Erik Torenberg and Rob Tracinski

Progress studies as a civic duty

Video: The History of Steel & the Roots of Progress

Podcast interview on “Self in Society” with Ari Armstrong

Support The Roots of Progress on Patreon

Progress studies: a moral imperative

Does invention come from deprivation or plenty?

Why did we wait so long for the bicycle?

Science and the Industrial Revolution

Science and steel

What's wrong with books on industrial history

One man's junk

The Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum

The significance of electricity

Continental axes and the roots of progress

Why AC won the Electricity Wars

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