Welcome to the home page of Aaron Sidney Wright. The purpose of this page is to provide my contact information, a brief introduction to me and my interests, and as a repository for useful links.
Please check my blog for current information: aaronsidneywright.wordpress.com.
Contact Information
Aaron Sidney Wright
Doctoral Student
Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Victoria College 316
University of Toronto
91 Charles St. W.
Toronto, ON
M5S 1K7
416.978.5397
You can email me by clicking here, or by removing the extraneous symbols from aaron [dot.} wright {@} utoronto {.dot] ca.
You can find the Institute on the web at: www.hps.utoronto.ca.
Academics
My training thus far has been in the natural sciences and History, and my current primary interest is, briefly, the History of Physics. However, this work is part of a much larger `mangle of practice' devoted to studying science, and I have a great interest in the Philosophy, Sociology, Anthropology, and other `Studies' of Science and Technology.
There will likely be more details to come.
Formally, I completed a joint BA&Sc in Physics and History at McGill University in 2008 and am currently finishing my MA and starting doctoral studies in the fall at the IHPST at the University of Toronto. You can find my CV here.
Publications
Peer reviewed
“I hold every properly qualified navigator to be a philosopher: The making of
the U.S. Naval Observatory’s global laboratory." Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science. Vol. 3(1), 2009: 82-94. <http://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/SpontaneousGenerations/article/view/6116>
Refereed presentations
2010 “Einstein, unified (1914–1921).” At the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS) Congress. Concordia University, Montréal, Québec: May 29.
2010 “Narrative simulations: Case study and analysis.” At Models and Simulations 4 (MS4), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario: May 8.
Employment
Fall 2009: T.A. for HPS 280: History of Science – IHPST, UofT.
Fall 2009: R.A. for Prof. Craig Fraser – IHPST, UofT.
Summer 2005-06: R.A. for Prof. James Delbourgo – History, McGill University.
Summer 2005-06: Cataloguing Assistant – Rare books and Technical Services McGill University Libraries.
&c.
Outside academe, I am interested in photography, literature, comics, writing, and journalism. I (alpine) skied for McGill for four years, and have spent many summers canoeing in and around Temagami, ON.
