A Nazi controversy deep in the solar system
A Nazi controversy deep in the solar system
- May 17, 2019
- Valerie Olson, anthropology, in The Atlantic, May 17, 2019
A name, in particular, is a powerful thing. “The act of naming determines its social
life, how everyone else will know it,” says Valerie Olson, an anthropologist at the
University of California at Irvine who studies science experts, political leaders,
and others who shape different environments. “Only certain people have the power to
designate space place names, and each object’s name connects it to some kind of history
or place.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/05/ultima-thule-nasa-nazi/589693/.
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