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Jon Agar

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Professor of STS, UCL. Historian of science and technology

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Jon Agar @jon_agar · Nov 11, 2022
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“Although best known for 'Roobarb' (1974-5) and 'Henry's Cat' (1983-93), Bob Godfrey had long worked with animation … and in 1964 he made this fantastic film explaining the importance of increasing the gross national product (GNP) and ways in which production can be improved.”

Video Nov 22, 2010
Productivity Primer (1964) - extract
by BFI and Bob Godfrey
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Jon Agar @jon_agar · Oct 25, 2022
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This is a rather good story of Mars, a meteorite, agricultural chemicals, historical research, and Black History Month

Article Jan 25, 2022
Pig vomit toxin key to Martian meteorite mystery
by Auryn Cox
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Jon Agar @jon_agar · Jul 25, 2022
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Yes. Best of the DeLillo books, but not as good as the top twenty SF masterworks…

Book 1984
White Noise
by Don DeLillo
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Jon Agar @jon_agar · May 31, 2022
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(it’s worth reading and puzzling over. A fearful account of radicalization, 1930s-style)

Tweet May 31, 2022
This letter is fascinating. It’s from Prof J.H. Jones, head of economics at Leeds, to the Home Secretary: on what happens when students come from the straight jacket of school, where they are not talk to think, to uni where freedom to think is abused
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