Matthew Shindell
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Matthew Shindell is a historian of science and a poet whose work focuses on the intersection of science and religion in the American Cold War, the postwar development of nuclear geochemistry, and the growing importance of “scientific consensus” in contemporary policy making. He is currently the Curator of Planetary Science at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. His full bio can be found here. He teaches STIA 351: Spaceflight and Society: Exploring the History of the Final Frontier.