1.0Digital Sciencehttps://www.digital-science.comDigital Sciencehttps://www.digital-science.comrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="65dxYCLyh7"><a href="https://www.digital-science.com/blog/2024/09/tldr-shorts-george-dyson-on-communicating-research/">TL;DR Shorts: George Dyson on communicating research</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.digital-science.com/blog/2024/09/tldr-shorts-george-dyson-on-communicating-research/embed/#?secret=65dxYCLyh7" width="600" height="338" title="“TL;DR Shorts: George Dyson on communicating research” — Digital Science" data-secret="65dxYCLyh7" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.digital-science.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2025-06-11-at-10.23.02-PM.png880614For this week’s TL;DR Shorts episode we are once again joined by George Dyson, an American historian of technology and science who is best known for his work in the history of computing and his exploration of the intersection between science, technology, and society. As an author and communicator of research, we asked him how he feels this field has changed over time.