W. Patrick McCray
W. Patrick McCray is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His subjects include the history of science and the history of technology.
Life
McCray received a PhD from the University of Arizona in 1996. He is the author or editor of several books on the history of science and technology.Works
- Glassmaking in Renaissance Venice, 1999, Ashgate.
- Giant Telescopes: Astronomical Ambitions and the Promise of Technology, 2004, Harvard University Press.
- Keep Watching the Skies: The Story of Operation Moonwatch and the Dawn of the Space Age, 2008, Princeton University Press.
- . 2012, Princeton University Press,.
- , co-edited with David Kaiser, 2016, University of Chicago Press,
- , 2020, MIT Press.
- , co-edited with Michael D. Gordin, 2025, Johns Hopkins University Press