Bio

I am the Harold C. Hohbach Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections and the Curator for Film & Media Collections in the Stanford University Libraries. You can find me in the Silicon Valley Archives in Hohbach Hall, Cecil H. Green Library, on the Stanford campus. For more information about me and a complete c.v., see https://lowood.people.stanford.edu/.

Current Role at Stanford

Harold C. Hohbach Curator, Stanford Libraries

Program Affiliations

  • Program in History & Philosophy of Science

Contact

  • Academic
    lowood@stanford.edu
    University - Academic staff Department: Humanities Resource Group Position: Harold C. Hohbach Curator - History of Science & Technology; Film & Media
    • 557 ESCONDIDO MALL
    • STANFORD,  California  94305 
    (650) 725-1068 (fax)

Additional Info

2023-24 Courses

All Publications

  • Invention, Computerization, Simulation Three Episodes in the History of Wargames MEMORIA E RICERCA - RIVISTA DI STORIA CONTEMPORANEA Lowood, H. E. 2021: 53-73

    View details for DOI 10.14647/99991

    View details for Web of Science ID 000893256100004

  • How I Ever Got to Teach a Course on McLuhan is Totally Amazing JOURNAL OF VISUAL CULTURE Lowood, H. 2014; 13 (1): 73-75

    View details for DOI 10.1177/1470412913509452

    View details for Web of Science ID 000332465200021

  • Documenting mixed reality performance: the case of CloudPad DIGITAL CREATIVITY Giannachi, G., Lowood, H., Worthey, G., Price, D., Rowland, D., Benford, S. 2012; 23 (3-4): 159-175

    View details for DOI 10.1080/14626268.2012.656274

    View details for Web of Science ID 000312124600001

  • Perfect Capture: Three Takes on Replay, Machinima and the History of Virtual Worlds JOURNAL OF VISUAL CULTURE Lowood, H. 2011; 10 (1): 113-124

    View details for DOI 10.1177/1470412910391578

    View details for Web of Science ID 000292154000019

  • Videogames in Computer Space: The Complex History of Pong IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING Lowood, H. 2009; 31 (3): 5-19

    View details for Web of Science ID 000269443300002

  • Google and the myth of universal knowledge (Book Review) TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 2008; 49 (1): 298-300

    View details for Web of Science ID 000253005500046

  • Sorting things out: Classification and its consequences. (Book Review) TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 2001; 42 (2): 392-394

    View details for Web of Science ID 000168641600042

  • Milestones in colons printing, 1457-1859. (Book Review) ISIS Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1998; 89 (4): 713-714

    View details for Web of Science ID 000078403600017

  • The Nazi rocketeers: Dreams of space and crimes of war (Book Review) GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1997; 20 (3): 474-475

    View details for Web of Science ID 000071711000045

  • The illusion of ''Wunderwaffen'': The role of jets and anti-aircraft rockets in the armament policy of the Third-Reich - German - Schabel,E (Book Review) GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1996; 19 (3): 581-582

    View details for Web of Science ID A1996VX77700038

  • AS I WAS SAYING - ESSAYS ON THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK BUSINESS - GRAHAM,G (Book Review) COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1994; 55 (6): 570-571

    View details for Web of Science ID A1994PP31300011

  • Workshop on bibliographic control of sources for the history of science, technology, and medicine: new directions and opportunities, Trento, Italy, 23-25 September 1992. Nuncius Lowood, H. 1994; 9 (1): 234-8

    View details for PubMedID 11614116

  • BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS OF THE BAKKEN. - OVERMIER,JA, SENIOR,JE (Book Review) ISIS Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1993; 84 (4): 841-842

    View details for Web of Science ID A1993MQ20500089

  • EURO-LIBRARIANSHIP - SHARED RESOURCES, SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES - PISANI,A (Book Review) COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1993; 54 (4): 359-360

    View details for Web of Science ID A1993LJ97100009

  • SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PERIODICALS OF THE 17TH-CENTURY AND 18TH-CENTURY - A GUIDE - KRONICK,DA (Book Review) TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1993; 34 (3): 676-677

    View details for Web of Science ID A1993MC59500012

  • ENLIGHTENMENT CROSSINGS - PREMODERN AND POSTMODERN DISCOURSES - ANTHROPOLOGICAL - ROUSSEAU,GS (Book Review) AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1993; 98 (1): 132-133

    View details for Web of Science ID A1993KN83900019

  • COLLECTION MANAGEMENT - A NEW TREATISE - OSBURN,CB, ATKINSON,R (Book Review) COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1993; 54 (1): 78-79

    View details for Web of Science ID A1993KF48600011

  • AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY - MCNEIL,I (Book Review) TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1992; 33 (1): 183-184

    View details for Web of Science ID A1992HN10200033

  • THE HISTORY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE - AN ANNOTATED-BIBLIOGRAPHY - CHANNELL,DF (Book Review) TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1991; 32 (1): 150-151

    View details for Web of Science ID A1991FN37000024

  • A RACE ON THE EDGE OF TIME - RADAR, THE DECISIVE WEAPON OF WORLD-WAR-2 - FISHER,E (Book Review) JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1990; 54 (4): 519-520

    View details for Web of Science ID A1990EF01700033

  • SCIENCE PARKS AND THE GROWTH OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY FIRMS - MONCK,CSP, PORTER,RB, QUINTAS,PR, STOREY,DJ, WYNARCZYK,P (Book Review) ISIS Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1989; 80 (304): 734-735

    View details for Web of Science ID A1989CP74100066

  • THE BOURGEOIS LABORATORY - SCIENCE AND POLITICS IN 19TH-CENTURY GERMANY - ITALIAN - SCHIERA,P (Book Review) ISIS Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1988; 79 (299): 737-738

    View details for Web of Science ID A1988R872900068

  • THE TRADITION OF SCIENCE - LANDMARKS OF WESTERN SCIENCE IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE LIBRARY-OF-CONGRESS - BRUNO,LC (Book Review) ISIS Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1988; 79 (296): 130-130

    View details for Web of Science ID A1988N212800021

  • THE BIG SCORE - THE BILLION DOLLAR STORY OF SILICON VALLEY - MALONE,MS (Book Review) ISIS Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1987; 78 (293): 498-498

    View details for Web of Science ID A1987L466200077

  • PORTRAITS OF SUCCESS - IMPRESSIONS OF SILICON VALLEY PIONEERS - CADDES,C (Book Review) ISIS Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1987; 78 (292): 308-309

    View details for Web of Science ID A1987K280000067

  • MANUSCRIPTS OF THE DIBNER COLLECTION IN THE DIBNER LIBRARY OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE SMITHSONIAN-INSTITUTION-LIBRARIES (Book Review) ANNALS OF SCIENCE Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1986; 43 (6): 583-584

    View details for Web of Science ID A1986E672800024

  • THE FORMATION OF THE GERMAN CHEMICAL COMMUNITY - HUFBAUER,K (Book Review) EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES Book Review Authored by: Lowood, H. 1984; 18 (1): 108-112

    View details for Web of Science ID A1984TN32700015

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