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Christopher Phillips's research and teaching focus on the history of science in modern America, particularly the intersection of statistics and mathematics with medicine. He is currently investigating the field of statistics in medicine with particular emphasis on the efforts of biostatisticians at the National Institutes of Health to transform measures of causality into proof in medical practices. His work revolves around themes such as 'risky medicine' and 'precision medicine,' while also exploring how algorithms from artificial intelligence are reshaping medical practices. His book, 'New Math: Political History' (University of Chicago Press, 2015), delves into the rise and fall of the controversial 'new math' curriculum and its entanglement with mid-century American politics. Moreover, his publication 'Scouting Scoring: Know Know Baseball' (Princeton University Press, 2019) uses professional baseball data to analyze the perceived distinction between objective, numbered knowledge and subjective understandings shaped by human experiences.
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