D. Graham Burnett is the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History and History of Science at Princeton University and the co-editor of “ Scenes of Attention: Essays on Mind, Time, and the Senses.” ...

One of the most popular sitcoms was The Big Bang Theory, which first aired in 2007, ran for 12 seasons, and even had a spinoff (with another one on the way), all while getting great ratings on CBS.