HoS Micropost: Simon Schaffer on Astronomy and Empire
Just a quick link to Simon Schaffer’s Tarner Lectures on astronomy and empire. Podcasts are available for download.
Posted by Darin on 03/06 at 07:57 AM
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PACHSmörgåsbord: Events
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Can Business History Inform History of Science?
Daniele Cozzoli offered a detailed chronology of the development of antihistamines from the early 1930s through the mid- to late-1940s. He arranged these developments broadly against the backdrop of World War II and French-German business interests,on the one hand, and French-U.S. on the other.
Posted by Darin on 03/02 at 11:30 PM
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Jo Ann Caplin’s Video on La Bella Milanese
At latest Brown Bag Lunch at the Chemical Heritage Foundation Jo Ann Caplin rehearsed (and advertised) one part of her idea for a new PBS television show. Much of her talk was, simply, screening part of a video of Martin Kemp’s study of La Bella Milanese (Kemp wants to rename the work “La Bella Principessa”).
Posted by Darin on 02/23 at 07:14 PM
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Friday, February 12, 2010
Erik Rau on Terry Christensen on Cold-War Liberals
Terry Christensen spoke on Cold-War science and the divergent reputations of Edward Teller and John Wheeler. Erik Rau offered commentary.
Posted by Darin on 02/12 at 06:50 PM
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
James Voelkel on Bringing Newton’s Alchemy to the Masses
James Voelkel spoke this past Tuesday about recent efforts to produce on-line editions of Isaac Newton’s alchemical manuscripts. The project, “The Alchemy of Isaac Newton” is an ambitious history-of-science foray into digital humanities.
Posted by Darin on 02/10 at 11:58 PM
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
PASHoM January meeting
The Philadelphia Area Seminar on History of Mathematics discussed Berkeley’s critique of calculus on January 21
Posted by tbartlow on 01/23 at 10:24 AM
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Friday, December 11, 2009
December PASHoM meeting
Posted by tbartlow on 12/11 at 10:29 AM
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Desiderata
A wishlist for the history of science in and around Philadelphia.
Posted by Anke on 11/11 at 01:05 PM
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Friday, October 30, 2009
Gold, Elixirs and Books of Secrets
A lecture on alchemy, as part of the Year of Science
Posted by Anke on 10/30 at 05:03 PM
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009