History of Science and its broader public
Yet another post reflecting on the relationship between history of science and broader publics.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 11/24 at 12:43 AM
PACHSmörgåsbord
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Desiderata
A wishlist for the history of science in and around Philadelphia.
Posted by Anke on 11/11 at 12:05 PM
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
HoS Micropost: Ten Inventions that Changed the World
Posted by Darin Hayton on 11/04 at 09:20 AM
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
The Cancer, the Blog and the President
Introducing Tom Tritton, CHF’s president, and his blog, the ‘Periodic Tabloid’.
Posted by Anke on 11/03 at 02:57 PM
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 04:03 PM
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
CFP:Women’s Health Conference
The Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, will host its fifth annual History of Women’s Health Conference on Wednesday, April 7, 2010. We invite interested persons to send a one to two page proposal or abstract of your topic by Friday, November 6, 2009 for consideration.
Posted by Babak Ashrafi on 10/28 at 02:43 PM
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
My kingdom for a teleportation device!
A far-away conference on the 1609 chair of chemistry offers food for thought, and creates a yearning to be on location for the 400-year anniversary.
Posted by Anke on 10/21 at 03:30 PM
Monday, October 19, 2009
HoS Micropost: The Nature of Technology (reviewed in the NY Times)
W. Brian Arthur’s new book on the relationship between science and technology argues that technological developments often precede scientific ones, not the other way around.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 10/19 at 11:00 PM
HoS Micropost: Polymaths are going extinct (update)
Posted by Darin Hayton on 10/19 at 01:53 PM
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Sunday, October 18, 2009
HoS Micropost: The Art of Scientific Imaging
An article in today’s The Independent reports on the artistic aspects of scientific imaging and the 2009 Wellcome Institute’s Image Awards. The article raises some questions about the artistic understanding of these images. There are also some scientific questions that could be raised.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 10/18 at 11:11 PM