Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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 Hayton on 02/23 at 06:14 PM
Friday, February 12, 2010
Terry Christensen spoke on Cold-War science and the divergent reputations of Edward Teller and John Wheeler. Erik Rau offered commentary.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 02/12 at 05:50 PM
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
James Voelkel spoke this past Tuesday about recent efforts to produce on-line editions of Isaac Newton’s alchemical manuscripts. The project, “The Chymystry of Isaac Newton” is an ambitious history-of-science foray into digital humanities.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 02/10 at 10:58 PM
Saturday, January 23, 2010
The Philadelphia Area Seminar on History of Mathematics discussed Berkeley’s critique of calculus on January 21
Posted by tbartlow on 01/23 at 09:24 AM
Friday, December 11, 2009
Posted by tbartlow on 12/11 at 09:29 AM
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
A wishlist for the history of science in and around Philadelphia.
Posted by Anke on 11/11 at 12:05 PM
Friday, October 30, 2009
A lecture on alchemy, as part of the Year of Science
Posted by Anke on 10/30 at 04:03 PM
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The tale of a Historienne of Science who has too many options when it comes to entertainment.
Posted by Anke on 09/23 at 02:45 PM
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
History of Science-related things to do in Philly in September!
Posted by Anke on 09/02 at 12:34 PM