ISSN 0739-4934 NEWSLETTER ...... !STORY OF SCIENCE J-~~-~-~-~-~ --~_SOOETY NEWS OF THE SOCIETY COUNCIL ACTIONS AT RALEIGH MEETING HSS EXECUTIVE Vice-President Mary Jo Nye presided over the meeting in the absence of Presi­ COMMITTEE dent William Coleman. She expressed the group's sense of regret at the neces­ sity of his resignation, effective 1 November. She also thanked the various PRESIDENT retiring Council members, officers, and committee chairs. MARY JO NYE, University of Oklahoma It was decided to maintain the dues at $34 for regular individual memberships SECRETARY and $19 for students for 1989, to raise the institutional subscription rate for Isis MICHAEL M. SOKAL, Worcester from $90 to $97, effective in 1989, and to raise the individual subscription to Polytechnic Institute Osiris from $15 to $17 .SO and the institutional rate from $25 to $36, also effec­ TREASURER tive for 1989. The Publications and Executive Committees were authorized to MARY LOUISE GLEASON, New York City consider the possibility of a reduced combined subscription rate for those indi­ EDITOR 'Jiduals who subscribe to both Isis and Osiris. CHARLES ROSENBERG, University of The Treasurer was authorized to spend up to $2,000 in the next fiscal year on Pennsylvania expenses of her office, this amount to be subtracted from the sum budgeted for outside bookkeeping, which she expects to need only quarterly rather than monthly as in the past. The lieasurer pointed out that there are potential budget difficulties in the future, since we are currently using Reserve Funds to Tbe Newsletter of tbe History of Science make up the difference between income and expenses, and this cannot be con­ Society is published in January, April, July, and tinued indefinitely. Osiris currently costs considerably more than it takes in in October. Regular issues are sent to those indi­ vidual members of the Society residing in subscriptions, as was expected for the initial years of publication. The Publica­ North America. Airmail copies are sent to those tions Committee is beginning the planned five-year review of Osiris and to this members overseas who pay $5 yearly to cover end placed a questionnaire on Osiris in the October Newsletter. postal costs. The Newsletter is available to non­ members and institutions for $20 a year. In 1989-1990 the subject for National History Day will come from the history The Newsletter is overseen by a Steering of science or technology. The Council voted to offer $500 in prize money in Committee consisting of the President, the continued on next page Executive Secretary, and the Editor of the His­ tory of Science Society. It is edited by the Execu­ tive Secretary, Dr. Michael Sokal, and is produced at the Society's Publications Office under the supervision of Dr. Frances Kohler. Send news items to Newsletter, History of Science Society, c/o Michael Sokal, Department of Humanities, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609. The deadline for receipt of news is the tenth of the month prior to publication; for articles and other long copy, the first of the month.

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NOMINEES FOR VICE PRESIDENT 5 HSSPRIZE COMPETITIONS ANNOUNCED 14 MANCHESTER MEETING Ricluud S. Westfall, winner of the 1987 Zeitlin-VerBrugge Prize, with Frederick Gregory, cbaii of REGISTRATION FORM 16 the Committee on Prizes and Honors page2 History or Sdalce Society 11nn1euer

NEWS OF THE SOCIETY-continued year period to review and evaluate the divisions. Professor Numbers will begin Society's current programs and priorities his official term as Editor on 1 January connection with this event. Kathryn with an eye to deciding the directions in 1989. Olesko, as chair of the Committee on which we want to move in the future. Education, will talk to the organizers of In addition to the motions passed by the FUTURE ANNUAL MEETINGS National History Day about the detailed Council, reported above, there were, of arrangements. course, extended substantive discussions William Ashworth has been appointed The Council endorsed the 1940 AAUP of the various committee reports, the program chair for the 1989 annual meet­ Statement of Principles on Academic results of which will emerge in the course ing to be held in Gainesville, Florida, 26- Freedom and Tenure, something it had not of time. 29 October. Frederick Gregory and Robert done earlier. It also adopted for transmis­ Hatch are local arrangements chairs. At the Council meeting in Raleigh in sion to the Business Meeting proposed MOTIONS PASSED BY THE 1987 October, Seattle was approved as the site Bylaws on Interest Groups in the Society, BUSINESS MEETING as detailed elsewhere in this Newsletter. for the annual HSS meeting in the fall of It passed a motion directing the President Those present at the Business Meeting 1990 (local arrangements chair: Keith to write a letter to the relevant authorities voted to accept the Council's recommen­ Benson) and Madison, Wisconsin, was stating in the strongest terms the Society's dation that the proposed Bylaws on Inter­ approved as the site for the HSS annual opposition to the proposed dismantling of est Groups, as modified by friendly meeting in the fall of 1991. It is expected the Library of Congress card catalogue. amendment in the Council meeting, be that the 1992 meeting will be a joint Proposed sites for the 1990 and 1991 adopted. As a point of clarification it was meeting with the American Historical annual meetings were approved, as re­ stated that only additional funds raised Association. ported elsewhere. and not dues of the interest group would The Council accepted for transmission be required to be audited. See the state­ THEMATIC MEETINGS to the Business Meeting the Committee ment of the Bylaws on page 4. The Business Meeting, like the Coun­ The HSS .Committee on Thematic Meet­ on Apartheid's recommendation that the ings has endorsed the 200th birthday Society organize a session at the Cincin­ cil, also passed a motion directing the Officers of the Society to protest strongly anniversary celebration for Charles Bab­ nati meeting concerning such subjects as bage in 1991. The principal organizer of the history of anthropology in Africa, the against the dismantling of the Library of Congress card catalogue. the event is the Institution of Electrical impact of racial segregation on science, Engineers in London. The Charles Bab- the scientific concept of race, or other In addition to these motions passed, the Business Meeting also discussed at some bage Institute at the University of Minne-~ similar topics that might enable the Soci­ sota is a cosponsor. ety to make a positive contribution toward length the current financial status of Osiris and the ways in which it might The Committee on Thematic Meetings the eventual end of the apartheid system has recommended HSS cosponsorship of a in South Africa. In accepting this recom­ become self-sustaining in the next few years. The various motions passed by the symposium on the history of modern mendation, the Council decided against mathematics to be held at Vassar College, the alternative of recommending divest­ Council the previous day were reported, including the recommendation to ask the Poughkeepsie, New York, 13-17 June ment. 1988. Graduate students wishing to apply Modified guidelines for the Watson program committee to arrange a special joint session in Cincinnati on race, soci­ for travel funds to the meeting should Davis Prize, spelling out the coordination write to the HSS Executive Secretary, of procedures for the Society's various ety, and science or related subjects. It was suggested that there be a more regular Michael Sokal, for further information. prizes (for instance, that a single letter The committee has also recommended should be sent to publishers asking for procedure by which issues discussed at one Business Meeting and left unsettled HSS cosponsorship of a conference cele­ nominations for the Pfizer Award, Watson brating the 350th anniversary of Des­ Davis Prize, and Prize for History of might be made part of the agenda of the subsequent Business Meeting. cartes's Discourse on Method, to be held Women in Science), were accepted. 15-17 April1988 at San Jose State Univer­ It was decided that the person with the sity. Graduate students wishing to apply EDITORSHIP OF NEWSLETTER next highest number of votes in the 1987 for travel funds to this meeting should election to Council should be appointed SHIFTS TO SOKAL write promptly to Michael Sokal, HSS to fill out the last year of Michael Sokal's With this issue the editorship of the Executive Secretary, for further informa­ elected term on·Council. John Beatty will Newsletter shifts to the new Executive tion. consequently be a member of the Council Secretary, Michael Sokal. News items for for 1988. future newsletters should be sent to him. TRAVEL SUPPORT It was decided to ask the 1987 Nomi­ TO BSHS-HSS MEETING nating Committee to nominate two candi­ SEARCH FOR THE EDITOR OF ISIS dates for Vice-President in 1988-1989 to The History of Science Society is explor­ become President in 1990-1991. The The Council has voted to accept the ing possible sources of funding to assist 1987 committee was instructed to consult recommendation of the Committee on participants in the joint meeting with the with the 1988 Nominating Committee. Publications that Ronald Numbers be British Society for the History of Science The results of this endeavor are an­ appointed Editor of Isis, the appointment with their travel expenses. Those in need nounced elsewhere in the Newsletter. being contingent on appropriate assur­ of financial assistance are urged to send a Mary Jo Nye was authorized to appoint ances of financial and staff support from letter of application by 1 March 1988 to a committee to work over a one- or two- the University of Wisconsin or its various Michael Sokal, Department of Humani- )Muryll88

ties, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, of the committee, Pamela E. Mack (De­ role of history of science in core curricula. Worcester, MA 01609. Letters should partment of History, Clemson University, If schedules and funds permit, the Visiting indicate the anticipated place of departure Clemson SC 29634-1507; telephone (803) Historians of Science will also be available and the nature of the applicant's activities 656-3153 or 654-3679), would be glad to to colleges and universities planning to in Manchester and should be accompa­ hear of ideas or comment on potential institute programs or to expand their nied by a curriculum vitae. Special con­ proposals. One program supported under offerings in history of science. The new sideration will be given to graduate stu­ this experimental rubric is announced lecturers for 1988-1989 are William B. dents and unaffiliated scholars present­ below. Ashworth, Jr., B. J. T. Dobbs, Robert G. ing papers at Manchester. In no case will Frank, Jr., Edward Grant, Mott Greene, the award exceed the round-trip APEX FIRSTS Frederick Gregory, Sandra Herbert, airfare. Some funding sources may re­ Frederic L. Holmes, Robert H. Kargon, The Forum for Independent Research in quire travel by U.S. flag carriers. Sally Gregory Kohlstedt, and Ronald Science and Thchnology Studies (FIRSTS), Non-graduate-student participants Numbers. In addition, some of the speak­ an interuniversity and interdisciplinary desiring assistance should also apply to ers from the previous list may be available lecture series and related programs, in­ the ACLS for travel grants. 'Th request if demand requires and funding permits. vites interested scholars from the U.S. and application forms write to Christina For more information, contact Michael · Canada to give lectures on their current Gillis, American Council of Learned Sokal, who, as Executive Secretary, han­ work. The Forum is designed to stimulate Societies, 228 East 45th Street, New York, dles paperwork for the program, or Joe communication among independent NY 10017, setting forth the name, dates, Burchfield (address during spring 1988: scholars and relevant institutions in the place, and sponsorship of the meeting and F-6 Village Green, Elizabeth Street, Greater Boston Area. The History of giving a brief description of the nature of Chapel Hill, NC 27514), chair of the Science Society, which sponsors FIRSTS yourJscholarly interests and proposed role National Committee for the Visiting through its Committee on Independent in the meeting. The deadline for com­ Historians of Science. The target date for Scholars, will provide travel expenses and pleted applications is 1 March 1988, and receipt of applications for speakers in the honoraria to those who are currently in prospective applicants should request fall semester 1988 is 15 April. temporary positions. FIRSTS meets once forms well in advance of this deadline. a week, over lunch, in the seminar rooms CHANGE OF ADDRESS of its cosponsoring institutions, which PROGRAMS FOR INDEPENDENT include the Departments of the History of During the spring semester 1988 HSS SCHOLARS Science and of Sociology at Harvard, the President Mary Jo Nye will be on leave from the University of Oklahoma. From The History of Science Society's Commit­ Center for Philosophy and History of 1 February though 30 June 1988, she and tee on Independent Scholars (formerly the Science and the Department of Sociology at Boston University, the Dibner Institute Robert Nye are visiting professors in the Committee on Unaffiliated Scholars) for History of Science and Thchnology at Department of History of Science, Science seeks to aid scholars trained in the history Center 235, Harvard University, Cam­ of science who are unemployed, unaffili­ Brandeis, the University of Massachusetts bridge, MA 02138. ated with any institution making use of at Boston, and the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT. Inter­ their tr~ as historians of science, or ested parties should send a title, abstract, employed either part-time or without prospects of continuation or renewal. The and two preferred dates, as soon as possi­ ble, to the coordinators, P. G. Abir-Am committee funds an Associate Scholars and K. E. Duffin, Department of the His­ Grants Program, providing grants-in-aid of tory of Science, Harvard University, 235 up to $2,000 for research travel or other research expenses. Persons interested in Science Center, Cambridge, MA 02138; applying for such grants should send eight telephone (617) 495-0582 and 661-4689. copies of a proposal consisting of a curric­ VISITING HISTORIANS OF SCIENCE ulum vitae, a proposed budget, a brief PROGRAM 1988-1989 (three pages or less) statement of the pro­ posed research project, and one letter of Brochures for the new list of 1988- 1989 recommendation (dealing with the intel­ Visiting Historians of Science have now lectual merits of the research) to Michael been mailed to a number of institutions Sokal, Department of Humanities, Wor­ around the country. With funding from cester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, the Ford Foundation, the Visiting Histo­ MA 01609. Proposals submitted by 15 rians of Science Program seeks to encour­ April1988 will be considered for support age interest in the history of science and Jacob Zeitlin starting 1 August 1988, although the to promote the teaching of the discipline. committee will try to respond expedi­ In addition to giving lectures or seminars, The History of Science Society has tiously to emergency requests. the visiting scholars discuss the impor­ learned with deep regret of the deaths of The Committee on Independent tance and pedagogical usefulness of the Jacob Zeitlin, rare-book dealer and long­ Scholars also invites new ideas for pro­ history of science with faculty, depart­ time benefactor of the Society, and of Paul grams to assist historians of science in ment heads, deans, and other appropriate H. Barrett, well-known authority on the finding jobs or contributing to the profes­ college and university administrators. life and work of Charles Darwin. sion as independent scholars. The chair They may also offer suggestions on the page4 History of Sclau:e Society Newsletter

1987 History of Science Society Prizes Bylaws for Interest Groups At the annual meeting in Raleigh the and the Enlightenment (Cambridge: The following bylaws concerning the following winners of the Society's prizes Cambridge University Press, 1985). relation of interest groups to the History were announced. The 1987 Pfizer Award The newly established prize for the of Science Society were adopted at the was presented by Thomas Althuis of Pfi­ history of women in science went to Re­ 1987 Council and Business Meetings in zer, Inc., to Christa Jungn.ickel and Russell gina Markell Morantz-Sanchez for Sympa­ Raleigh. As compared to versions of the McCormmach for their book Intellectual thy and Science: Women Physicians in bylaws published previously, Bylaw 3 has Mastery of Nature: Theoretical Physics American Medicine (New York: Oxford been altered slightly. from Ohm to Einstein, Volume 1: The University Press, 1985). 1brch of MatheiiUltics, 1800-1870; Vol­ Fuller information about these prize 1. Scholars with a common interest in a ume IT: The Now Mighty Theoretical winners and about the citations read in particular area of the history of science, Physics, 1870-1925 (Chicago: University their honor will appear in an upcoming technology, or medicine may petition the of Chicago Press, 1986). issue of Isis. Council for recognition as an interest The Zeitlin-Ver Brugge prize was pre­ The Society also honored John Neu on group. The petition shall include the sented to RichardS. Westfall for his article the occasion of the twenty-first year of his name of the proposed interest group, a "Scientific Patronage: Galileo and the involvement with the Isis Critical Bibliog­ statement of purpose, the particular area Thlescope:' which appeared in Isis, 1985, raphy, presenting him with a certificate to be stimulated and developed, bylaws or 76:11-30. The paper was given as the and a copy of The Education of Henry some other statement of organization Society Lecture during the 1984 annual Adams. The citation, written by William (including provisions for the selection of meeting at Bumdy Library in Norwalk, Coleman, noted that John Neu P-as made officers), and a statement of how forma­ Connecticut. the Society "bibliographically whole." tion of this interest group will benefit the The Schuman Prize went to Marcos During the banquet ceremonies Edward HSS and the profession. Cueto, a graduate student at Columbia Grant, past President of the Society, read a 2. Interest groups will determine their University, for his essay "Excellence, citation in honor of G. E. R. Lloyd, the own criteria for membership, which need Institutional Continuity, and Scientific recipient of the 1987 Sarton Medal. It is not be restricted to members of the His­ Styles in the Periphery: Andean Biology hoped that the medal can be presented to tory of Science Society. in Peru." Professor Lloyd at the joint HSS-BSHS 3. An interest group may assess dues for The Watson Davis prize went to meeting in Manchester in July. its own activities and may have the entire Thomas Hankins for his book Science management and control of said funds. Any other fund-raising activity must be coordinated with the HSS Executive Com­ mittee and expenditures must be audited annually. 4. lf requested by an interest group, the Society will provide at cost the following services: collecting dues, maintaining membership lists, publishing and distrib­ uting newsletters and other communica­ tions, and managing funds. The Society may provide such other administrative services as authorized by the Executive Committee or by special appropriations authorized by Council. 5. Upon request to the Program Commit­ tee, provision shall be made for a business David C. Lindberg delivering Charles Rosenberg (left) with Chrisw Jungnickel and Russell meeting of each interest group at the the History of Science Society McColllllllach, winners of the Pfizer Awani Lecture Society's annual meeting. 6. The existence of an interest group shall not be construed to restrict the right of Society members as individuals to apply for the services that the Society aims to provide its members, such as those listed in items (4) and (5) above. Far left: Marcos Cueto, winner of the Schuman 7. The Council may withdraw recognition Prize from an interest group for good and suffic­ ient reasons. Thomas Althuis of Pfizer, Inc. 8. These by laws will be in effect for three years from date of adoption by Council, and will then be reviewed. ]IUlUl"( 1988 pageS

tury (1978); Statistical Physics and the Atomic Theory of Matter from Boyle and Newton to Landau and Onsager (1983); (co-ed.) Maxwell on Saturn's Rings (1983); (co-ed.) Maxwell on Molecules and Gases (1986); The History of Modem Science: A Guide to the Second Scientific Revolution, 1800-1950 (1988); and articles, including "The Nebular Hypothesis and the Evolu­ tionary Worldview;' History of Science, 1987, 25:245-278.

Stephen G. Daniel f. Brosh Kevles I>3EUelJ. ~vies Professor of the Humanities, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. Ph.D., NOMINEES FOR VICE PRESIDENT Princeton University, 1964. Specialties: History of science since the late nine­ The 1987 Nominating Committee chaired theories of properties of matter; use of teenth century, especially physics, genet­ by Owen Hannaway, after consulting with history of science in science education. ics, eugenics, science in America, social, members of the 1988 committee, has Professional activities: HSS-Council, institutional, and political aspects of recommended Stephen Brush and Daniel 1979-1981; Nominating Committee, science, science and public policy. Se­ Kevles as candidates for the position of 1980, 1982, 1988 (chair); Committee on lected professional activities: HSS­ Vice-President for 1988-1989 and Presi­ Undergraduate Education, 1973-1982 Council, 1980-1982; Isis Advisory Editor, dent for 1990-1991. A special election for (chair, 1976-1979, 1981-1982); Isis Advi­ 1981-1983; Committee on Publications, Vice-President became necessary when sory Editor, 1978-1985; Pfizer Award 1984-1988; Sarton Lecturer, 1985. William Coleman resigned from the Presi­ Committee, 1978, 1979 (chair); Schuman AAAS-Chair, Section L, 1983-1985. dency, effective 1 November 1987, and Prize Committee, 1985; Zeitlin-Ver American Institute of Physics-Advisory ~Mary Jo Nye was advanced to the Presi­ Brugge Prize Committee, 1986; Washing­ Committee on History of Physics, 1984- dency a year earlier than expected. In ton Representative, 1985-present. Acade­ present. IUHPS-National Committee, these circumstances, the Executive Com­ mie Intemationale d'Histoire des Sciences 1983-1988. HSPS: Historical Stwlies in mittee recommended and the Council -corresponding member. IUHPS­ the Physical and Biological Sciences­ voted that President Nye's term as Presi­ Commission on Teaching, 1971-1980. Associate Editor, 1986-present. NASA­ dent be advanced to the calendar years American Physical Society-Fellow; Divi­ History Advisory Committee, 1987-1990. 1988-1989 and that a new Vice-President sion of History of Physics-Secretary­ West Coast History of Science Society­ and President-Elect be selected with dis­ "freasurer and founding editor of History of President, 1978-1980. Selected publica­ patch. Physics Newsletter, 1982-1985; member tions: The Physicists: The History of a Members of the Society may nominate of APS Council representing Division, Scientific Community in Modem Amer­ additional candidates for Vice-President 1986-present. NSF Panel on HPS-1973- ica (Knopf, 1978), National Historical by sending petitions signed by at least 1976. AAAS-Fellow; nominating com­ Society Book Prize, American Book Award twenty-five members of the Society, to­ mittee for Section L, 1984-1986. Editorial Nominee, History; In the Name of Eugen­ gether with the agreement of the person Boards-Archive for History of Exact ics: Genetics and the Uses of Human nominated, to Michael Sokal, Executive Sciences, 1966-1975; American Journal of Heredity (Knopf, 1985), runner-up, 1985 Secretary, within sixty days of publication Physics, 1978-1981; Earth Sciences His­ American Book Award, Non-Fiction; and of this NewsletteL As soon as the sixty­ tory, 1982-present; The History of Mod­ articles and other works,· including "God, day period for nomination of petition em Physics, 1800-1950 (book series), Man, and Genetics: Reflections on Ge­ candidates has elapsed, ballots containing 1983-present. Directed NEH Summer netic Progress and Religious Authority," the names of Brush, Kevles, and any other Seminars for College Teachers, 1980, The Sciences, Sept./Oct. 1986; "Genetics individual who may have been nominated 1983, 1988. Herbert C. Pollock Award for in the United States and Britain, 1890- will be sent to members of the Society. research project in history of astronomy I 1930: A Review with Speculations;' Isis, Brief biographical sketches of Brush and astrophysics, 1987. Selected publications: 1980, 71:441-445; (ed.) The Papers of Kevles follow. (trans.) Boltzmann's Lectures on Gas George Ellery Hale (100 reels; National Theory (1964); Kinetic Theory, 3 vols. Historical Publications Commission, Stephen G. Brush (1965-1972); (co-ed.) History in the 1968). "Testing the Army's Intelligence: Teaching of Physics (1972); (co-author) Psychologists and the Military in the First Professor, Department of History and Introduction to Concepts and Theories in World war;' Journal of American History, Institute for Physical Science and Technol­ Physical Science (1973); The Kind of 1968, 55:565-581; (with J. L. Heilbron) ogy, University of Maryland, College Park. Motion We Call Heat: A History of the "Mapping and Sequencing the Human D.Phil., Oxford, 1958. Specialties: Physi­ Kinetic Theory of Gases in the Nine­ Genome: Considerations from the His­ cal sciences in the nineteenth and twenti­ teenth Century (1976), Pfizer Award; The tory of Particle Accelerators," Report to eth centuries, especially solar system Temperature of History: Phases of Sci­ the U.S. Congress, Office of Technology astronomy, geophysics, and statistical ence and Culture in the Nineteenth Cen- Assessment, in press. page6

FELLOWSHIPS & in a letter to the Committee on Research, of applications and letters of recommen­ American Philosophical Society, 104 dation is 1 February 1988. GRANTS South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106. The APS also administers Mi­ Proposals for the 1987-1988 competition The American College of Obstetricians chaux grants, which support research in for the GTE Foundation Lectureship Pro­ and Gynecologists-Ortho Fellowship in silviculture and forest botany and in the gram in Science, Technology, and Human the History of American Obstetrics and history of those fields. The deadline for Values must be postmarked by 5 January Gynecology carries a stipend of $5,000 to Michaux applications is 1 February 1988. 1988 and must include a proposal trans­ be used to defray expenses while spending mittal form and proposal budget form. a month in the ACOG historical collec­ The American Historical Association The purpose of the program is to enrich tion and other medical and historical announces the competition for the 1988- established curricula by bringing experts collections in the Washington, D.C., area 1989 Fellowship in Aerospace History. into direct contact with faculty and stu­ in order to continue research into some The fellowship term is for a period of at dents and to extend the educational im­ area of American obstetric and gynecologi­ least six months, but not more than one pact of the sponsoring school into the cal history. Applications for the 1989 year. The fellow will be expected to de­ nearby community by the presentation of award will be accepted until 1 September vote the term entirely to the proposed public lectures by these distinguished 1988. For more information, contact Gay research project concerning some aspect visitors. Application materials were dis­ Takakoshi, Librarian, Historical Collec­ of the history of aerospace from the earli­ tributed in September to the presidents tion, American College of Obstetricians est human interest in flight to the present, and development offices of postsecondary and Gynecologists, 600 Maryland Avenue, including cultural and intellectual history, institutions. For further information, SW, Washington, DC 20024; telephone economic history, history of law and pub­ contact the GTE Foundation Lectureship (202) 638-5577. The joint winners of the lic policy, and the history of science, engi­ Program, Department 40, CN 6317, 1987 award are Wanda Ronner and Marga­ neering, and management. The maxi­ Princeton, NJ 08541-6317; telephone ret Marsh, who will be studying infertility mum stipend is $25,000 for holders of a (609) 750-8480. and its treatment in the nineteenth and doctoral degree (plus up to $1,000 for twentieth centuries. relocation and travel expense) and $12,000 The Hagley Museum and Library an­ for graduate students. To receive applica­ nounces the availability of one-year disser­ The American Institute of the History of tion forms and other information, write tation fellowships for the 1988-89 Pharmacy is accepting applications Fellowship in Aerospace History, Ameri­ academic year. These fellowships support through 1 February 1988 for grants-in-aid can Historical Association, 400 A Street work in the topical fields of Hagley's re­ to foster graduate research in its field. SE, Washington, DC 20003; telephone search and collecting interests: business The Institute offers grants-in-aid totaling (2021 544-2422. The deadline for receipt and economic history, history of science $5,000 annually to graduate students to encourage historical investigation of some aspect of pharmacy and to pay research expenses not normally met by the univer­ sity granting the degree. Guidelines for courses that can be taught, and arrange to making an application should be re­ POSITIONS have three letters of recommendation sent quested from the American Institute of to Lawrence Badash, Chair, History of the History of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Build­ The Department of History at the Univer­ Science Search, Department of History, ing, 425 North Charter Street, Madison, sity of California, Santa Barbara, antici­ University of California, Santa Barbara, Wl 53706; telephone (608) 262-5378. pates a fulltime temporary teaching CA 93106. Deadline is 1 February 1988. position in the history of science for the Proof of U.S. citizenship or eligibility for The next deadlines for research grants 1988-1989 academic year. Appointment U.S. employment will be required prior to from the American Philosophical Society will be for one year with the possibility of employment (Immigration Reform and are 1 February 1988 for a written decision reappointment (up to two years) depen­ Control Act of 1986). AA/ EOE. by 30 April and 1 April for a written deci­ dent on performance and departmental sion by 30 June. These grants can cover needs. Applicants must be able to teach a The Center for History of Physics at the necessary foreign and domestic travel at three-quarter history of biological sciences American Institute of Physics seeks appli­ the lowest available charter or economy series, the history of medicine, and other cants for the position of postdoctoral rate, living costs while away from home "internal" and "external" lecture and associate historian. The person should up to a maximum of $30 per day, and seminar topics. The normal teaching load hold a recent Ph.D. or have a virtually microfilms, photostats, photographs, and for lecturers is three courses each quarter. complete dissertation in some area of the the like. The maximum grant that will The research specialty should be a major history of physical science. Appointment be made is $3,500, and this amount will twentieth-century biological science sub­ will be for one year, renewable up to three be approved only in exceptional cases. ject. Candidates must have the Ph.D. by 1 years. The historian will help conduct and The maximum grant for a full professor is July 1988. Terms and conditions of em­ administer the Center's programs in oral $2,500. These grants may supplement ployment are subject to University of history interviewing of physical scientists, other research grants that do not cover California policy and any appropriate the preservation and cataloguing of their travel. For application forms and further collective bargaining agreement. Please documents, and the use of such historical information, send a brief description of send curriculum vitae and a short descrip­ materials for scholarly and educational your research project and proposed budget tion of undergraduate and graduate purposes, with ample opportunity to Juaary 1988 page 7

..-... and technology, history of labor, and the project proposed; awards will be contin­ lumbian Quincentenary Planning Grants, cultural and social contexts of these gent upon the availability of funds. Pro­ Division of General Programs, Room 426, fields. Up to three awards of $10,000 will posals will be considered three times National Endowment for the Humanities, be awarded to doctoral candidates in annually and should be submitted by 15 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washing­ nearby universities; one dissertation fel­ February, 15 June, and 15 October. Inter­ ton, DC 20506; telephone (202) 786-0271. lowship of $12,000 will be offered to an ested historians should discuss possible applicant from any university in the proposals with the director. Contact Syl­ The Smithsonian Institution announces United States or abroad. The recipient of via D. Fries, Director, NASA History the availability of fellowships for support the latter fellowship must spend nine to Office, National Aeronautics and Space of research in residence at the Smithso­ twelve months in residence at Hagley. Administration, Washington, DC 20546; nian, in association with the staff, using Completed appplications must be received telephone (202) 453-8300. the Institution's resources. Senior Post­ by 15 February 1988. For more informa­ doctoral Fellowships for postdoctoral tion, contact Elizabeth Gray Kogen, Cen­ The National Endowment for the Human­ scholars more than seven years beyond the ter for the History of Business, ities announces the availability of Plan­ degree pay an annual stipend of $25,000 Technology, and Society, Hagley Museum ning Grants for Public Programs on the plus allowances for periods of three to and Library, P. 0. Box 3630, Wilmington, Columbian Quincentenary. Awards in twelve months. Applications may be DE 19807; telephone (302) 658-2400, this competition would assist colleges and submitted two years in advance. Postdoc­ ext. 244. universities, museums, historical soci­ toral Fellowships for postdoctoral scholars eties, archives, libraries, community up to seven years beyond the degree have The National Aeronautics and Space organizations, and other nonprofit institu­ an annual stipend of $19,000 plus allow­ Administration History Office announces tions in planning noncurriculur humani­ ances for terms of six to twelve months. A an interest in funding the research and ties programs for adults or young people. few two-year awards may be available. writing of publishable journal-length Among the topics to be encouraged is the Predoctoral Fellowships to conduct disser­ essays or small monographs on NASA­ impact of the voyages of discovery on such tation research have an annual stipend of related aerospace history. Subjects need fields as cartography and geography with $12,000 plus allowances for a term of six not be limited to aerospace science and the consequent transformation of scien­ to twelve months. The deadline for appli­ technology but may include topics in tific knowledge. Planning grants of up to cations is 15 January 1988. For more aeronautical and space policy, law, and $20,000 will be offered for projects ranging information contact Office of Fellowships ~R & D management. Bibliographical and from six months to one year. The dead­ and Grants, Smithsonian Institution, historiographical studies will also be line for application is 18 March 1988. For Desk P, Suite 7300, I.: Enfant Plaza, Wash­ considered. Up to $9,500 may be awarded, more information and application forms ington, DC 20560; telephone (202) 287- depending on the nature and scope of the contact Public Humanities Projects, Co- 3271.

pursue personal research interests in re­ position is funded for three years, but may the postdoctoral level in one or more of lated areas. The AlP offers excellent salary, be continued. Applications comprising a the following fields: physics (work in benefits, and support services. Employ­ letter, vita, and the names of three refer­ relativity, statistical physics, or quantum ment is expected to begin the latter half of ences, at least one of whom is familiar theory preferred), history of twentieth­ 1988. To apply, send a letter, vita, and the with the candidate's teaching, should be century physics, or philosophy of modem names of three references to Spencer received before 1 February 1988. For fur­ physics. Candidates with a physics degree Weart, American Institute of Physics, 335 ther information, contact Leonard Reich, should have some background in history East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017. STS Search Committee Chair, Colby of science; candidates with a history or College, Waterville, ME 04901; telephone philosophy of physics degree should have Colby College seeks a visiting assistant or (207) 872-3535. AA/EOE. strong technical training in physics. Expe­ associate professor to help establish its rience in word processing and transcrip­ Science-Technology Studies Program. This The Einstein Papers Project, located at tion of manuscript documents is faculty member will be associated with Boston University, is looking for a full­ desirable. Title and salary commensurate one of the College's physical science de­ time assistant or associate editor to start with qualifications. Princeton University partments and must be qualified to teach in January 1988. The project is working Press is an equal opportunity employer. courses in that department as well as in on a complete Princeton University Press Send letter of application with curriculum the Program. Applicants should have an edition of Albert Einstein's published and vitae to John Stachel, Einstein Papers, advanced degree in a physical science or unpublished writings and correspondence. Boston University, 745 Commonwealth engineering and competence in history, The fi.Pst volume, covering the years 1879- Avenue, Boston, MA 02215; telephone ,...... _ philosophy, or sociology of science and 1902, has already appeared, and the sec­ (617) 353-9249. technology, as demonstrated by publica­ ond volume, covering writings from the tion and teaching experience. Ph.D. or years 1901-1909, is near· completion. Hampshire College seeks an associate D.Sc. in one of these areas is required. Editorial duties will include annotation of professor in one of the sciences or in an­ Experience in a successful STS-type pro­ documents and archival research. A candi­ other field relevant to the study of com- gram is especially attractive, and excel­ date should have an excellent reading lence in teaching is expected. This knowledge of German and experience at Continued on next page -· ------

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POSITIONS-continued The NASA History Office invites pro­ five-course teaching load, to include an posals from qualified individuals or introductory course, "Science, Technol­ parative scientific traditions. Under a Ford institutions to compile and edit a ogy, and Human Values/' and develop­ Foundation grant, this program aims to documentary history of the space age, ment of such interdisciplinary courses as integrate into the liberal arts a critical with special emphasis on the U.S. space "Science and Literature;' "Science and perspective on sciences in their cultural program (military as well as civilian). The Religion;• "Innovation and Cultural Val­ context. Preference will be given to appli­ primary focus should be on the post­ ues" and "Women and Science." cants whose work encourages analyses of World War IT period. The completed A Ph.D. in relevant humanities discipline Western approaches to science as viewed volume(s) will include appropriate is required and teaching experience in an in the context of studies of specific non­ introductory passages to accompany each interdisciplinary program preferred. Prom­ Western and alternative scientific tradi­ document. For guidance in preparing ise, and preferably evidence, of significant tions. Hampshire College offers a proposals, please see History at NASA scholarly achievement and superior teach­ stimulating and supportive environment (HHR-50), available on request from the ing ability required. The application for interdisciplinary teaching and research NASA History Office, Washington, DC should be sent to Marilyn R. Waldman, and has active Third World Studies and 20546; telephone (202)453-8300. Those Director, Center for Comparative Studies Women in Science programs. This posi­ planning to develop proposals may wish to in the Humanities, 306 Dulles Hall, 230 tion is a three-year appointment andre­ visit the NASA History Office in order to West 17th Avenue, Ohio State University, quires the Ph.D. degree. The committee survey readily available documents, espe­ Columbus, OH 43210-1311. Deadline is will begin reviewing applications on 15 cially the unpublished collection "Docu­ 1 February 1988.. AA/ EOE. January 1988. Applicants should send a ments in NASA History" (HHR-43). vita, the names of three references, and a Deadline for proposals is 1 August 1988. Applications are invited for the one-year letter of application describing teaching Please notify the History Office by 1 July if you plan to submit a proposal. position of visiting assistant professor in and research interests to Laurie Dushion, the Department of History of Science at The Ford Search Committee, School of the University of Oklahoma. The field of Natural Science, Hampshire College, The National Air and Space Museum specialization is open. Teaching responsi­ Amherst, MA 01002. AA/ EOE. Hamp­ seeks a candidate for the chair of its De­ bilities include two courses each semester shire College has embarked on a vigorous partment of Space Science and Explora­ of the 1988-1989 academic year. Candi­ affinnative action program. Minorities tion. The incumbent will be responsible dates must have the Ph.D. degree com­ and women are especially encouraged for guidance of research staff as well as pleted by 20 August 1988. Send curric­ to apply. management of department operations. ulum vitae and names of at least three Candidates should possess a record of references by 10 March 1988 to Chair, The Institute of the History of Medicine scholarly attainment and should have History of Science Department, 621 of the Johns Hopkins University School of shown intellectual leadership in the his­ Physical Sciences Bldg., University of Medicine invites nominations for the tory or critical study of space science and Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019. AA/ EOE. Elizabeth Treide Harvey and A. McGehee technology. They should have demon­ Harvey Chair in the history of twentieth­ strated administrative capabilities and century medicine. Write to G. H. Brieger, possess interest in the problems and op­ The Center for the Study of Science in Director of the Institute, 1900 East Monu­ portunities of a museum or similar orga­ Society of Virginia Polytechnic Institute ment Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 nization. Candidates in history of science and State University seeks to hire two before 1 February 1988. and technology, military, political, or faculty members to develop research pro­ cultural history, or other relevant fields are grams, teach graduate and undergraduate The University of Maryland at College encouraged to apply. Salary range approxi­ students, and advise graduate students in Park invites applications and nominations mately $45,763- $69,976, depending on the M.S. and Ph.D . programs in STS. A for the position of Dean for Undergraduate qualifications. Send Federal Standard record of scholarship in history, philoso­ Studies. Candidates should have the cre­ Form 171, a curriculum vitae with list of phy, or social studies of science or tech­ dentials and demonstrated scholarly and publications, the names of three to five nology is expected. For one position professional competence to qualify for an scholars in the field who could provide preference will be given to candidates academic appointment at the rank of references, and a cover letter by 29 Febru­ with experience in the direction of gradu­ professor or associate professor. In addi­ ary 1988 to Announcement #87-614/615, ate student research in a Ph.D. program. tion, they must have administrative expe­ Smithsonian Institution, Office of Person­ Rank is open and salary is competitive. rience at the departmental level or higher nel Administration, 900 Jefferson Drive, The second position is a visiting appoint­ that incorporates such activities as stu­ Room 1488, Attn: AI Mozier, Washington, ment at the assistant professor level. Both dent advisement, registration, andre­ DC 20560. AA/ EOE. appointments are open as to field of study cruitment. Nominations or letters of in STS, but preference will be given to application, with a curriculum vitae and candidates active in interdisciplinary the names of three references, should be The Center for Comparative Studies in research. Send complete applications sent by 15 February to John Burt, Chair, the Humanities at Ohio State University (including names of three references) by Search Committee, Dean of Undergradu­ announces a one-year, twice renewable, 15 January to Robert A. Paterson, Chair, ate Studies, College of Physical Educa­ instructor or assistant professor position Search Committee, Virginia Polytechnic tion, Recreation, and Health, University in the area of science in its cultural con­ Institute and State University, Blacksburg, of Maryland, PERH Building, College text (final approval of position still pend­ VA 24061; telephone (703) 961-7687. Park, MD 20742. AA/ EOE. ing). This position would carry a AA/ EOE . January 1988 page9

~NSF RESEARCH AWARDS computation, conference 13-15 May education of women in science. Patrick 1987, Princeton, N.J. Michael Friedman Maher (University of Illinois, Urbana): During fiscal year 1987, the following (University of Illinois at Chicago): Kant decision theory and scientific method. individuals were among those receiving and contemporary philosophy of science. Marjorie Malley (individual award): a National Science Foundation research Peter Galison (Stanford University): Presi­ history of Stokes's law of fluorescence. awards from the History and Philosophy dential Young Investigator Award. Edward Manier (University of Notre of Science Program. Thomas F. Glick and Marta Ardila (Boston Dame): the relationship of cognitive and Pnina G. Abir-Am (individual award): University): doctoral dissertation research cell biological analyses of associative research schools of molecular biology in in history and philosophy of science. learning. Joan T. Mark (individual award): the United States, United Kingdom, and Gregory A. Good (West Virginia Univer­ anthropology in the field-the problems France, 1935-1980. Hugh G. J. Aitken sity): Taking the Earth's Pulse: the devel­ of ethnography. Russell K. McCormmach (Amherst College): exploration and alloca­ opment of geomagnetics in North (individual award): the history of scientific tion of the radio frequency spectrum. America. Nicolas D. Goodman (State practice. Everett I. Mendelsohn (Harvard Peter D. Asquith (Philosophy of Science University of New York at Buffalo): the University): doctoral dissertation research Association): international travel grant for semantics of mathematical language. in history of science. Arthur B. Millman VIIIth International Congress of the Divi­ Anita Guerrini (individual award): a case and Carol L. Smith (University of Massa­ sion of Logic, Methodology, and Philoso­ history in physics and biomedicine. Gary chusetts, Boston): a case study of reason­ phy of Science held in Moscow, USSR, M. Gutting (University of Notre Dame): ing in theory construction. John Murdoch 17-22 August 198 7. Margaret Atherton Foucault and recent philosophy of science. (Harvard University): the concepts of (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee): Donna J. Haraway and Elizabeth A. Bird infinity and continuity. Joseph Needham Berkeley's science and philosophy. John (University of California at Santa Cruz): and Anne Shillinglaw (East Asian History Beatty (University of Minnesota): evolu­ controversies over genetic engineering of Science): science and civilization in tionary biology and social policy in the research for plant protection: an analysis China. 1950s and 1960s. Christina M . Bicchieri of values, beliefs, and ethical concerns Kathryn Olesko (History of Science (University of Notre Dame): strategic (doctoral dissertation). John C. Harsanyi Society): an alternative approach to sci­ behavior and counterfactuals. Robert M. (University of California at Berkeley): ence literacy: history education: a confer­ Brandon (Duke University): the concept problems in game theory and decision ence to be held in Washington, D.C., of the environment in the theory of natu- theory and their economic applications. 27-28 April1987. Cynthia M. Pyle (indi­ ~ ral selection. Stephen G. Brush (Univer­ Richard C. Jeffrey (Princeton University): vidual award): the development of modem sity of Maryland, College Park): history of DeFinetti and the development of con­ zoology. F. Jamil Ragep (individual award): planetary physics. Frederick Burkhardt temporary foundations of probability and observation and theory in the history of (American Council of Learned Societies): statistics. Reese V. Jenkins (Rutgers Uni­ astronomy. Robin E. Rider (Berkeley edition of the correspondence of Charles versity): Thomas A. Edison papers. E. Science Historians): operations research­ Darwin. Roger Jones (University of Tennessee at emergence of a discipline. Alexander Kenneth L. Caneva (University of North Knoxville): scientific realism in contem­ Rosenberg (University of California, River­ Carolina at Greensboro): simultaneous porary physics. Geoffrey S. Joseph (Uni­ side): a philosophical inquiry into the discovery in science: the case of conserva­ versity of Southern California): scientific nature of economic theory. Martin J. S. tion of energy. Nancy D . Cartwright realism and the evolution of theory. Rudwick (Princeton University): bursting (Stanford University): probabilities and Emory L. Kemp (West Virginia Univer­ the bounds of time. Bodil Schmidt­ causal capacities. David C. Cassidy sity): the origins of the modem long-span Nielsen and Susan E. Mehrtens (Mt. Des­ (Princeton University Press): biography of suspension bridge. Wilbur R. Knorr (Stan­ ert Island Biological Laboratory): a Werner Heisenberg. Patricia Smith ford University): spherical geometry, ap­ biography of August Krogh. Bruce E. Seely Churchland (University of California, San plied mathematics, and the development (Michigan Technological University): Diego): computational neuroscience. of astronomy. engineering research in land-grant univer­ Edward W. Constant (Carnegie-Mellon Ronald Laymon (Ohio State University): sities-a history of engineering experi­ University): science and ideology in the the role of idealizations and approxima­ ment stations. Michael Shank (Harvard oil industry. Richard J. Creath (Arizona tions in science and engineering. Isaac University): mechanics in transition. State University): the Carnap-Quine de­ Levi (individual award) : planning future Elliott Sober (University of Wisconsin, bate. James T. Cushing (University of choices. Daniel E. Little (Colgate Univer­ Madison): foundations of phylogenetic Notre Dame): the construction, selection, sity): explaining agrarian change. Steven J. inference. John Stachel (Princeton Uni­ and content of scientific theories. Han­ Livesey (University of Oklahoma): mathe­ versity Press): the collected papers and nah S. Decker (University of Texas Health matics and the rise of scientific disci­ correspondence of Albert Einstein. and Science Campus, Houston): a com­ plines. Elisabeth A. Lloyd (University of Woodruff T. Sullivan III (University of parative history of psychoanalysis in California, San Diego) adaptationist expla­ Washington): a history of radio astron­ Europe. nations in biology. Pamela 0 . Long (indi­ omy. Leonore Feigenbaum (Tufts University): vidual award) : openness versus secrecy Paul R. Teller (University of Illinois at .-... the formation of the mathematical com­ and the idea of intellectual property (dis­ Chicago): interpreting quantum field munity. Terrence L. Fine (Cornell Univer­ course in technical writings). Robert R. theory. Arnold W. Thackray, Jeffrey Stur­ sity): research on a frequentist theory of MacMurray (Bloomsburg State College chio, and George Tselos (University of lower probability. Frank L. Friedman et of Pennsylvania): U.S. patent indices. Pennsylvania): the development of poly- al. (Association for Computing Machin­ Pamela E. Mack and Mariam R. Levin ery): history of scientific and numeric (Clemson University): a history of the continued on next page page 10 History oC Science Society Newsletter

national Congress on the subject "Peirce CALLS FOR PAPERS and Contemporary Thought!' The Con­ gress will be held at Harvard University The Thchnology and Society Division of the week preceding 10 September 1989, Annual HSS Meeting, Cincinnati, the American Society of Mechanical Engi­ which is the 150th anniversary of Peirce's 27-30 December 1988 neering has requested papers for presenta­ birth. Presentations must be limited to a tion at the winter annual meeting in maximum of 30 minutes, including both The History of Science Society meetings Chicago, 28 November-2 December 1988. reading and discussion. Send three copies for 1988 will be held conjointly with Papers on the following topics are espe­ of a 200-word abstract (two copies without those of the American Historical Associa­ cially solicited: technology assessment, name), typed double-spaced, along with tion. The program chairs are actively energy and environmental assessments, current mailing address, to K. L. Ketner, looking for ideas for sessions and ask that assessments of alternative energy sources, Organizing Committee Chairperson, preliminary proposals be submitted as models of engineering ethics, appropriate Institute for Studies in Pragmatism, 304K soon as possible. Because the meetings technology for developed and developing Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, will be joint with the AHA, they present a nations, sociotechnical programs and TX 79409. wonderful opportunity to broaden our ethics courses in engineering education, discourse beyond the history of science emerging technologies, legislative and A call for papers has been announced for a and to generate joint sessions for a general legal problems relating to technology, and conference Explorations in Feminist Eth­ historical audience. Proposals for sessions specific aspects of the interactions be­ ics: Theory and Practice to be held 7-8 that might be jointly sponsored are partic­ tween technology and society. 1\vo copies October 1988 at the Radisson Hotel, Du­ ularly encouraged. However, because of of completed manuscripts should be sent luth, MN. Send two copies of 10- to 12- the need to pass all such proposals by 30 April1988 to A. M. Dhanak, De­ page papers, including an abstract of ISO through the AHA program co~ittee, the partment of Mechanical Engineering, words maximum, by 30 April1988 to Eve deadline for receipt of such proposals is 15 Michigan State University, East Lansing, Browning Cole, Department of Philoso­ February. Ml48824. phy and Humanities, 369 A. B. Anderson The pressure is somewhat less for pro­ Hall, or to Susan Coultrap-McQuin, Insti­ posals for HSS sessions. However, here, A call for papers has been issued for the tute for Women's Studies, 209 Bohannon too, we must comply with an early dead­ Charles S. Peirce Sesquicentennial Inter- Hall, both at the University of Minnesota, line so they can be included in the AHA Duluth, 10 University Drive, Duluth, MN program booklet. Proposals for regular 55812. Keynote speakers will be Char­ sessions and for work-in-progress papers lotte Bunch and Sara Ruddick. must be received by 15 March. Please send copies of all proposals to the program cochairs: Joan L. Richards, Box NSF AWARDS-continued The IUHPS Committee on History of N, Department of History, Brown Univer­ Women in Science, Thchnology, and Medi­ sity, Providence, RI 02912; or Shirley A. mer science and industry in America. cine is planning to hold several sessions at Roe, Department of History, U-103, Uni­ Charles C. Tobey and Charles Wetherell the XVIIIth International Conference on versity of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06268. (University of California, Riverside): elec­ the History of Science, to be held in Ham­ trical modernization of the American burg and Munich, 1-9 August 1989. Cir­ household. Clifford A. 'lluesdell (fohns culars on the conference will be mailed Hopkins University): the calculus of varia­ third class by the History of Science Soci­ tions for double integrals and its 'applica­ ety to all individual members and will tion to theories of membranes and elastic also be available from C. J. Scriba, Bun­ Daryl Hafter, History Department, East­ plates. Warren Van Egmond (Arizona destrasse 55, IGN D-WOO, Hamburg 13, em Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI State University): the commercial tradi­ FRG. 48197, USA); "History of Women's Educa­ tion in the development of mathematics. If there is sufficient interest the Com­ tion in Science, Technology, and Mathe­ JoanN. Wamow and Spencer Weart mittee would like to feature specitJl ses­ matics" (Organizer: Brigitte Hoppe, IGN, (American Institute of Physics): docu­ sions on the topics "Women in Science in Universitat Miinchen, Deutschesmuseum menting multi-institutional teams (a case Germany from Hildegard of Bingen to D-8000, Miinchen 6, FRG); "History of study in physics). Spencer Weart (Ameri­ Recent Times" and "Cross-National Expe­ Legal and Social Barriers to Women's can Institute of Physics): history of theo­ riences of Women in Medicine!' Those Acceptance in Science, Thchnology, and ries of cyclical extinction by meteorite interested in the former session should Medicine" (Organizer: Eva Vamos, Mu­ impact and alternative causes. Richard S. contact Margaret Rossiter, History Depart­ seum krt 9, H-1053, Budapest V, Hun­ Westfall (Indiana University, Bloomington): ment, 451 McGraw Hall, Cornell Univer­ gary); and "History of Women Scientists the role of patronage in the development sity, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; those inter­ in the Third World and Developing Coun­ of the scientific community. David B. ested in the latter, Joy Harvey, History tries" (Organizers: Ann H. Koblitz, 6547 Wilson (Iowa State University): the role of Department, Virginia Polytechnic Insti­ 17th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98115, USA education in the development of ana­ tute and State University, Blacksburg, VA and Madhuri Sheth, NITIE, Vihar Lake, tional science tradition. William C. Wim­ 24061, USA. Bombay 400 07, India). satt (University of Chicago): analysis and Other more general topics are "Contri­ effects of generative entrenchment in butions of Women to Science, Technology, The Midwest Junto for History of Science complex systems. and Medicine before 1900" (Organizer: will have its annual meeting on 18-W January 1988 pagell

March 1988 at the University of Notre and session proposals for its annual meet­ MA 01003; telephone (413) 545-2223 or Dame. Persons wishing to present IS­ ing, to be held at the Hagley Museum and 549-4773; those wishing to telecommuni­ minute work-in-progress papers should Library in Wilmington, Delaware, 20-23 cate can leave messages on the bulletin submit the title of the proposed paper and October 1988. The committee seeks board of the UMass Physics Forum at a 100-word abstract by 15 February 1988 proposals in all areas of the history of (413) 549-1959. Only those proposals to Michael Crowe and Phillip Sloan, Pro­ technology; especially welcome are sub­ complete by the 1 April deadline will be gram in History and Philosophy of Sci­ missions from minority scholars and from considered. Preference will be given, as ence, University of Notre Dame, Notre scholars in neighboring disciplines. The usual, to those who have not presented Dame, IN 46556. Please also include committee hopes to develop a program full papers in recent years. biographical information suitable for use that highlights topics ancient, medieval, by the chair of the session in introducing and non-Western, as well as perspectives the presentation. comparative, cross-national, and interdis­ PERIODICALS ciplinary; contributions incorporating the The Renaissance Society of America has recent work of economic historians and The History of Philosophy Quarterly is issued a call for papers for its fiftieth anni­ historians of work will be especially ap­ a scholarly journal founded in 1984 de­ versary meeting to be held 30 March to 1 preciated. Works-in-progress papers and voted entirely to articles from 3,000 to Aprill989 at Harvard University, Cam­ session proposals from special interest 8,000 words in length. It is particularly bridge, Massachusetts. Abstracts for 30- groups are encouraged. interested in papers that approach work in minute papers on any Renaissance subject The deadline for the receipt of proposals the history of philosophy and in philoso­ or proposals for full sessions should be by the program chair is 1 April 1988. phy itself as parts of a seamless whole, sent by 30 April 1988 to Samuel Y. Edger­ Proposers of papers must include a 150- treating the work of past philosophers as a ton, Jr., President, New England Renais­ word abstract and a one-page curriculum means of dealing with issues of ongoing sance Conference, Department of Art, vitae. Session proposals must include the philosophical concern. Material for publi­ Williams College, Williamstown, MA theme of the session and an abstract and cation and all other inquiries should be 01267. curriculum vitae for each participant. addressed to The Editor, History of Philos­ Please send four copies of each proposal to ophy Quarterly, Department of Philoso­ The 1988 Society for History of 'Thchnol­ Larry Owens, Department of History, phy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, ogy Program Committee calls for paper University of Massachusetts, Amherst, PA 15260.

Sciences, University of Alabama at Bir­ MEETINGS & LECTURES mingham, Birmingham, AL 35294; tele­ phone (205) 934-5643; or Mark Rose, Program in Science, Thchnology, and The 1988 Annual Meeting of the Ameri­ mation, contact Prof. Kuo 1-Ling, Depart­ Society, Michigan Thchnological Univer­ can Association for the Advancement of ment of Physics, Tsinghua University, sity, Houghton, MI 49931; telephone (906) Science will take place in Boston 11- 15 Beijing, People's Republic of China. 487-2115. February 1988. As part of the meeting, Stephen Jay Gould will deliver the George The Francis Bacon Library of Claremont, The Midwest Junto for History of Science Sarton Memorial Lecture 13 February at California, announces that the 1988 Ba­ will meet 18-20 March 1988 at the Uni­ 8:30p.m. For discounted registration fees, con Birthday Celebration will be held 22 versity of Notre Dame. To receive regis­ write by 20 January to AAAS, Annual January. William A. Sessions, Georgia tration information, write to Christopher Meeting Registration, 1333 H Street NW, State University, will speak on "Francis Hamlin, Program in History and Philoso­ Washington, DC 20005. Bacon and the Classics: The Discovery of phy of Science, University of Notre Dame, Discovery" at 4:00 p.m. in the Founders Notre Dame, IN 46556. The Chinese Society of History of Sci­ Room of Honnold Library. ences and 'Thchnologies, joining the Chi­ The West Coast History of Science Soci­ nese Physical Society, will sponsor a The Seventh Annual Luncheon of the ety will hold a two-day meeting on 26-27 symposium on History of Experimental Planning History Group will be held on March 1988 in Monterey, California. Physics in Hunan Province during April Saturday, 26 March 1988, at noon in Bal­ Sessions will be held at the Hopkins Ma­ 1988. Session topics will include celebra­ ly's Hotel in Reno, Nevada, in connection rine Station. A broad theme of "Science l tions of the centennials of the with the meeting of the Organization of and Government" was encouraged in Michaelson-Marley experiment, Hertz's American Historians. Carl Abbott, Port­ paper submissions. For more information discovery of the electromagnetic wave, land State University, will present a paper contact Jim Woodward, Department of Raman's birthday, and the fiftieth anniver­ entitled "New York of the South or Paris History, California State University, Ful­ sary of nuclear fission, as well as the role of America? Economic Strategies in lerton, CA 92634, or Robin Rider, Bancroft of experiments in the development of Washington, D.C., since 1890!' For addi­ Library, University of California, Berkeley, physics, the history of physics in ancient tional information contact Blaine A. CA 94720; telephone (415) 642-0959/642- China, and other topics. For more infor- Brownell, College of Social and Behavioral 4581. page 12 History of Sclence Society Newsletter

Summer Seminars and Institutes The NEH encourages applications from scholars with distinguished teaching and publishing records. Proposed topics should focus on enduring issues or current The Council for Philosophical Studies, National Endowment for the Humanities scholarship in the humanities. Scholars with funding from the National Endow­ 1988 Summer Seminars for College Thach­ wishing to discuss their seminar ideas ment for the Humanities, will present an ers will include a seminar by Stephen with staff should submit a draft well in Institute on Early Modern Philosophy, 2 7 Brush (!PST, Computer and Space Sci­ advance of the application deadline, June-S August 1988, at Brown University, ences Building, University of Maryland, which is I March I988. Requests for Providence, Rhode Island. The purpose of College Park, MD 20742), "Development further information should be addressed the Institute will be to expose teachers of of the Modem Scientific Worldview," 13 to Summer Seminars for College Teachers, philosophy to recent work in the history June-S August; and a seminar by Everett Room 316, Division of Fellowships and of early modem philosophy (roughly 1600 Mendelsohn (Department of History of Summer Seminars, National Endowment to 1750) and help them to integrate new Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, for the Humanities, 1100 Pennsylvania material and approaches into their teach­ MA 02138), "The Social History of Sci­ Avenue, Washington, DC 20506. ing and research. Institute staff will in­ ence," 27 June-19 August. The seminars clude Daniel Garber (director), Roger are intended primarily for college teachers Ariew, Michael Ayers, Jonathan Bennett, from departments not offering the Ph.D. The National Endowment for the Human­ Edwin Curley, Alan Gabbey, Jean-Luc who do not have access to a major re­ ities has also asked the HSS to publicize Marion, David Fate Norton, Richard Pop­ search library. Each participant receives a its 1988 Summer Seminars for School kin, Jerome Schneewind, Robert Sleigh, stipend of $3,500 to cover travel and living Thachers. Participants in these seminars and Margaret Wilson. For further infor­ expenses. Application materials should receive stipends of $2,000 for four-week mation and application forms write Dan­ be requested from the seminar directors, seminars, $2,375 for five weeks, and iel Garber, NEH Summer Institute, and completed applications must be sub- · $2,750 for six weeks. Topics of special Department of Philosophy, University of mitted by 1 March I988. relevance to the history of science are Chicago, 1050 East 59th Street, Chicago, In addition, plans are under way for the "Galileo: Religion and Science," directed IL 60637. Completed applications must competition that will result in the selec­ by William E. Carroll(Department of be received by I March 1988. tion of 1989 Summer Seminar directors. History, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon,

Related Societies & Programs ogy, science ,and technology policy, the history of the physical sciences since the Bern Dibner and the Dibner Fund have Committee on the History of Geophysics Renaissance, and the history of medical made a grant to plan the establishment of of the American Geophysical Union have technology. Core faculty include Carroll the Dibner Institute for the History of launched a jointly funded project to tape Pursell (history of American technology; Science and Thchnology, to be governed by oral histories of pioneer geophysicists, technology policy) and Alan Rocke (his­ a consortium of universities in the survey AGU fellows on their careers, tory of physical sciences; science, technol­ Greater Boston area. The new Dibner encourage the preservation and deposition ogy, and society). For more information Institute will promote activities of com­ of relevant manuscript collections in write the Director, Program in History of mon concern to historians of science and appropriate libraries, and foster historical Technology and Science, Department of technology in the area. It is contemplated inquiry amoung AGU sections. Leaders of History, Case Western Reserve University, that the Institute will become a research the program are Spencer Weart (AlP, 335 Cleveland, OH 44106. center that historians of science and tech­ East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017) nology can visit for extended periods. and David Stem (Code 695, NASA God­ Beginning in the academic year 1988- Offices have been set up in the Goldfarb dard, Greenbelt, MD 20771). 1989, Imperial College London and Uni­ Library at Brandeis University, the host versity College London will join forces institution, with Silvan S. ·schweber as with the Wellcome Institute for the His­ director and Evelyn Simha as executive GRADUATEPROG~S tory of Medicine and the Science Museum director. A planning committee with A limited number of assistantships are to found the London Centre for the His­ representatives from Brandeis University, available for graduate study in the newly tory of Science, Medicine, and Thchnol­ Boston University, Harvard University, the reorganized Program in History of Tech­ ogy. The first essential task of the Centre Massachusetts Institute of Technology, nology and Science at Case Western Re­ will be to offer a M .Sc. course that will be and the American Academy of Arts and serve University. Assistantships will cover more varied in scope than anything previ­ Sciences has been formed and is meeting full tuition as well as a stipend for living ously available and that will be available to formulate plans for the programmatic expenses. A special curriculum within the for full-time or part-time study. activities of the Institute, as well as blue­ History Department, the Program in the Application forms are available from the prints for its governance. History of Technology and Science leads Registrar, Imperial College, London SW7 to an M.A. or Ph.D. degree. Areas of par­ 2AZ. Specific inquiries for the history of The History of Physics Center of the ticular concentration include the social technology should be addressed to American Institute of Physics and the and cultural history of American technol- N. A. F. Smith, Centre for the History of Juaary 1988 .,.,. 13

lA S2314), to be held 27 June-S August in Victorian period. The Institute will be led Weimar, Erfurt, Jena, and Merseburg. The Florence and Rome, Italy; "The Great by four resident faculty: George Landow; Institute will focus on theoretical develop­ Theorems of Mathematics in Historical Professor of English and Art History, ment of science in the nineteenth century Context;' directed by William Dunham Brown University; Linda H. Paterson, (especially physics, chemistry, biology, (Department of Mathematics, Ohio State Associate Professor of English, Yale Uni­ and psychology) and the historiography University, Columbus, OH 43210), to be versity; Frank M. Thmer, Professor of and philosophy of science. Archival work held 27 June-29 July; and "Aristotle's History, Yale University; and Anthony is encouraged after the Institute; contact Natural Philosophy;' directed by John E. Wohl, Professor of History, Vassar College. the Archives and tell meeting organizers Murdoch (Department of History of Sci­ The institute will be limited to 2S partici­ in advance (one-page proposal). Applica­ ence, Science Center 23S, Harvard Uni­ pants, each of whom will receive a sti­ tion deadline is extended to 31 January versity, Cambridge, MA 02138), to be held pend of $2,SOO to defray costs of 1988, English-speaking countries only: 27 June-S August. For more information accommodation, meals and transportation write Berlin 1988 Vorbereitungs-Komittee, about these seminars and application and other costs. It is expected that each Bereich Philosophische Probleme der forms write to the directors. The deadline participant's home institution will con­ Naturwissenschaften, Sektion Philoso­ for receipt of applications is 1 March tribute $2SO toward the cost of the insti­ phie, Humboldt-Universitat, Am Kupfer­ 1988. tute. The deadline for applications is 1 graben 5, Berlin, DDR-1086, German March 1988. For further information, Democratic Republic and William Wood­ The Yale Center for British Art, supported contact Duncan Robinson, Director, Yale ward,.Department of Psychology, Conant by a grant from the National Endowment Center for British Art, Box 2120 Yale Hall, University of New Hampshire, Dur­ for the Humanities, will host an institute Station, New Haven, CT 06S20; telephone ham, N.H. 03824; telephone (603) 868- 26 June-23 July 1988, to explore certain (203) 432-2822. S89S. The registration fee (including aspects of culture and society in room, board, and spending money) is $SOO nineteenth-century Britain. The aim of for full and associate professors, $300 for · the institute is to proVide university teach­ The First International Summer Institute untenured professors under 3S and partici­ ers in several humanistic disciplines with in the GDR: Philosophy and History of pating spouses, and gratis for doctoral an opportunity to carry out a program of Science will take place 17 June to S July at students with appropriate identification. cooperative research within the context of the Humboldt University in Berlin with Information on visa application, archives, Yale's unparalleled collections in the travel to Dresden, Leipzig, Potsdam, and lodging will be sent.

VOLUME 4 Of OSIRIS IS UNDER WAY! Science, Medicine, and Thchnology, Sher­ • Volume 4 of the second series of Osiris, The Chemical Revolution: Essays in Reinter­ field Building, Imperial College, London pretation, will appear in mid 1988. Guest-edited by Arthur Donovan, the volume SW7 2AZ. All other inquiries should be turning in sent to J. A. Secord at the same address. addresses one of the major points the history of modem science. Ten essays by American and European scholars focus on developments from Stahl to Dalton, the core of the revolution, national communities, and the context of change. Requests for Information AVAILABLE NOW: Preparations are now under way for an edition of selected letters of Sir John F. W. • Volume 1, Historical Writing on American Science, was published in 1985. Guest­ Herschel (1792-18711. Th be published by edited by Sally Gregory Kohlstedt and Margaret Rossiter, Volume 1 presents an un­ Cambridge University Press, the volume precedented overview of science and society in the United States. will be edited by Michael Crowe. Persons • Volume 2, published in 1986, offers an array of important papers capturing themes having information on the location of at the leading edge of research and debate. Among the contributors to Volume 2 are letters to or from John Herschel are re­ quested to write the editor at Program in David C. lindberg ("The Genesis of Kepler's Theory of light"), Ernst Mayr ('J.G. History and Philosophy of Science, Uni­ Kolreuter's Contributions to Biology"), and Garland E. Allen ("The Eugenics Record versity of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN Office at Cold Spring Harbor"). 46SS6. • Volume 3, published in 1987, presents a collection of authoritative essays by leading historians of science. It features Ruth Barton (on john Tyndall's Pantheism), Adrian Harry G. Lang, a deaf physics professor Desmond (on artisans and evolution in Britain), Robert E. Kohler (on private founda­ working on a book about scientists who had hearing impairments, requests that tions and American science), Sheila Weiss (on the race hygiene movement in Ger­ readers of the Newsletter send him any many), and Alan Needell (on the federal role in radioastronomy). information they may have come across • NOW IS THE TIME 10 SUBSCRIBE 10 OSIRIS! Special prices for HSS manben: that might be relevant to his project. Volume 4 oaly for $20 (hardcover), $12 (paperback). Volumes 1, 2, 3, ancl4 for Please send information to Harry G. Lang, oa1y $60 (hardcover), $40 (paperback)-or volumes 2, 3, and 4 for $45 (hard· National Thchnical Institute for the Deaf, cover), $30 (paperback). For more information, contact the HSS Publications Office, Rochester Institute of Thchnology, LBJ/ 2287, One Lomb Memorial Drive, P.O. 215 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6310. Box 9887, Rochester, NY 14623. USE THE COUPON ON THE BACK Of THIS fORM pate 14

Awards, Honors & Appointments HSS PRIZES HSS PRIZES

David E. Leary has been promoted to of California at San Diego, effective 1 Submissions are invited for the various Professor of Psycholo~ History, and the January and 1 July 1988, respectively. 1988 HSS prizes for books, articles, or Humanities at the University of New They have been invited to start up under­ graduate student essays in the history of Hampshire. He continues to serve as graduate teaching in the history of science science. These prizes will be awarded at codirector of UNH's graduate program in and to plan an interdepartmental program the annual meeting in Cincinnati in De­ the History and Theory of Psychology and of teaching and research in the history, cember 1988. as chair of the Department of Psychology. sociology, and philosophy of science. The Pfizer Award, consisting of a medal Dorothy Nelkin, Professor of Science, and a cash prize of $2,500, was established Martin J. S. Rudwick received the 1987 Technolo~ and Society at Cornell Uni­ in 1958 through the generosity of Pfizer History of Geology Award at the annual versity, has been appointed one of the first Incorporated and is the highest honor meeting of the Geological Society of Clare Booth Luce Professors, in a program awarded by the History of Science Society America in Phoenix in October 1987. that enables major research institutions to for a work of scholarship. Books o1 origi­ offer two-year visiting professorships to nal scholarship written by American or outstanding women scholars. She will be David Thpper, a professor at the Univer­ Canadian authors and dealing in a sub­ located at New York University. sity of Winnipeg, is the recipient of a 1987 stantial manner with the history of sci­ 3M Teaching Fellowship. Organized by ence are.eligible for consideration. Carroll Pursell has been appointed Profes­ the Society for Teaching and Learning in Excluded from consideration are books by sor of History and Director of the Program Higher Education (Canada), and spon­ more than two authors and unrevised in History of Technology and Science at sored by 3M Canada Ltd., the award is reprints of previously published works. Case Western Reserve University, begin­ given to ten outstanding contributors to Books published in the preceding three ning August 1988. instruction in Canadian universities. The years, that is, 1985, 1986, and 1987, are award carries with it an exclusive three­ eligible for nomination this year. The Martin J. S. Rudwick and Robert S. West­ day workshop in Montebello, Quebec, at committee appointed to select the Pfizer man have been appointed professors in the which the recipients explore ways of Award winner will determine the books to Department of History at the University achieving excellence in teaching. be considered by reviewing lists of re­ cently published books and soliciting nominations from major scholarly pub­ lishers. Members of the History of Science ·------Society are also encouraged to nominate books for consideration by sending their ORDER YOUR COPIES NOW! suggestions to the chair of the Committee SEND TO on Honors and Prizes, Albert E. Moyer, OSIRIS/00 Or call IDI.l:FREE, for orders oaly Department of History, Virginia Polytech­ 215 South 34th Street 1-800-341-1522 DATATEL-800™ nic Institute, Blacksburg, VA 24060. All Philadelphia, PA 19104-6310 Weekdays 8 a.m.-9 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. nominations must be received by 15 May 1988. PLEASE REGISTER ME as a subscriber to Osiris, to receive all four volumes at the special rate of __ $40 paperback, _ ._ $60 hardcover, or three volumes for _ _ $30 The History of Science Society is pleased paperback, __ $45 hardcover. to announce the 1988 Watson Davis Prize competition for a book useful in under­ PLEASE SEND ME volume 4 only, at __ S 12 paperback, __ $20 hardcover. graduate teaching or promoting public understanding of the history of science. I PREFER TO PAY AS FOLLOWS: The prize consists of a cash award of $500. _ _ Check enclosed, payable to the History of Science Society To be eligible for consideration books should be copyright in the preceding three _ _ Bill me (volumes 1, 2 & 3 sent on receipt of payment, 4 on publication) years, that is, 1985, 1986, and 1987, and should be distinguished by breadth, suffi­ __ Charge me VISA/MasterCard No. ------­ ciency of explanation, and comprehensi­ Expiration Date ------bility. They should be introductory in assuming no previous knowledge of the SIGNATURE subject and in being directed at audiences of beginning students and general readers. NAME They should introduce an entire field, a chronological period, a national tradition, ADDRESS or the work of a noteworthy individual. Multiauthored or edited books are eligi­ CITY ble, whereas unrevised reprints of previ­ ously published works are not. The STATE COUNTRY ZIP committee appointed to select the Watson JaaaryiMI page 15

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Davis Prize winner will determine the its cultural influences" be interpreted very penses up to a maximum of $250. It is books to be considered by reviewing lists broadly. The papers may deal with the hoped, but not assured, that the winning of recently published books and soliciting ideas and accomplishments of scientists essay will merit publication in Isis. Sub­ nominations from major scholarly pub­ in the past, with the evolution of particu­ mitted essays cannot be returned to their lishers. Members of the History of Science lar scientific concepts or the development authors, and the evaluations of individual Society and others are also urged to nomi­ of science, and with the effects of science essays will remain confidential. The nate books for consideration by sending upon society in the realms of philosophy, Schuman Prize is not a scholarship. their suggestions to the chair of the 1988 religion, and social thought, art and litera­ Please note that by vote of the History of Watson Davis Prize Committee, Jane ture, or economic development. Essays on Science Society in October 1983, eligibil­ Maienschein, Department of Philosophy, medical topics are not eligible unless they ity for the prize is limited to graduate Arizona State University, 'Ihnpe, AZ deal with the relations between medicine students. Previous winners of the prize are 85218. All nominations must be received and the natural sciences. The essays must not eligible to compete again. by 15 May 1988. be in English or accompanied by an En­ glish translation and must not have been Sarton Medal and The History of Science Society prize for a previously published. They should be Lecture Nominations work on the History of Women in Sci­ thoroughly documented as well as original ence, in the amount of $500, was awarded The Executive Committee of the History and must not exceed 8,000 words in for the first time at the annual meeting of of Science Society invites nominations for length, exclusive of footnotes. the Society at Raleigh, North Carolina, in the 1988 Sarton Medalist and the 1988 Th compete for the 1988 Schuman October 1987. This year the prize will be Sarton Lecturer. Nominations may be sent Prize, students must submit by 1 June awarded for an article. Eligible articles to the Society's Executive Secretary, Mi­ 1988 documentation of graduate student chael Sokal. Nominations would be most may take a biographical, institutional, status and three copies of the essay with theoretical, or other approach. Included in useful for 1988 if received before 15 April author's name and institution placed on a 1988. The Sarton Medal is awarded annu­ the topic "women in science" are discus­ separate page so that it may be removed sions of women's activities in science, ally to an outstanding historian of science, before the essay is read by members of the analyses of past scientific practices that selected from the international scholarly Schuman Prize Committee. Send to Al­ deal explicitly with gender, and investiga­ community, and recognizes those whose bert E. Moyer; Chair, History of Science tions regarding women as viewed by scien­ entire careers have been devoted to the Society Committee on Honors and Prizes; tists. These may relate to medicine, field and whose scholarship is excep- , Department of History; Virginia Polytech­ tional. The George Sarton Memorial Lec­ technology, and the social sciences as well nic Institute; Blacksburg, VA 24061. as the natural sciences. Articles by more ture is delivered each year at the Annual Entries with postmarks after 1 June 1987 than two authors are excluded. Articles Meeting of the American Association for will be returned without being read. The published for the first time in the preced­ the Advancement of Science, usually early winner of the prize will be reimbursed for ing four years, that is, 1984, 1985, 1986, in the year following selection of the travel to the Cincinnati meeting for ex- and 1987, are eligible for nomination for Lecturer. the 1988 prize. The committee appointed to select the History of Women in Science Prize winner will determine the articles to Prize Competitions two annual awards. For the Morris D. be considered by soliciting nominations Forkosch Prize ($1,000) for the best book from major scholarly periodicals in the Submissions are now being accepted for in intellectual history published each year, history of science, technology, and medi­ the Institute of Electrical and Electronics the awards committee will favor books cine, the history of women, and other Engineers Life Members' Prize in Electri­ that are published in English and that fields deemed appropriate. Members of cal History, consisting of $500 and a cer­ display some interdisciplinary range, the History of Science Society and others tificate and awarded annually to the best demonstrate sound scholarship, and make are also urged to nominate articles for paper in electrical history published in the an original contribution to the history of consideration by sending their suggestions previous year. Any historical paper pub­ thought and culture. ln addition, the to the chair of the 1988 History of Women lished in a learned journal or magazine is Selma V. Forkosch Prize ($250) will be in Science Prize Committee, Hamilton eligible if it deals with the arts or engi­ awarded for the best article published in Cravens, Department of History, Iowa neering aspects of electrotechnology and the foumal of the History of Ideas each State University, Ames, lA 50011-1202. its practitioners. Anyone, including au­ year. For more information write foumal All nominations must be received by 15 thors, may nominate papers for the prize. of the History of Ideas, Rush Rhees Li­ May 1987. Submit three copies of papers published in brary, University of Rochester, Rochester, 1987 by 15 May 1988 to James Brittain, NY 14627; telephone (716) 275-7272. The History of Science Society annually Chair, IEEE Life Members' Prize in Elec­ awards the Schuman Prize of $250 for the trical History Committee, School of Dissertations Completed best original essay by a graduate student Social Sciences, Georgia Institute of Thch­ on the history of science and its cultural nology, Atlanta, GA 30332. Mona Spangler Phillips, "Megalithic influences. It was the wish of Ida and Design: Geometric Expressions of Phi in Henry Schuman, who established the The fournal of the History of Ideas is Monument Planning!' 1987. Case West­ prize in 1955, that "history of science and pleased to announce the establishment of ern Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. pate 16 History or Sdalce Society Newsletter

BSHS-HSS ANGI.D-AMERICAN CONFERENCE • MANCHESTER, 11-15 JULY 1988 REGISTRATION FORM FOR NORTH AMERICAN PARTICIPANTS

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0 Meals package alone (Monday dinner and 3 lunches for guests of participants) ($50) Aftlliation (if any) .A.:commodadODB (four nights with breakfast) lloralng sessloas 0 Type A (single room with bath in suite ($195) 0 Migration I expect to attend 0 Type B (single room, in a suite of ftve 0 Medicine Tuesday or six, sharing a bath, ($59) 0 Images 0 Scientific Revolution I 0 I wish to share a Type B suite with one or morl! 0 Popularization 0 Scientific Revolution U particular individuals; their names are 0 Industrial Revolution Thursday 0 Science, Education, Practice 0 Gender and Science 0 I will arrange my own accommodations 0 Sociological Approaches I 0 Women and Technology 0 Sociological Approaches II 0 Science and Militruy Buqaet, Thursday evening ($25) Wednesday 0 Big Science 0 I am making arrangements with Rosenlund 0 Corporate Strategy 0 Secularization! Travel and wish to attend the banquet without charge 0 Industrial Research 0 Secularization II Euursloas The fees listed here reflect price increases that have already gone into effect since 0 I plan to visit Manchester Museum of Science the publication of the October 1987 Newsletter; they have been determined in and Industry on Tuesday (no charge) part bv the exchange rates and conversion charges applicable in early December 0 I plan to visit Styal Mill ($ I 0) or Chatsworth 1987. If these rates and charges increase substantially through 1988, the fees House ($ 16) on Wednesday may have to be raised further.

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BOOKS RECEIVED-continued Michaell. Sobel. Light. x + 263 pp., illus., Carolyn Kay Steedman. lAndscape for a Good xxii + 134 pp., figs. Calcutta/Delhi: Bagchi, figs., apps., index. Chicago/London: University Woman: A Story of TWo Lives. viii+ 168 pp., 1984. Rs 80. of Chicago Press, 1987. $29.95. bibl., index. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1987. $22 (cloth); $10 (paper). Robert A. Thompson; Louise S. Thompson. John Sparks; Thny Soper. Penguins. 246 pp., illus., app., bibl., index. New York/Oxford: Egoshell: Planetary lndividtuilism Balanced Lisa M. Steinman. Made in America: Science. 369 pp., Facts on File, 1987. $19.95. within Planetary Interdependence. Technology, and American Modernist Poets. xiv illus., figs., index. Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Edward M. Spiers. Chemical Wa.tfare. ix + 277 + 219 pp., index. New Haven/London: Yale Books, 1987. $22.95. pp., apps., bib!., index. Urbana/Chicago: Uni· University Press, 1987. $20. versity of Illinois Press, 1986. $24.95. Roger 'Iiigg. Understanding Social Science: A Arthur N. Strahler. Science and Earth History: Philosophical Introduction to the Social Sci­ Marinus Dirk Stafleu. Theories at Work: On The Evolution/Creation Controversy. xiv + ences. viii + 224 pp., bibl., index. Oxford: the Structure and Functioning of Theories of 552 pp., illus., figs., indexes. Buffalo, N.Y.: Basil Blackwell, 1987. £5.95 (paper). Science, in Particular during the Copernican Prometheus Books, 1987. $39.95. (Photffset Revolution. (Christian Studies Thday.) 310 pp., from typescript.) C. lluesdell. Great Scientists of Old as Heretics bibl., index. Lanham, Md./New York/London: in "The Scientific Method." vi + 96 pp., illus., University Press of America, 1987; Toronto: Edward ThUer. Better a Shield Than a Sword: figs. Charlottesville: University Press of Vir­ Institute for Christian Studies, 1987. $28.75 Perspectives on Defense and Technology; xiv + ginia, 1987. $19.95. (cloth); $16.50 (paper). 257 pp., index. New York: Free Press; London: Collier Macmillan, 1987. $19.95. Edna Ullmann-Margalit (Editor). The Prism of Michael Stanley. The Making of a Chemist: Science. (The Israel Colloquium: Studies in Thomas Graham in Scotland. (Proceedings of G. Thibaut. Mathematics in the Making in History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science, the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, 5.) Ancient India: Reprints of On The Sulvasutras 2.) (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Sci­ 47 pp. Blairgowrie: Lochee Publications, 1987. and Baudhyllyana Sulva-slltra. Edited with an ence, 95.) ix + 250 pp. Dordrecht/Boston/ £1.45 (paper). introduction by Depiprasad Chattopadhyaya. Lancaster: D. Reidel, 1986. Dfl100; $44; £31. --~

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BSHS-HSS Anglo-American Conference School, Combrook House). Two grades of accommodations will be available: Type A-single room with bathroom en suite; and Program 'JYpe B-single (student) room in a suite of five or six, sharing a bathroom. A group of registrants may request a suite of Type B The provisional program for the conference sponsored by the rooms. Both grades of accommodation include breakfast. British Society for the History of Science and the History of There is no hotel in the immediate vicinity of the conference Science Society to be held in Manchester, England, 11-15 July center, but several are easily accessible by bus. Please contact 198~, app~an~d in the October 1987 HSS Newsletter (pp. 15-19), the local arrangers or the HSS Executive Secretary for a list. as d1d prehmmary information about subsidies, registration fees, The meals package and the full registration package include accommodations, excursions, and travel arrangements. Please several social functions, as follows: on Monday, dinner and a consult that issue of the Newsletter for basic information. wine reception provided by the University of Manchester; on At the opening reception on Monday, 11 July 1988, Jack Morell Tuesday, lunch and a buffet and civic reception in Manchester (University of Bradford) and Robert Kargon (Johns Hopkins Uni­ Town Hall; on Wedrlesday, lunch; and on Thursday, lunch. A versity) will give short talks. The guest lecture at Manchester Thursday evening banquet at one of England's best Chinese Town Hall, on Thesday, 12 July 1988, will be given by Gillian restaurants is not included in either package, but North Ameri­ Beer (Cambridge University) on science and literature, with Arnold Thackray (University of Pennsylvania) as chair. 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