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1897-1988 HSS·.EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PRESIDENT MARY JO NYE, University of Oklahoma EXEClniTVESECRETARY MICHAEL M. SOKAL, Worcester Polytechnic Institute TREASURER MARY LOUISE GLEASON, New York City EDITOR CHARLES ROSENBERG, University of The following is a shortened version Pennsylvania of the eioge to be published in the September 1988 issue of Isis.

ON 6 JANUARY 1988 Bern Dibner died peacefully in his sleep at his horne in The Newsletter of the History of Science Wilton, Connecticut. With his passing the history of science community has Society is published in January, April, July, and October. Regular issues are sent to those indi­ lost one of its most committed scholars and dedicated patrons. The many gifts vidual members of the Society residing in he made to institutions of higher education and to the Smithsonian were expres­ North America. Airmail copies are sent to those sions of his deep love for his adopted country, of his gratitude for the opportuni­ members overseas who pay $5 yearly to cover postal costs. The Newsletter is available to non­ ties presented to him as one of its citizens, and of his bonds to its people and its members and institutions for $20 a year. cultural heritage. The Newsletter is overseen by a Steering Bern Dibner was born in 1897 in a tiny village near Kiev in the Ukraine. At Committee consisting of the President, the Executive Secretary, and the Editor of the His­ the start of the Russo-Japanese war in 1904, the family emigrated to the United tory of Science Society. It is edited by the Execu­ States and settled in New York City. In his school years he was attached to both tive Secretary, Dr. Michael Sokal, and is the arts and the sciences, but on graduating he chose to become an electrician. produced at the Society's Publications Office under the supervision of Dr. Frances Kohler. He then attended the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and graduated in 1921, Send news items to Newsletter, History of cum laude, with a degree in electrical engineering. He subsequently invented an Science Society, c/o Michael Sokal, 35 Dean electric connector that was universal in its connecting capabilities and did not Street, Worcester, MA 01609. The deadline for receipt of news is the tenth of the month prior require any soldering or welding, and in 1924 he founded the Bumdy Engineer­ to publication; for articles and other long copy; ing Company to manufacture and sell connectors of various sizes and shapes to the first of the month. the electric power industry. (Bern Dibner's son, David, is chairman of the board of what is now the Bumdy Corporation.) The success of the firm allowed Bern Dibner to resume his artistic interests. ALSO IN THIS ISSUE In 1930 a book he read changed his life. From Men and Mnchines, by Stuart ~hase, he learned of Leonardo's technological and scientific bent. Leonardo's HSS OFFICERS LIST 2 dual passion for the arts and for technology resonated with his own. It was then EMPLOYMENT SURVEY 7 that he began collecting Leonardo materials. Taking a leave from the Bumdy INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 11 LAST WORD ON MANCHESTER 12 Continued on next page page2 History oC Science Society Newsletter

Completed ballots must be received by the NEWS OF THE SOCIETY HSS Executive Secretary by 15 April1988. Results of this election will be announced in the July Newsletter. HSS Nominations-1988 Election cil candidates must contain at least fifteen The Committee on Nominations, chaired signatures and the agreement of the per­ HSS Support for Thematic Meetings by Stephen G. Brush, has nominated the son nominated; they must reach the Soci­ In 1986 the History of Science Society following individuals. For Council: Law­ ety's Executive Secretary by the 10 June began a program to sponsor or endorse rence Badash, Richard Burkhardt, Joan deadline for the July Newsletter if the occasional or thematic scholarly meet­ Cadden, Betty JoT. Dobbs, Frederick individuals' names are to be reported ings. Later this spring, for example, the Gregory, Sally Gregory Kohlstedt, Diane there. To allow time for petition candi­ Society will cosponsor a conference cele­ Paul, Philip J. Pauly, Albert Van Heiden, dates to submit biographies and photo­ brating the 350th anniversary of Des­ and Robert S. Westman. For the Commit­ graphs for the Newsletter, earlier cartes's Discourse on Method and a tee on Nominations, from Council: Ed­ submission is needed. symposium on the history of modem ward Grant, Erwin Hiebert, Sharon mathematics. (See Meetings and Lectures Election for HSS Vice-President Kingsland, Eman McMullin, Kathryn section for further information.) The Olesko, Shirley A. Roe, and William A. As the HSS Executive Secretary received committee overseeing this program hereby Wallace. For the Committee on Nomina­ no petitions nominating additional candi­ issues a third call for applications for tions, from the Society at large: John dates, ballots listing the two individuals sponsorship and endorsement. Beatty, Robert E. Kohler, John W. Servos, named by the Committee on Nomina­ To be endorsed or sponsored by the and Edith Dudley Sylla. tions, Stephen G. Brush and Daniel J. Society, a meeting must be held at a differ­ According to the Society's Constitution, Kevles, were distributed to the member­ ent time of year and in a different place members have two months from the ap­ ship on 15 March 1988. Please contact ~m the HSS annual meeting. The meet­ pearance of the Newsletter to nominate the HSS Publications Office immediately ing should address a thematic question in additional candidates. Petitions for Coun- if you have yet to receive your ballot. the history· of science. Endorsed meetings

Continued from page 1 of the Bumdy Library and the joint author science." But the simplicity and lucidity of three of them. A characteristic example of his annotations should not deceive the Company in 1936, he went to Italy and of his scholarship was his book Oersted reader. Impressive scholarship was at work then to Zurich, where he studied Renais­ and the Discovery of Electromagnetism in the choice of these two hundred impor­ sance culture at the university. (1961). Undoubtedly his favorite among tant and seminal works. It is regularly Bern Dibner's encounter with Leonardo all the books he wrote was Heralds of cited in the characterization of books of burgeoned into his great enterprise of Science (1955, 1980). In this magnifi­ exceptional importance. collecting the primary sources of the cently produced book, he revealed the Not content to have created the Bumdy history of science and technology in all essential bond that existed between his Library; Bern Dibner replicated its mission fields. Initially the books and papers were collecting and his scholarship. At first elsewhere. He donated two major collec­ stored in metal cases in his office. The sight Heralds of Science seems merely to tions to Brandeis University and made collection, which became known as the be a beautifully illustrated catalogue of substantial contributions of books to Bumdy Library; was chartered in 1941. By two hundred "epochal books and pam­ Harvard, Yale, the Polytechnic Institute of the mid 1950s a separate buildiniwas phlets in the physical and biological sci­ Brooklyn, Wesleyan, and the University of needed to house the 40,000 volumes col­ ences in the Bumdy Library that were Bridgeport. In 1976 he established the lected by then; the elegant and distinctive instrumental in establishing our age of Dibner Library, a national library in the Bumdy Library building was designed and history of science and technology, at the finally opened in 1964. Bern Dibner saw Smithsonian Institution in Washington, the Bumdy Library not merely as a "stew· D.C.; to it he donated 11,000 volumes, ard of the written and printed word estab­ plus incunables and manuscripts. He also lishing the discipline of science.'' but also endowed institutions of higher education as contributing in important ways to the heavily. His gifts established the Bern and dissemination of "the story of the attain­ Barbara Dibner Chair in the History of ment and methods of science." Science at Brandeis University, the Bern What made Bern Dibner so extraordi­ · Dibner Library at the Polytechnic Insti­ nary is that he was not only an inventive tute of Brooklyn, and a curatorship and a and imaginative engineer, an able and chair at the Hebrew University in Jerusa­ successful businessman, a respected cap­ lem. The culmination of Bern Dibner's tain of industry, a generous philanthropist, lifelong involvement in the history of one of the great book collectors, and the science was realized in the founding of, founder of a magnificent library, but that with support from the Dibner Fund, the he was also a fine scholar. He was the The Sarton Medal. Courtesy Dibner Institute for the History of Science author of twenty-one of the publications of the Bumdy library. and Technology in 1987, a consortium of April 1988 page 3

will receive the approbation and encour­ agement of the Society and will have the HSS Officers &. Committee Chairs, 1988-1989 right to use the Society's name in fund­ raising and promotion. A limited number Society members are urged to use these addresses and telephone numbers to contact of sponsored meetings, to be chosen on a those with responsibility for and oversight of specific HSS activities and programs. competitive basis, will be eligible for Officers Programs and Committee on Thematic financial support. In evaluating proposals Meetings: John W. Servos, Department President: Mary Jo Nye, Department of for endorsement or sponsorship, the selec­ of History, Amherst College, Amherst, History of Science, University of tion committee will emphasize the fol­ MA 01001; (413) 542-2035. Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019; (405) lowing criteria: scholarly merit, regional Chair, Committee on Nominations: 325-2213. Through June 1988: needs, importance of subject, and diver­ Stephen G. Brush, Institute for Physical Department of the History of Science, sity of audience. Applications for sponsor­ Science and Technology, University of Harvard University, Science Center 235, ship may request funds for expenses only; Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; Cambridge, MA 02138; (617) 495-3741. honoraria and overhead will not be pro­ (301) 454-2724. Vice-President: to be elected. vided. The maximum award will be Chair, Committee on Publications: Executive Secretary: Michael M. Sokal, $3,000, although most awards will be Daniel J. Kevles, Humanities Division, History of Science Society, 35 Dean smaller. For further information and appli­ California Institute of Technology, Street, Worcester, MA 01609; (617) cation guidelines, contact John W. Servos, Pasadena, CA 91125; (818) 356-6811. 793-0712; Department of Humanities, Department of History, Amherst College, Chair, Committee on Research and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Amherst, MA 01002; (413) 542-2035. The Profession: William Montgomery, Worcester, MA 01609; (617) 793-5363. selection committee also includes Department of Interdisciplinary Treasurer and Chair, Committee on William Montgomery and Martha Studies, North Ad3.ms State College, Finance: Mary Louise Gleason, 54 Verbrugge. The next deadline for applica­ North Adams, MA 01247; (413) Riverside Drive, Apt. 3D, New York, tions will be 15 September 1988 for meet­ 664-4511, ext. 375. NY 10024; (212) 595-6084. ings to be held before 30 June 1991. Cochairs, Committee on Women: Rima Editor of Isis: Charles E. Rosenberg, D. Apple, 2013 Madison Street, Department of History and Sociology of Madison, WI 53711; (608) 251-3094; Science, University of Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Barnaby Keeney, Department E. F. Smith Hall, 215 South 34th Street, of the History of Science, Harvard Philadelphia, PA 19104-6310; (215) University, Science Center 235, institutions of higher learning in the 898-8400. Cambridge, MA 02138; (617) 495-3742. Greater Boston area. He actively helped Editor-Elect of Isis: Ronald L. Numbers, plan the institute and took part in its Department of History of Medicine, Chairs of Program and Ad Hoc inaugural meeting last December, at University of Wisconsin, 1300 Committees which he expressed great satisfaction at University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706; Chair, Committee on Fund-Raising: having seen his plans bear fruit. It was his (608) 262-3701. Gerald Holton, Department of Physics, last professional activity. Editor of Osiris: Arnold Thackray, Harvard University, Jefferson Physical As all members of the History of Sci­ Beckman Center for the History of Laboratory, Cambridge, MA 02138; ence Society are aware, Bern Dibner was Chemistry, 3401 Walnut Street, (617) 495-4474. also a generous patron of our Society. For University of Pennsylvania, Chair, Committee on Independent decades he made a gift every year and in Philadelphia, PA 19104; (215) 898-4896. Scholars: Pamela E. Mack, Department addition supported the funding of the Director of Publications: Frances of History, Clemson University, Sarton Medal awards. He helped launch Coulborn Kohler, 215 South 34th Clemson, SC 29631; (803) 656-3153. the drive to secure the future of Isis and to Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6310; Through June 1988: Department of establish an endowment fund for the other (215) 898-8575. programs by making challenge grant History, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075-1493; (413) pledges in 1984 and 1986 totaling Chairs of Standing Committees $450,000. It was an act that transformed 538-2224. our hopes, both for the Society and for the Chair, Committee on Education: Kathryn Chair, Committee on Programs and profession it serves. Olesko, Department of History, Priorities: Arthur L. Norberg, Charles During the last few months, still going Georgetown University, Washington, Babbage Institute, University of daily to his library at the age of 90, Bern DC 20057; (202) 625-4910. Through Minnesota, 104 Walter Library, 117 Dibner sought extra solace in his work May 1988, Program in History of Pleasant Street SE, Minneapolis, MN after the death of his wife, Barbara, on 19 Science, Princeton University, 220 55455; (612) 624-5050. May 1987. He lives on in the scholarly Palmer Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544; (609) Chair, National Committee, Visiting activities he launched and in the powerful 452-4716. Historians of Science Program: Joe D. effect he had on everyone whom he en­ Chair, Committee on Honors and Prizes: Burchfield, Department of History, countered. Iron integrity marked every Albert E. Moyer, Department of History, Northern lllinois University, DeKalb, IL facet of his manifold activities. His Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State 60115; (815) 753-0131. Through June unique combination of kindly interest and University, Blacksburg, VA 24061; (703) 1988: Department of History, Duke total honesty earned him the respect and 961-5216. University, Durham, NC 27708; (919) affection of all who came in contact with Chair, Committee on Meetings and 967-5448. him. page4 History oC Science Society Newsletter

tion forms, briefly describe your project letter of application, dossier, recommen­ FELLOWSHIPS and proposed budget in a letter to Com­ dations, and statement of independent mittee on Research, American Philosophi­ research plans to Daniel J. Kevles, 2'113-77, cal Society, 104 South Fifth Street, California Institute of Technology, Pasa­ Philadelphia, PA 19106. dena, CA 91125.

California Institute of Thchnology an­ The Fellows Program of the Center for nounces a one-year postdoctoral fellow­ Theoretical Studies is an unstructured ship (renewable for a second year) in program designed to further the develop­ history of science or technology since the ment primarily of younger scientists pur­ The Committee on Research of the Amer­ late nineteenth century, in life or physical suing basic theoretical research in physics, ican Philosophical Society meets several sciences with a focus on public policy. biology, chemistry, and mathematics and times a year to evaluate the approximately The appointment will begin in fall 1988; in the history and philosophy of science. 700 applications it receives annually. requirements for the Ph.D. must be com­ Fellows have no assigned duties, and ap­ About 30% of the applicants receive fund­ pleted by September 1988. The holder of pointments are open to senior and post­ ing. The Society makes grants toward the the fellowship will divide his or her time doctoral scholars wishing to broaden the cost of scholarly research in all areas of between independent work and assisting scope of their interests. Recent Ph.D.s knowledge except those in which support in research on subjects such as genetics will usually b€ in residence for periods of by government or corporate enterprise is and society or science and defense. Appli­ one year (renewable); established scholars more appropriate or regularly available. It cations are welcomed from students of may elect to be in residence for one or is the Society's long-standing practice to American history with interests in scien­ more semesters. Contact Linda F. Scott, encourage research by younger and less tific and technological issues as well as Deputy Secretary, University of Miami, well established scholars, though not for from historians of science or technology. P.O. Box 249055, Coral Gables, FL 33124; predoctoral research or study. For applica- The deadline is 30 April 1988. Please send (305) 284-4455. .

would be devoted to work with other The National Air and Space Museum, POSITIONS faculty members and graduate students on Smithsonian Institution, is seeking to research and writing related to the history appoint a curator in the Department of of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Cen­ Aeronautics. The position requires exten­ The History of Science Society will ter. Send curriculum vitae, transcripts, sive knowledge of the history of aviation continue to offer its Job Opening and three current letters of recommenda­ or air power, which may include one or Notification Service, designed to inform tion to Johanna Shields, Department of more of the following areas of specializa­ those interested in employment History, University of Alabama, Hunts­ tion: history of the U.S. Air Force; strate­ opportunities announced after the ville, AL 35899. gic bombing; history of aeronautical deadline of one Newsletter and scheduled science and technology; history of avia­ to close before the next Newsletter will tion in the U.S. or Europe; aviation indus­ appear. Individuals wishing to receive try and institutions. Interested applicants notices of such job openings should write The American Institute of Physics Center should forward a completed SF 171 (appli­ to the HSS Executive Secretary and for History of Physics seeks a historian of cation for federal employment), a vita, and indicate (a) the specific fields in which physical science to serve as project histo­ abstracts of two or three of their most they are most interested; and (b) any rian for a major new study of multi­ significant publications to Smithsonian geographical restrictions or preferences. institutional collaborations. The initial Institution, Employment Office, Washing­ Departments, programs, and other groups two years of the long-term study will ton, DC 20560, Attention: MPA-87-60-F. should name one individual who will focus on the area of high-energy physics. oversee the appropriate distribution of (See the description under "Related Soci­ these notices among students, alumni, eties & Programs.") The Project Historian The National Museum of American His­ and members. Departments and programs will play a central role in activities such tory (NMAH), Smithsonian Institution, may be asked to contribute a nominal as developing data files, conducting inter­ seeks to appoint three new curators. Re­ sum to help support the service. views, and preparing reports on findings. sponsibilities for each position include There will be opportunities for historical research, interpretation, publication, research leading to publication. A Ph.D. exhibition, and collection development in in history of science with some back­ the area of specialization. The specific The Department of History of the Univer­ ground in physics is preferred. The AlP open positions are in the following fields. sity of Alabama in Huntsville seeks to offers competitive salaries and is an equal (1) The history of American science, with appoint a tenure-track assistant professor. opportunity employer. Send resume and emphasis on the history of life sciences Responsibilities include teaching of West­ letter of application to Joan N . Warnow, since 1880. Candidates must provide ern civilization and United States surveys, AlP Center for History of Physics, 335 evidence of professional historical re­ plus upper-division and graduate courses. East 45 Street, New York, NY 10017. search in the intellectual and social his­ About one half of the individual's time Deadline for applications is 1 July 1988. tory of the life sciences. Applications will April 1988 pageS

The Council for International Exchange of University of Jerusalem announces Post­ The Indo-U.S. Subcommission on Educa­ Scholars announces the opening of com­ Doctoral Fellowships for the 1988-1989 tion and Culture is offering twelve long­ petition for the 1989-1990 Fulbright academic year. Students with a Ph.D. term (6-10 months) and nine short-term Grants for research and university lectur­ degree or its equivalent in the history, (2-3 months) awards for research in India ing abroad. The awards will include more philosophy, or sociology of science, as well during 1989-1990. These grants will be than 1,000 grants for periods ranging from as in the physical and life sciences, are available in all academic disciplines, and three months to a full academic year. invited to apply. The application should scholars with limited or no prior experi­ There are openings in over 100 countries include curriculum vitae, list of publica­ ence in India are encouraged to apply. The and, in many regions, multicountry re­ tions, letters of recommendation, the application deadline is 15 June 1988. search opportunities are available. Ful­ abstract and a sample chapter from the Application forms and further information bright Awards are granted in virtually all doctoral dissertation, and an outline of a are available from Council for Interna­ disciplines, and scholars in all academic planned project. tional Exchange of Scholars, Indo­ ranks are eligible to apply. Applications Major relevant collections include the American Fellowship Program, 11 Dupont are seriously encouraged from retired Edelstein Collection (chemistry, alchemy; Circle NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC faculty and independent scholars. For and dyeing), the Albert Einstein Archive, 20036-,1257; (202) 939-5469. more information and applications, call or the theological manuscripts of Isaac New­ write Council for International Exchange ton, and the Friedenwald Collection (his­ The National Endowment for the Human­ of Scholars, Eleven Dupont Circle NW, tory of medicine). The Center is also a ities announces two categories of fellow­ Washington, DC 20036-1257; (202) repository for the Archive for the History ships for the 1989-1990 academic year. 939-5403. of Quantum Physics assembled by the These are Fellowships for University American Institute of Physics. Applica­ Teachers, intended for faculty and staff The Sidney M. Edelstein Center for the tions should be addressed to the Edelstein members of universities that grant the History and Philosophy of Science, Tech­ Center, Hebrew University, Givat Ram, Ph.D. and of postgraduate professional nology and Medicine of the Hebrew 91904 Jerusalem, Israel. Continued on next page

be accepted immediately, and until a collections. Candidates should have a APRIL DEADLINES suitable candidate is identified. Direct master's degree in museum studies or The Department of Medical History and inquiries and requests for announcement related fields with museum emphasis and Ethics, School of Medicine, University of 88-117F to Ramunas Kondratas, Division at least three years' experience in the Washington, seeks to appoint an assistant of Medical Sciences, NMAH, Room 5000, museum profession. Experience in indus­ professor whose prime responsibility will Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC trial technology and material culture is involve teaching and lecturing in medical 20560; (202) 357-2145. (2) The history of strongly desired. The position will involve ethics. A completed doctoral degree in one marine transportation, naval architecture, research in the public history of the TVA of the disciplines relevant to medical leading to the development and oversight and rel;tted areas. The museum is seeking ethics is required. Candidates with some applications from maritime historians, of the TVA Historical Collection. Send background in the history of medicine marine archeologists, anthropologists curriculum vitae, request for detailed job will be looked upon favorably. Some ex­ interested in maritime history, historians description, and request for application to perience in clinical instruction and con­ of maritime commerce, and social histo­ Tennessee Valley Authority, Cultural sultation in medical ethics is desirable, rians of maritime labor, the Spanish Con­ Resources Program, Norris, TN 37828. and competence in medical jurisprudence, quest, or other topics. Direct inquiries and health law, or philosophy of medicine requests for announcement 88-98F to will also be taken into account. Though William Withuhn, Division of Transporta­ Worcester Polytechnic Institute an­ primarily responsible for teaching history tion, NMAH, Room 5010, Washington, nounces the establishment of the Paris and ethics in the School of Medicine, the DC 20560; (202) 357-2025. (3) The history Fletcher Distinguished Professorship in department also does some teaching in the of technology, with emphasis on the his­ the Humanities, a generously endowed College of Arts and Sciences, particularly tory of engineering in the United States. chair carrying a half-time teaching respon­ in the undergraduate program in the Candidates must provide evidence of sibility within the Department of Hu­ History of Science, Technology, and research and scholarship, and those dem­ manities and ample opportunity and Medicine. The department offers master's onstrating expertise in both technical support for research. Nominations of and degrees in medical history and ethics. developments and their sociocultural applications from distinguished senior Applications are due 30 April 1988. context are preferred. Direct inquiries to figures in American studies (any liberal Submit a letter of interest, curriculum Bernard S. Finn, Division of Electricity, arts discipline) or in creative writing and vitae, and list of at least three references NMAH, Room 5025, Washington, DC criticism are welcomed. All correspon­ (giving position, address, and phone 20560; (202) 357-1840 .. dence should be addressed to Jo Ann Man­ number) to Faculty Search Committee, fra, Chair, Department of Humanities, Department of Medical History and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Insti­ Ethics, A-204 Health Sciences SB-20, The 'll:nnessee Valley Authority is seeking tute Road, Worcester, MA 01609; {617) University of Washington, Seattle, WA a program administrator for its historical 793-5385. 98195; (206) 543-5447. pagc6 History of Sclcncc Society Newsletter

FELlOWSHIPS-continued RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES schools, and Fellowships for College ing;' NSF's general guide for proposal Thachers and Independent Scholars, de­ The NASA History Office currently seeks writers. signed for faculty and staff members of proposals for two particular kinds of proj­ The deadline for formal proposals in two-year and four-year colleges and uni­ ects. (1) A Documentary History of the response to the solicitation is 1 June 1988, versities that do not grant the Ph.D., Space Age, with special emphasis on the and NSF expects potential applicants to individuals affiliated with institutions U.S. space program. Primary focus should submit preliminary proposals as soon as other than colleges and universities, and be on the post-World War IT period. Pro­ possible. These should present, in two to scholars and writers working indepen­ posals should be submitted by 1 August six pages, both the general concept around dently. 1988. Please notify the History Office by 1 which the formal proposal will be devel­ Successful applicants may begin tenure July 1988 if you plan to submit a proposal. oped and some idea of the amount that of their fellowships as early as 1 January (2) Research and writing projects in will be requested. The program hopes to 1989, and as late as the beginning of the NASA-related Aerospace History, leading respond to these preliminary proposals spring term of the 1989-1990 academic to the completion of publishable journal­ within two to four weeks of their receipt. year. Fellowship tenure may last from six length essays or small monographs. Pro­ Members of the History of Science to twelve months, the application dead­ posals should be submitted by 15 June or Society who have any interest whatsoever line is 1 June 1988, and decisions will be . 15 October 1988. For further guidance in in the educational concerns represented announced in mid December 1988. For preparing both kinds of proposals, please by this solicitation are urged to submit further information and application mate­ see History at NASA (HHR-50), or contact preliminary proposals, even if they doubt rials write to the Division of Fellowships Sylvia D . Fries, Director, NASA History that they can meet the 1 June 1988 dead­ and Seminars, Room 316, National En­ Office, National Aeronautics and Space line for formal proposals. Doing so would dowment for the Humanities, 1100 Penn­ Administration, Washington, DC 20546; do much to ensure that NSF remains sylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC (202) 453-8300. aware of the full breadth and depth of our 20506. members' interest in educational matters. The divisions of Materials Development The Rockefeller Archive Center of the and of Teacher Preparation and Enhance­ The National Science Foundation has Rockefeller University announces the ment of the National Science Foundation created, within the Division of Instru­ creation of an annual Scholar in Residence have just committed up to $1 million to mentation and Resources (DIR) of the Program in the general field of the history support projects involving the History and Directorate of Biological, Behavioral, and of philanthropy, designed to foster re­ Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Social Sciences, a Program for Studies in search in the holdings of the Center. Ap­ Mathematics in Elementary and Second­ Science, Thchnology, and Society. This plications are encouraged from established ary Education. Their solicitation (NSF 88- new program has assumed the responsibil­ researchers and scholars who would bene­ 14) calls for proposals that either would ities of the Program in History and fit substantially from an extended period introduce historical or philosophical per­ Philosophy of Science (HPS, which had of research at the Center. The application spectives into curriculum materials and previously operated within the Division of should include a curriculum vitae, a letter the teaching of science, or would intro­ Social and Economic Sciences) and the detailing the candidate's research interests duce the history and impact of science Program in Ethics and Values Studies and demonstrating familiarity with the into curriculum materials and the teach­ (EVS). The director of DIR is John Wooley, Center's holdings, and letters of reference ing of history. They explicitly hope to and the codirectors of the new program from three persons familiar with the can­ receive proposals for projects that will are the former directors of the earlier didate's research and scholarship. Address combine the skills of historians or philos­ programs, Ronald J. Overmann [of HPS) inquiries and applications to Darwin H. ophers with the expertise of those who and Rachelle D. Hollander (of EVS). Both Stapleton, Director, Rockefeller Archive have worked in elementary and secondary will continue to oversee proposals in their Center, Pocantico Hills, North Tarrytown, curriculum design and implementation; own areas of expertise and will hold sepa­ NY 10591. as the solicitation notice says, "the avail­ rate panel meetings, and the new program ability to a project of experience in both may in the future also fund some research The Institute for Research in the Human­ areas is critical!' in the sociology of science. For the 1987 ities of the University of Wisconsin­ Potential applicants should contact, as fiscal year [ 1 October 1986 through 30 Madison invites applications for several soon as possible, Mary Kohlerman, Pro­ September 1987), HPS and EVS budgets postdoctoral fellowships tenable at the gram Director, Instructional Materials had totaled $2.09 million and, for the Institute during the 1989- 1990 academic Development Program, Room 635, Na­ 1988 fiscal year (which began on 1 Octo­ year. The Institute supports research in tional Science Foundation, Washington, ber 1987), the new Program's budget is history (including the history of science), DC 20550; (202) 357-7066. They should $2.09 million. A total of $2.28 million has philosophy, and language and literature. also consult the following program an­ been requested for the 1989 fiscal year The Institute is particularly eager to assist nouncements: NSF 88-10, Division of (which will begin on 1 October 1988) and, young scholars who have research projects Teacher Preparation and Enhancement; since ethics and values studies have access well advanced. The stipend is currently NSF 88-12, Division of Materials Develop­ to funds that have been set aside in other set at $22,000. Application deadline is 15 ment, which includes all appropriate NSF research and education directorates, I) October 1988. For additional information, forms; NSF 88-14, the formal solicitation the program's budget is effectively larger. write Institute for Research in the Hu­ of these projects; and (if necessary), NSF For further information, contact Dr. Over­ manities, Old Observatory, University of 83-57 (revised 1/87), "Grants for Research mann, (202) 357-9677; or Dr. Hollander, Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706. and Education in Science and Engineer- (202) 357-9894. Apri11988 page 7

year's totals, in which males were more ~ History of Science Society Employment Survey, 1986-1987 successful (77% to 23%). Respondents were vague last year concerning the num­ ber of applications received from minori­ by SARA JOAN MILES With ties. This year they not only were vague, Wheaton College PAMELA MACK but were unable to provide the data in Clemson University many cases because the application pro­ cess did not elicit that information. How­ LOIS MAGNER ever, the number of applicants identified Purdue University as minority rose from 19 last year to 40 this year (4 of them in estimated figures). JAN BUTIN SLOAN Two of the successful candidates were University of Kansas members of a minority group. Overall, in terms of reported educational background, The results of the twelfth annual HSS categories was further divided into pemla­ 1,363 (78%) applications were by holders employment survey were reported at the nent and temporary positions. of the Ph.D. or equivalent, 249 (14%) by yearly meeting in Raleigh in October The total number of advertised posi­ A.B.D.s, and 133 (8%) by those with 1987, and that information is presented tions is two more than last year and equal some other degree at the time of applica­ below. to the number for 1984-1985. However, tion, compared with last year's data of Between 1 May 1986 and 30 Aprill987, the number of jobs in Category I was 75%, 20%, and 5%, respectively. Success­ 63 positions were advertised for which significantly lower (31, or 49%, in 1986- ful candidates had earned the Ph.D. in history of science, technology, or medi­ 1987 vs. 43, or 70.5%, in 1985-1986). 82% of the cases, a jump from last year's cine (HSTM) was a required, desirable, or Category II remained essentially the same 75%. The 8 positions that were filled by possible field of specialization. The same (9, or 14%, this year vs. 8, or 13%, last people holding a master's or a bachelor's sources that have been used for the past year). The big change can be seen in Cate­ degree were generally in writing, library or four years were reviewed: HSS Newsletter, gory ill, which accounted for 23 jobs archival work, or museum work. Only 1 AHA Perspectives, SHUT Newsletter, (37%) this year, compared with 10 non-Ph.D. (an A.B.D.) was hired for a Bulletin of the American Association for ( 16.5%) last year. A negative interpreta­ teaching position. the History of Medicine, and the Chroni­ tion of these figures would focus on the In Category I, where HSTM was the cle of Higher Education. Of the 63 adver­ large drop in Category I; a more positive primary field of expertise sought, the male tised positions, 2 were canceled, and no view would stress that HSTM is more to female applicant ratio was slightly data are available for 3 because the institu­ often seen as a possible area of support lower than in the general pool [74% male tions refused to respond to our requests for when a need exists. as opposed to 75%). Thirty-one offers information. The available data were Comparisons between this year's results were made in this category, with 21 going amassed through a mail survey (stamped and last year's with regard to the total to m en (68 o/o) and 10 going to women envelopes were included for easy reply), a number of applications, the number of (32% ). (Two offers were turned down, one follow-up mailing two months later to applications from males and females, and by a man and one by a woman.) These institutions that had not responded, and the relative number of applications from figures are consistent with the total em­ telephone surveys one month after that for candidates with preparation in HSTM, ployment picture, and they differ from last those that still had not returned the sur­ history other than HSTM, or other fields year's figures, in which successful candi­ vey forms. cannot be made because 6 institutions dates in this group were more likely to be Of the remaining 58 positions, deci­ could not provide complete data and 6 males than in the total survey. Of those sions had not been reached in 2 cases, and others could only give estimates. Never­ whose educational level and background 2 positions were not filled because no theless, the number of applications ap­ were known, 30 (100%) had the Ph.D. or suitable candidates were identified. pears to have been significantly larger this equivalent, 25 (83%) had a degree in The primary nature of the positions year, with over 2,500 compared to 1,377 HSTM, 3 [ 10o/o ) had a degree in history advertised can be described as follows for 1985- 1986. * If one assumes that the other than HSTM, 1 [3 %) had a degree in (although these are not always mutually ratio of male to female applicants that can philosophy of science, and 1 (3%) had a exclusive categories): teaching (32, or be determined in the data provided is degree in Russian studies. 51%); research, editing, or writing (17, or representative of the total group, 3 males In Category II, where HSTM was a 27%); library or museum work (7, or applied for positions for every female, a desired secondary field, half of the 8 suc­ 11 % ); and administrative or office work figure consistent with last year's results. cessful candidates were female. Three of (7, or 11 %). Offers were extended to 64 individuals; the candidates had earned the Ph.D., 1 Three categories were used to classify excluding one unidentified individual, 41 was a Ph.D. candidate, 2 had an M.A., 2 the various positions: Category I contains went to men, 22 to women (65% to 35%). had a bachelor's degree, and 1 had no all jobs for which HSTM was the primary Thus females were more successful than degree reported. With respect to the field area of expertise required; Category II their apparent total in the applicant pool of study, 3 had a background in HSTM, 3 contains those for which HSTM was listed would have predicted, a reversal of last in history other than HSTM, 1 in Ameri­ as a desired secondary or supporting area can studies, and 1 in political science. This is a reversal from last year's results, of expertise; and Category ill contains *The "applicant pool" is not synonymous with those for which HSTM was one of several "total applications," as some candidates un­ possible areas of expertise. Each of these doubtedly applied for more than one position. Continued on next page pageS History or Sclence Society Newsletter

SURVEY-continued Table I. HSTM the Primary ArN of E:l.~rtist in which 75% of the successful applicants SUCCESSFUL JOB DESCRIPTION APPLICANT POOL CANDIDATE in this category had their training in Degrees Ftelds Gender, HSTM. !PhD, ABO, IHSTM, Hist, degree&. HSTM Other Background~ Advt" Total M, F, Min other) not Hisel date, heldsC The third category, jobs for which Perm.anenc HSTM was a possible field of expertise, Univ C.alifom.i.a, HS l7c-pres PhD, brood Open AHA 29 26, 3, J 29, 0, 0 M. PhD-, HSTM San Diego yielded depressing results, for although Univ California, HM AmMor PhD or MD, Open AHA, CHE, 82 49, 33. 6 66, 16, 0 66,-, L6 M, PhD 1986, HSTM San Francisco clinic HSS, AAHM HSTM was noted as a possible field for Case Western HT 19-Wc PhD, br~d Open AHA, HSS, 36 28, 8, ? 30, 6, 0 10, 22, 4 M, PhD 1962, HSTM' Reserve AmH SHOT these positions, in fact only 1 of 24 jobs Univ HST EurH PhD, bro11d Open AHA, CHE, 82 S7, 25, ~ 82, 0, 0 F, PhD 1976, HSTM Conn~ticu.t HSS, SHOP ComeU HIPST 10c phys PhD,- Open HSS, SHOT, 34 30, 4, ? 31, 3, s, 20,6 F, PhD 1977, PISI- (4%) was filled by a candidate with a AlP, PT M, PbD, 1, Phys/HSl' M, PhD, t PhysiHST background in HSTM, whereas last year 4 Cornell H/PT Engg tech PhD, A.sst AHA, HSS, 3S 30, 5, 1 15, 8, 2 0, 30, s M, PhD 1983, HSTM SHOT,lEEE, of 7 successful candidates (57%) were in ~c,CBI, HSTM. The respondent for a position that Cornell HT PhD, broad Asst AHA, CHE, 12 12, 0, 0 10, 2, 0 I,-, M, PhD 1980, HSTM HSS, SHOT, Other-• was still open at the time of the survey Dartmouth HS PhD,- Aut AHA, CHE, 60 41, 19, 2 45, 15, 0 60, 0, 0 M, PhD 1984, HSTM HSS, SHOT, indicated a desire to hire someone in Othe~ Emory H/PST Adm in PhD, broad Asst ~rsA, CHE, 107 94, 13, 1 -, - , - M, PhD-, HSTM HSTM but complained that there had

Univ Georgia HS WestCiv or PhD, broad Asst AHA, CHE, 34 26, 8, M, PhD 1984, HSTM been few applicants with that back­ AmH HSS, SHOP, CEB ground. The data for the category indicate Illinois lnst HT AmH or PhD, broad Asst AHA, HSS, 3 L 23, 8, ~ 22, 7, 2 17, II, 3 M, PhD 1987, HSTM Technology EurH Otherbb that this was the case for most of the Leh1gh HT PhD, - Asst AHA, CHE 36 23, 13, l 21, 15, 0 29, 7, 0 M, PhD 1986, HSTM F, PhD 1987, HSTM' positions. Of the 507 applicants for whom Michigan Te~h HT SocRelT PhD, broad Asst CHE, HSS, 10 10, 0, l 8, -~ 1 9, I, 1 M, PhD 1981, HSTM SHOT, Other" the field of study was noted, only 65 UnivNew HS Hum:m PhD, broad Asst AHA, HSS 60 44, 16, 8 M, PhD 1986, HSTM' Ham pshire (13%) were in HSTM. A possible reason Penn State Coli HSM AmH lcultl PhD, broad Asst CHE 30 19, II, 1 11, 7, 2 8, 20, l F, PhD 1987, HSTM Medicine for this is noted in the last paragraph of Queens Coil, HIPS P/HS PhD, broad Opt:n AHA, CHE, 70 SO, 20, 3 65, 5, - e35, 0, c35 M, MPrul 1976, HSTM< CUNY AAUP, APA this report and relates to where positions Smithsooian: HST Admin PhD, broad Dept chair CHE, HSS, 521 -, -, 3 M, PhD 1974, Russ Stud NASM NYT were advertised. One respondent noted Smithsonian: HST Tech slttl PhD, broad Curator AHA, CHE, S2 M, PhD -, HSTM NMAH HSS, SHOT, that "the pool was composed largely of Sci, Otberdll Tex.asA &.M HT PhD, not Open AHA, CHE 48 31, 17, ~ 39, 9, 0 Position nat filled broad social historians. There were few histo­ Univ Toronto HT PhD,­ Open HSS Refused to respood Union CoU HS EurlntH PhD, broad Asst, :assac HSS Refused to respond rians of technology. Several well-prepared Virgmia HIP/Soc Admin PhD,- Direct a HSS 44 41, l, 0 40, -. 4 4, 7,33 M,--.. - Palytt:ch STM assoc. or fuU candidates had several years experience Univ Wisconsin HS PhD, broad Asst AHA, HSS, 38 30, 8, 0 30, 8, 0 35, 2, I F, PhD 1983, HSTM but very limited scholarship. Several ~ Temporary A.B.D.'s did not demonstrate clearly that Amlnst HM Wnt PhD, broad NIA HSS, AAHM 8 2, 6, 1 ~. !, r ~. 1, ~ F, PhD 1987, HSocS UltrasoWld they would have degree in hand.'' It ap­ Brown HBioM Undgrad ed PhD, - Resfel AHA, HSS, 45 22, 23, 0 eJO, elS,- -, x, - F, PhD -, HSTM< AAHM F, PhD 1986, Hist pears from this statement that the institu­ Case Western HT 19- 20cAm PhD, broad AHA, HSS, 36 28, 8, ! 30, 6, 0 JO, 22, 4 M, P.hD 1986, Hist• Reserve SHOT M, PhD 1985, Hist tion would have liked to hire someone in Darwin Project HS Edit !19c bio) PhD, - Asst HSS 0,4,- 3, 1,0 4,0,0 F, PbD 1986, HSTM Univ HBio PhD, - Asst AHA, HSS I, I, 0 2, 0, 0 2, 0, 0 F, PhD-, HSTM HT but could not find a suitable candi­ Minnesota, TwmCities date. Another respondent echoed that NASA Hist HT Writ PhD,­ HSS Search canceled Office view: "Although some historians of sci­ NASA Hist HST Policy PhO, N/A 3,0,- 3,0, 0 3,0,0 Evaluation continuing Office ~&-.HSS, NASA ence applied for this position, there num­ Sumford HS Hmod phys PhD, nat Postdoc CHE, HSS 3 2, 1,0 3,0,0 3,0,0 M, PhD 1987, HSTM broad ber was small and their quality did not compare well with that of the applicants

Key to Tables AHA American Historical Other sources: I The successful candtdate could from history. This was unfortunate, since Association .. Electrical engineenng not come immediately, so the Universitjes !Univ) are Perspecttves JOUrnals same pool was used to select a there was genuine openness in the depart­ ~~~~~~i~e~ under the main pan AlP = Am.,ncan Institute of bb 4S Meeung person for a temporary position Physics oc; Circular to 82 schools • Offer extended and then ment to the possibility of appointing a - "" Respondent left blank APA = American cld Computer journals declined l( Respondent checked the Philosoph teal " Graduate schools h Quality of candidate pool so blank but did not give a Association H Pohucal Science and h1gh that two candidates were historian of American science or medi­ number AWS = AWS Job Bulletin International Affairs • hired 1 "" Respondent uncertatn OS Black Scholar departments ' Two appointments were sought cine. Also, the work of the HSTM-trained "e" before a number indicates BSHS British Society for the M Universities, including that n::spondent gave an estimate History of Sctence women's and minoruy gr~!ra~d~~:e!W,h:e~~:as applicants was sometimes too narrowly Newsletter institutions shortly • fields CBI = Charles Babbage hh Graduate schools wtth Ph.D. I Two people were hired for the focused, with insufficient attention to the H = History Institute News programs same job description and from M = Medicine CHE = Chronicle of Higher the same pool; the respondent broader cultural, social, and political P = Philosophy Educatton ~ f~r:=f!! R~~~~C:::d~PM also indicated that a third person S = Science 45 = 45 Newsletter networks was hired with speciah:ution m GEB :c Georgu Employment early modem history but with context or relevance of science or ¥"': ~~~ogy Bulletin c Two mstitutions reported hiring Other abbreviations are self· HSS HSS Newsletter a minority candidate: Univ • ~fus~~rt~~~e a~aci~~r~~~~o~M medicine.'' explanatory IEEE = Institute of Electrical New Hamp~c &. Queens Coli the 4 candidates interviewed b Background and Electromcs Other comments seemed to cluster in PhD = PhD required Not PhD "' PhD not required MAR .. ~n~W~:~htvists Broad broad h1stoncal Newsletter background MedLA ,. Medical Librarians required Association News Not broad = broad histoncal ME ..., M .E. Magazine background not NASA NASA Newsletter required Nat ,. Nature NYT • New York Times tRank OAH ,. Organization of Contr - contract historian Amencan Historians Most other abbreviations Ne wsletter indicate level of professor or PN Philosophy other teaching position or of Newsletter government service PT • Physics Today SAA = Society of Amencan ot ttenis~in Action Archivists Newsletter Sci Science AAHM = Bu!l.tin at AAHM SHOT - SHOT Newsletter The Singer Company polishing room, 1880. AAUP = American AssociatiOn "" Spectrum of UniversitY ~~ • Watermark From fohn Scott, Genius Rewarded; or the Story Pro/daors WashP Washington Post of the Sewing Machine (1880}. Courtesy of the Eleutherian Mills Historical Library. April 1988 page9

two groups: remarks from those who were the primary need. There was a need either preference in the selection process. The ...very pleased with the applicant pool and for a broader background or for more tech­ concern was that if this continues to be complaints from those who expressed nical training, depending on the nature of the case and if the practice is widespread, disappointment over one or more aspects the position advertised. the "second-class" programs will be un­ of it. Positive comments included the Three additional concerns surfaced as a able to place their graduates and will ha~e following: "Superior preparation by al­ result of the survey. First, one of the re­ to consider the ethics involved in admit­ most all applicants. A very impressive spondents who was contacted by phone ting students to programs that are dead group"; "We were very pleased with the expressed concern that candidates from a ends in terms of employment. A second applicant pool"; "The quality of the appli­ certain limited number of institutions, problem relates to the advertising media cants was so high that we were successful simply because of the prestige of the in securing approval to hire two candidates degree-granting universities, were given Continued on next page although we initially were given one posi­ tion"; "A marvelous pool-we could happily have hired any of our short-listed

(6) candidates"; and "We were very Table II. HSTM the Seconcbry Area of Eipertise

pleased with the size and high quality of SUCCESSFUL the applicant pool.'' JOB DESCRIPTION APPLICANT POOL CANDIDATE Fields• Degrees Fields Gender, Negative comments concerned both the ·. [PhD, ABO, {HSTM, Hist, degree& quantity and the quality of the pool. One Primary HSTM &ckgroundb Total M, f, Min other! not Hist) date, fields~ Permanent respondent lamented the fact that they Am Soc Archiv HS -,broad AHA, CHE, 9 4, 5, 0 X,-, F,--,HSTM Microbiology HSS had no female applicants and that few of Boyle Papers Arcbiv HS PhD,­ Asst HSS, BSHS 13 9,4,- ti,-, 7 8, 4, I M, BA 1979, Hist {Univ London) the candidates had evidence of scholarly Portland State PS HS,l7c- PhD,­ Asst AHA, HSS, 57 !ll, 6, ~ 46, -. x, - - F1 PhD 1985, HSTM P~• PN contributions in the field. Several returns Rockefdler Archiv HS Not PhD, Head HSS, SHOT, 27 16, 11, cl 4, l, 22 I, 14, 12 M, MA 1981, Hist {PhD Arch Center lno.d OAH, SAA, cand, Hist! noted that job seekers seemed to be apply­ MAR Stockton State Ear HS, PhD, Asst AHA, CHE 25 20, 5, 0 e24, el, F, PhD 1985, HSTM ing for any and all job openings, even CoB mod Eur SocHM Temporary NASAHist Writ HT Search canceled when they were not qualified-a remark Office NASAHist Inti sci HT, HS PhD, broad Conte AHA, HSS, :;, o, 1 s, a, o 2, 0, 3 M, PhD pre-1970, Pol Sci that points to the distinction between the Office p•d SHOT,Other'f Smithsonian: OralH HST Not PhD, GS·l2 AHA, CHE., 28 19, 9. NA 13, 6, 9 X, X, X f, MA 1983, US Hist "applicant pool" and "total applications.'' NASM broad HSS, Sci Smithsonian: Offskil HST Not PhD, not GS-7 AHA, CHE, 34 4,-.- -,x,- M, MA 1987, AmStud For instance, one wrote: "The number of NASM broad HSS, SHOT, Sd ~applicants who were truly well qualified for the position described, vis-a-vis field, was surprisingly small. A number of appli­ Table Ill. HSTM a Pos:r.ible Area of Expenis~e cants were really in neighboring disci­ SUCCESSFUL plines. However, virtually all candidates JOB DESCRIPTION APPLICANT POOL CANDIDATE field sa Degrees Fields Gender, seemed very well qualified in other re­ (PhD. ABO, (HSTM, Hist, dcAree& Primary Other Backgrountfh Rank" Total M, F, Min other! not Hisd date, fields~ spects." Three commented on the small Permanent number of applicants. An additional three UCLABiomeJ Libr HBw/M Not PhD, AS50C hb ur CHE, HSS, 14 .~.II, r l, -, 1,1,- F, MLS 1969, LibSci Library bmad lib complained about the nature and per­ =~Ji~AHM, Carnegie­ Policy· HS PhD, broaJ Open AHA, CHE 87 71, lti, ! 1\0, 7, 0 M, PhD 197.l Hist Mellon rclH F, PhD l9H4, Sol;• ceived purpose of HSTM training. One Coli Ear mod HS PhD, broad Asst AHA, CHE M, PhD 19lB, Hist Charleston Eu• said: "There seemed to be some narrow­ Edison Papers Edit HST PhD, broaJ Asst~:J, asst CHE, 16 9, 7, ~ 11, 2, 2 l, ll, 2 F, PhD 1986, H1st prof Other"" ness of topics and a tendency to equate Edison Papers Edit HST Nm PhD, Inst, res CHE, 19 16, 3,' 6, 4, 9 .I, !5. I M, MA I 982, Hist broad Other"" institutional history with history of sci­ Edison Papers Edit HST PhD prcf,- "'""'lnst, res CHE, 19 14, 5,; 0, 9, 10 M,ABD,liist assoc Other"" ence." Another urged "broader training of Dept Energy Wnt 20c AmHST PhD prcf, G5-Il, 12,13 HSS, SHOT, ciOO (15· c:25, e75, cl.1, c5, e95,- Continuinx decision Other"" cl2 history of medicine students. Almost no Georgia Inst Mod HT PhD, broad Asst AHA, CHE 94 86, M, 4 F, ABD, HSTMK Technology EurH M, PhD 1980, HSTMI candidate had any exposure to health M, PhD 1987, HSTM Univ Iowa AmH HSM Noc PhD, Asst AHA, CHE, 88 64, 22,- !iL .:w, 7 1.!, 58, 12 M, PhD - 1 Htst science professionals nor understanding of {intell bmad HSS New Jersey Admin HST PhD, broad Prof CHE, SHOT .16 34, 2, 2 .16, 1. 0 M, PhD I 96.:~, HiM lost clinical subject matters-too socially Technology Rensselaer Mod Eur HST PhD, broaJ Asst&full AHA, CHE, 140+ 12-.1, 25, 5 140, 8,- 0, 80,68 M, PhD 1986, Hist1 oriented.'' A third respondent said: "It was Polytechnic HSS, SHOT F, PhD l9S5, Soc Rockefeller Arch H PhD, broad Asst todirec HSS, SHOT, l2 8, 4, 0 '· 2, -~ 3, 5, 4 M, ABO, A~Stud hard to find a good generalist who was Arch Center SAA, OAH Sarah SacS HST PhD, broad Reg fac HSS, SHOT, 28 18, lO, 2 ll, 5, 2 6, 6, lti M, PhD 1987, Pol Sci willing to 'push paper' and do meaningful Lawrence AWS, 4S, w/HS Sci, BS but tiresome 'grunt-work.'" Another Science Edit, HSTM Not PhD, CHE, HSS, 180 01', 4, 0 -, -.- F, MS -, Bsych wrn broad NYT, Sci, -.-.- F, BA -, Eng! Lit added: "I needed (and will need for post­ WashP, Nat Siena He~ltts EurH HST PhD, broad Asst, assoc Refused to respond Coli docs) candidates technically trained in Smithsonian: Admin HST Direct CHE, HSS, c80 e75, ~s. ? e40, 0, e40 c32, e2, e46 M, PhD mid I 950s, - NASM ~r~· SHOT, AA physics with a sensitivity to institutional Sci, Other" Swarthmore MedievH HSTM PhD,­ Junior AHA, CHE 123 79, 44, ~ 82, 41, 0 M, PhD 1987, H1st and general history. Unfortunately, such Texas A & M Open HSTM PhD, not Open AHA, CHE 48 31. 17, ~ .w, ti, -~ No one hired. broad preparation is relatively rare." And a final Virginia Admin HSTM PhD, broad Asst AHA, CHE 58 34,24,1 r~~~1 ;,r,~ F, PhD 1987, Hist Polytechnic one said that candidates would be stronger Univ AmH HTor PhD, broad Asst AHA, CHE 21 14, 1~ 0 21, 0, 0 -,X, - M, PhD-, Hist Washington cnvironH if they had a good background in "hands­ Univ Admin HM PhD, broad Prof & chair CHE 23 21, 1,- X,-r- -,-,X M, PhD -, Ethics ~h~r~: on science" as well as history of science. Temporarv The implication from these comments is Caltech PS HSTM PhD, broad Post doc CHE -.o.o -.0, F, PhD 1986, PS Smithsontan Archiv 20c HST GS-7 AHA, CHE, c35 elO, e15, cS, 4, -.x,- M, MA l9S7, Hist that in Categories II and III HSTM was not .sreh ~~t:!~ HSS, SHOn cJ ~tih~ashP, viewed as sufficient preparation to meet page 10 History of Science Society Newsletter

SURVEY-continued years. One respondent suggested that the Hopkins Univ.J: the development of infra­ survey should be sent when the ad appears red astronomy. Kevin James Crisman utilized by the institutions. Of the 57 "so as to make easier tabulation of appro­ (Univ. Pennsylvania): naval architecture positions for which data are available, 22 priate data. It's too time-consuming to do and shipbuilding on the Great Lakes, (38.5%) were not advertised in the HSS it this way." Several others indicated that 1812-1815. Emil Edward Friberg, Jr. (Univ. Newsletter. HSS should undertake imme­ no data are kept on anyone not making North Carolina at Chapel Hill): the federal diately to determine why institutions that the short list and that they would have government and the history of the United are advertising jobs for people with HSTM had to receive the survey much earlier to States computer industry. Dean Andrew backgrounds fail to place ads in an obvi­ provide the information requested. Future Herrin (Univ. Delaware): the social history ous source. In the meantime, those seek­ surveys therefore should be sent as soon as of coal development in southwest Vir­ ing employment should be alerted to the job openings appear, although this will ginia. Joni Louise Kinsey (Univ. Washing­ fact that many positions can be found in increase the problem of follow-up. If that ton): creating a sense of place: Thomas AHA Perspectives and the Chronicle of does not work, HSS will have to decide if Moran and the surveying of the American Higher Education. Finally, the inability of all the data are needed and what form West. Alan Kraut (Cornell Univ.): germs, respondents to provide requested data requests for them should take in order to genes, and the immigrant menace, 1880- seems to stem from changes in the screen­ receive complete results and to make the 1940. Jane Morley (Univ. Pennsylvania): ing and hiring process in the past few task easier for the respondents. Frank Bunker Gilbreth (1868-1925): in­ ventor, building contractor, and industrial consultant. Michael O'Malley (Univ. California at Berkeley): popular concep­ tions of time in America, 1850-1920. Steven Reber (MIT): a comparative study Recent Grants, Fellowships&. of ceramics in manufactories mFrance Contracts and Britain during the eighteenth century. News of the following grants and fellow­ (Sarah Lawrence College): William James's Eric Schatzberg (Univ. Penn~ylvania): ships, recently awarded by the National Varieties of Religious Experience; $55,057. Sikorsky seaplanes as a case study in the Endowment for the Humanities, will Henry R. Mendell (Barnard College): design of aircraft structures. Julie Weiss interest readers of the Newsletter. All Aristotle's philosophy of mathematics; (Brown Univ.): the popularization of psy­ awards are made for amounts up to the $27,500. Everett T. Mendelsohn (Harvard choanalytic definitions of womanhood indicated sum. Univ.): the social history of science; and the transformation of American Robert C. Bannister (Swarthmore Col­ $77,599. John E. Murdoch (Harvard culture. lege): women and the social sciences in Univ.): Aristotle's natural philosophy; America, 1920-1960; $27,500. Stephen G. $79,205. Hilary Putnam (Harvard Univ.): History Associates Incorporated of Rock­ Brush (Univ. Maryland at College Park): for a conference on the thought and works ville, Maryland, has received a $1.7 mil­ development of the modem scientific of Charles Sanders Peirce; $35,000. Mi­ lion two-year contract, with three option world view; $71,658. William E. Carroll chael D. Resnik (Univ. North Carolina at years, from the U.S. Department of En­ (Cornell College, Iowa): Galileo: religion Chapel Hill): Frege and the philosophy of ergy, to prepare selected analytical studies and science; $63,166. Carol C. Donley mathematics; $66,979. Cary I. Sneider on topics relating to arms control, weap­ (Hiram College): for an institute on medi­ (Univ. California at Berkeley): to plan an ons testing, treaty verification technology, cine and the humanities; $125,6W. exhibition, catalogue, and planetarium and nuclear disarmament. The fum will William W. Dunham (Ohio State Univ.): presentation that examine the role of continue to manage the computerized the great theorems of mathematics in scientific and technological knowledge in archives of the Department's Office of historical context; $50,573. Daniel E. exploration by focusing on the voyages of International Security Affairs; it will assist Flage (Univ. Texas at Austin): Hume's Columbus; $50,000. Wendy M. Watson the DOE Office of Classification in devel­ theory of mind; $27,500. Sander L. (Mount Holyoke College): to plan a travel­ oping a computerized retrieval system and Gilman (Cornell Univ.): humanities and ing exhibition, catalogue, and interpretive review historical documents for classified medicine; $74,628. Jan E. Goldstein programs that examine the impact of and other controlled information. HAl (Univ. Chicago): the postrevolutionary technological change on French culture at historians will also locate and analyze self: competing psychologies in France, the time of the Universal Expositions of additional historical records for the litiga­ 1790-1850; $27,500. Reese V Jenkins 1889 and 1900; $21,975. tion support debates it created and main­ (Rutgers Univ.): for a documentary on tains for the Office of General Counsel. Thomas Edison; $25,000. Lynn S. Joy Since 1981 History Associates Incorpo­ (Vanderbilt Univ.): the rival roles of hu­ rated has provided a broad range of histori­ manism and epistemology in creating the cal, archival, records management, arid seventeenth-century mechanistic concep­ litigation support services across the na­ tion of nature; $27,500. PhilipS. Kitcher tion. In 1986 Inc. magazine listed History (Univ. California at San Diego): progress, Associates as one of the 500 fastest­ rationality, and the growth of science; growing small private companies in Amer­ $27,500. Deborah G. Mayo (Virginia Poly­ Among the fellowships recently awarded ica. For further information, contact technic Institute): philosophy of statistics by the Smithsonian Institution in its Philip L. Cantelon at the Historic Mon­ and the rationality of experimental sci­ various programs are the following. trose School, 5 721 Randolph Road, Rock~ ence; $27,500. Robert A. McDermott Ronald Stephen Brashear (Johns ville, MD 20852; (301) 770-1170. 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cosponsor a session on Walter Burley's CALLS FOR PAPERS natural philosophy at the 24th Interna­ A few spots remain on the program of the ~ On behalf of the Albatrosses, the aero- tional Congress on Medieval Studies, to 1988 History of Science Society Annual space history interest group of the Society be held in Kalamazoo in 1989. Send ab­ Meeting for works-in-progress papers. for the History of Technology, Joseph N. stracts or papers (maximum 11 pages) and Please send paper topic and a brief abstract Tatarewicz, Associate Curator, Space short curriculum vitae to Andre Goddu, immediately to Shirley A. Roe, University Science and Exploration Department, Program of Liberal Studies, University of of Connecticut, Department of History, ational Air and Space Museum, Smith­ Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 U-103, Storrs, CT 06268. sonian Institution, Washington, DC and to Michael Tkacz, International Com­ 20560; (202) 357-1660, is organizing a mittee for the History of Medieval and pages) and a short curriculum vitae to session for the fall1988 SHOT meeting at Byzantine Science, P.O. Box 124, Cardinal Andre Goddu, at the address noted above. the Hagley Museum on "Nontechnical Station, Washington, DC 20064. The The deadline for both calls is 1 October Factors in Aerospace Engineering Design." Walter Burley Society will sponsor a ses­ 1988. sion on Walter Burley's logic at the same The International Committee for the congress. The society is interested in both The Fifteenth Annual St. Louis Confer­ History of Medieval and Byzantine Sci­ editing projects and analyses of texts. ence on Manuscript Studies will be held ence and the Walter Burley Society will Send abstracts or papers (maximum 11 Continued on next page

XVIllth International Congress of History of Science fit from the reduced registration fee. Registration fees: for participants who register and pay by 31 January 1989, DM lf you have yet to receive the Congress's tions for the history of science and tech­ 350; for participants who register and pay first circular, please request a copy from nology; Symposia, organized by the after 31 January 1989, DM 450; for stu­ the Congress Office (at the address noted various IUHPS/ DHS commissions, in­ dents who register and pay by 31 January below) as soon as possible. Copies are also volving lectures and discussion sessions 1989, DM 175; for students who register available from the Executive Secretary, devoted to special themes; Scientific Sec­ and pay after 31 January 1989, DM 225; ...... _Michael M. Sakal, 35 Dean Street, tions, for presentation of short papers for accompanying persons, DM 100. Worcester, MA 01609. (which will, as usual, be grouped accord­ Accommodations will be available at The Congress will be held under the ing to themes or periods); Poster Sessions, various hotels in Hamburg and Munich auspices of the International Union for intended as an alternative to the Scientific and may be booked when registering for the History and Philosophy of Science, Sections, which have been heavily over­ the Congress, on the form supplied with Division of History of Science (IUHPS/ burdened in the past; Poster Presenta­ the second circular. DHS), in both Hamburg and Munich, tions, to be provided by national The address of the Congress Office is Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), 1-9 committees and commissions of the ICHS Congress 1989, CPO HANSER August 1989. The theme of the Congress, IUHPS/ DHS; Business and General SERV1CE, Postfach 1221, D-2000 "Science and Political Order; Wisscn­ Meetings of the governing bodies, Hamburg-Barbi.ittel, FRG; telephone: (-40) schaft und Staat," is to embrace all aspects commissions, and committees of the 670 60 51; telcfax: (40) 670 32 83; telex: 2 of the historical relationships between IUHPS/DHS; Tours and Excursions; and 165 73 7 cpod. The Chairman of the Pro­ science (including technology and medi­ opportunities for informal exchange of gram Committee is Prof. Dr. Fritz Krafft, cine) and the manifestations of secular ideas and experience (get-togethers, recep­ Johannes-Gutennberg-Universitat, Fach­ and nonsecular power in all its various tions, etc.). bereich Mathematik, Staudinger Weg 9, forms- political, ecclesiastical, and juridi­ The Congress will open on 1 August D-6500 Mainz 1, FRG; telephone: (6131) cal. Theories about state and society will 1989 at the Congress Centrum in Ham­ 39 28 37. The Chairman of the Organiz­ also be dealt with. Examples of themes to burg, travel to Munich on 6 August, and ing Committee is Prof. Dr. Christoph J. be discussed are science at courts, acade­ reconvene at the Deutsches Museum in Scriba, Universitat Hamburg, Institut fur mies, universities, and public research Munich on 7 August. It will close on 9 Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, institutions; the influence upon or control August 1989. Its official languages will be Mathematik und Technik, Bundesstrasse of science and technology through state English, French, German, and Russian. 55, D-2000 Hamburg 13, FRG; telephone: scientific and professional organizations; The Congress's first circular was distrib­ (40) 41 23 20 94; telex: 2 165 737 cpod. the inevitable public imperatives arising uted earlier this year. The second circular from important scientific and technical and the registration form for the Congress innovations; and the consequences of will be distributed in the spring of 1988. legislation (whether influenced by ecclesi­ Individuals may register for a paper, a astical, ideological, racial, social, econom- discussion contribution, or a contribution ~i cal , technical, or other motives) on the to the Poster Sessions until 31 October development of science, medicine, and 1988. Abstracts and outlines of contribu­ technology. tions to Poster Sessions must be submit­ JCHS The scheduled program will include ted by 31 January 1989, and participants ~ Plenary Sessions, organized by associa- must register by this date in orde,r to bene- Hamburg· 19H9 · Miinchen page 12 History of Science Society Newsletter

CALL FOR PAPERS-continued FOR BOOKS &. ARTICLES at St. Louis University on 14-15 October The fournal of Computing and Society, 1988. The Conference Committee invites a new academic journal on the social BSHS-HSS Anglo-American papers dealing with one of the four follow­ impact of computing technology and Conference, Manchester, July 1988 ing aspects of the manuscript: codicology, computerization, will publish its premiere illumination, paleography, and texts. issue late in 1988. This first issue will Individuals planning to attend this confer­ Those wishing to participate should re­ address the question, "Has There Been a ence who have not yet registered for it are quest additional information from the Computer Revolution?" Papers on this urged to do so as soon as possible. North Conference Committee, Vatican Film topic may be submitted in quadruplicate American participants should register Library, Pius Xll Memorial Library, 3650 to Gary Chapman, editor, The foumal of through the Office of the HSS Executive Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108. Computing and Society, P.O. Box 717, Secretary. Please see the registration forms Palo Alto, CA 94301. that appeared in the January issue of the On the occasion of the two hundredth Newsletter. anniversary of the French Revolution, the The General Editor of the JAl Press An­ Late in May, those who have registered Society for Philosophy and Thchnology nual Series Research in Social Policy: will be sent bound copies of the papers announces its Fifth Biennial International Critical, Historical, and Contemporary that will be discussed during the morning Conference, to be held at the University Perspectives is soliciting papers and de­ sessions, as well as abstracts of the papers of Bordeaux, France, in June 1989 (dates tailed paper abstracts for future volumes. that will be given in the afternoon sympo­ to be announced). The Society invites Papers should be no more than forty pages sia. Individuals who are not planning to papers on the theme "Thchnology and in length and paper abstracts should be at attend the conference may also obtain Democracy!' Topics may focus upon any least four pages. Submission deadline is copies of these papers and abstracts. aspect of modern technology's signifi­ 30 June 1988. Send papers and abstracts to Please send $20, payable to the History of cance for democratic theory, democratic John H. Stanfield ll, General Editor, Re­ Science Society, before 1 May to Ronald L. citizenship, revolutionary movements, the search in Social Policy, Department of Numbers, Department of the History of quality of public life, and possibilities for Sociology, P.O. Box 1965, Yale Station, Science, University of Wisconsin, 1300 democratic control of technology itself. New Haven, CT 06520-1965. University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706. For further information about the pro­ One of the morning sessions on Wed­ gram, contact Langdon Winner, Depart­ nesday, 13 July 1988, will be devoted ment of Science and Technology Studies, to Anglo-American medicine in the twen­ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY CALLS FOR INFORMATION tieth century, and discussion will revolve 12180-3590. For information about the The American Association for the History around Charles E. Rosenberg's new book, Society, contact Stanley Carpenter, De­ of Medicine is planning, in early 1989, to The Care of Strangers: The Rise of Ameri­ partment of Social Sciences, Georgia issue a new listing of current research ca's Hospital System. Participants may Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA being conducted on topics in the history purchase copies of this book at a 20% 30332. of medicine and related sciences, includ­ discount directly from its publisher. ing dissertations. Individuals and depart­ Please send $18.36 plus postage ($1.50 in the United States; $5.00 foreign) directly The Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Soci­ ment heads desiring to have their projects to Department MAN, Basic Books, 10 ety announces the Thirteenth Interna­ and those of their students listed are urged tional Wittgenstein Symposium, to be to send the following information: (1) East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022. held in Kirchberg/Wechsel, Austria, near name; (2) institution or mailing address; Vienna, on 14-21 August 1988. The sym­ (3) title of substantial research topics; and posium's theme will be Philosophy of the (4) estimated completion date. Send com­ Natural Sciences, and presentations need munications before 15 November 1988 to to contact him at RICHST, Royal Institu­ not be related to Wittgenstein's philoso­ Charles G. Roland, 3N10-HSC, McMaster tion, 21 Albemarle Street, London, University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada phy. Scholars wishing to speak at the WlX 4BS, England. symposium should request an abstract LSN 3Z5. style sheet from the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, A-2880 Kirchberg/ With the sponsorship of the Institution of Wechsel, Markt 2, Austria; telephone Electrical Engineers, Frank A. J. L. James ARCHIVES 02641/2280 or 2557. The deadline for of the Royal Institution has begun prepar­ The papers of Charlotte Friend have been receipt of abstracts is 31 May 1988. Offi­ ing an edition of The Complete Corre­ deposited in the Archives of the Mount cial languages will be English and Ger­ spondence of Michael Faraday (1791- Sinai Medical Center in New York. Dr. man. Those planning to attend the 1867). This edition will be based largely Friend, a noted cancer researcher, died in conference should contact A. Hubner at on the extensive collections of Faraday January 1987, while on the staff of Mount the above address for further information. letters in the Archives of the Royal Institu­ Sinai. The final date for registration is 30 June tion and of the Institute of Electrical Engi­ 1988. For information in the USA and neers. The editor also seeks the support The University of Pittsburgh Library Canada, contact Philip Hugly, Depart­ of librarians, archivists, collectors, schol­ System has been selected by the American ment of Philosophy, University of Ne­ ars, antiquarian booksellers, and others Institute of Physics as a library of deposit braska, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA; (402) aware (or in possession) of other letters for the Archives for the History of Quan­ 472-2425. both to and from Faraday. They are urged tum Physics. llprl11988 page 13

ton, in Friday Harbor, San Juan Island. MEETINGS & LECTURES Questions about the program should be directed to R. J. Morris, Department of General Science, Oregon State University, "Choice and Preference," Richard C. Jef­ Through its Thematic Meetings Program, Corvallis, OR 97331; (503) 754-4151. frey, Princeton University; Maya Bar­ Questions about access and accommoda­ the History of Science Society is cospon­ Hillel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, soring two future meetings. A conference, tions should be directed to Keith Benson, commentator; Jerusalem, 11lursday, 2 Department of Medical History and Eth­ Metaphysics and Classification of the June. "The Interaction of Science and Sciences in 1637, celebrating the 350th ics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA World View in Modem Synthesis," John 98195; (206) 543-5447. anniversary of Descartes's Discourse on C. Greene, University of Connecticut; Method, will be held at San Jose State Eva Jablonka, Hebrew University of Jeru­ In celebration of the bicentenary of the University, 15-17 April1988; those inter­ salem, commentator; Thl-Aviv, Tuesday, ested in attending should contact Stephen French Revolution, a Condorcet Collo­ 14 June. For further information, contact quium will be held in Paris, 8-11 June Voss, Department of Philosophy, San Jose the colloquium coordinator, Edna State University, San Jose, CA 95192- 1988. For further information, contact P. Ullmann-Margalit, P.O.B. 4070, Jerusa­ Crepe! or C. Gilain, "Colloque Condor­ 0020; (408) 277-2177. A symposium, lem, 91040, Israel. History of Modem Mathematics, will be cet," Equipe REHSEIS, Universite Paris held at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, VII, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex, A previous issue of the Newsletter pub­ France:. 13-17 June 1988; those interested in at­ lished an announcement of the conference tending should contact David E. Rowe, on R. G. Boscovich, His Life and Scien­ The Thnth Annual J. Lloyd Eaton Confer­ Department of Mathematics, Pace Uni­ tific Work to be held at the Istituto della ence on Science Fiction and Fantasy Liter­ versity, Pleasantille, NY 10570; (914) 741- Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome. The dates ature will focus on "Fights of Fancy: 3745. given previously have been changed to 23- Armed Conflict in Science Fiction and 27 May 1988. There will be no conference Fantasy!' It will be held on 15-17 April fee but those who are interested in at­ 1988 at the University of California, Riv­ The 1989 annual meeting of the American are asked to get in touch with te~ding erside. For further information contact Association for the History of Medicine Piers Bursill-Hall, at the Istituto della Eaton Conference, University Library, P.O. will be held on 27-30 April1989 in Bir­ Enciclopedia Italiana, Piazza Pagancia 4, mingham, Alabama. Further information Box 5900, University of California, River­ Rome 00186, Italy (fax 39.6.6731.2175; side, CA 92517. will appear in the next issue of the HSS telex 623620 Italen I), or at the Depart­ Newsletter and is available from Judith ment of Pure Mathematics and Mathe­ The second International Conference on Walzer Leavitt, Department of History of matical Statistics, University of the History of General Relativity will be Medicine, University of Wisconsin, 1415 Cambridge, 16 Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 held on the Luminy University campus, Medical Science Center, Madison, WI lSB, England (fax 4-f.223.334748; telex southeast of Marseilles, France, 20-23 53706. 81240 Camspl G). September 1988. The conference will provide an excellent opportunity for histo­ The Australian Academy of the Humani­ The Columbia History of Science Group rians, philosophers, and physicists special­ ties announces an international confer­ will hold its annual meeting 29 April-1 izing in the general theory of relativity to ence, "Terra Australis to Australia," to be May 1988. As is traditional, the meeting held in August 1988. It marks the Austra­ will take place at the Marine Research lian Bicentenary and will consider many Laboratories of the University of Washing- Continued on next page important aspects of Australia's cultural history. For information and registration forms contact Terra Australis to Australia, ACTS, GPO Box 220, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia; telephone (062) 49 8015.

Spring meetings of the Bar-Hillel Collo­ quium for the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science, 1987- 1988, will include "Can 'Literature and Science' Become a Valid Subject?" George S. Rousseau, University of California, Los Angeles; Tomas Kulka, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, commentator; Jerusalem, Thursday; 12 May. "SO Years of the Merton Thesis," annual international workshop, organized by the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Thl-Aviv University and the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute; Tel-Aviv and The 1911 Solvay Congress. Courtesy of the InteliUltional Jerusalem, Monday-Thursday, 16-19 May. Institute of Physics and the AlP Niels Bohr library. page 14 History of Science Society Newsletter

MEETINGS-continued Hall, Johns Hopkins University, Balti­ Congress, to be held at Harvard Univer­ more, MD 21218; (301)338-7575. sity, 6-9 September 1989. For further meet and to review recent contributions information, contact Hilary Putnam, to the field. The main topics to be dis­ The Department of History of Science, Department of Philosophy, Harvard Uni­ cussed include the emergence of the Faculty of Letters, Istanbul University, versity, Emerson Hall, Cambridge, MA general theory of relativity, its early and the Research Centre for Islamic His­ 02138; (617) 495-5501. reception, the history of relativistic cos­ tory, Art, and Culture (IRCICA, Islamic mology, and physical and philosophical Conference Organization) will jointly interpretations of the general theory of organize the Third Symposium on the Genootschap voor de Geschiedenis der relativity, the experimental history of History of Science in November 1988. Geneeskunde, Wiskunde en Natuurkunde general relativity, and the organizational This symposium will examine the intro­ en Techneik (GeWiNa)-i.e., the Society history of the theory. Conference address: duction of modem means and techniques for the History of Medicine, Mathemat­ History of General Relativity, c/o J. Eisen­ of transport and communication to the ics, Natural Sciences and 'Thchnology of staedt, Laboratoire de Physique Theori­ Ottoman State. Individuals interested in the Netherlands- will examine "The Two que, Institut H. Poincare, 11 rue P. et M. taking part in this program should contact Cultures and the Unity of Knowledge" at Curie, 75231 Paris Cedex OS; telephone 33 Ekmeleddin lhsanoglu, Head of the His­ a symposium to be held on 4 June 1988. (1)43 36 25 25 ext. 51(}()-3782. tory of Science Department and Director For further information contact J. W. Van General of the Research Centre for Islamic Spronsen, Secretary of GeWiNA, Veenen­ A symposium on the History of the Social Histo~ Art and Culture, 34459 Istanbul, daalkade 463, 2547 ALDen Haag (The Sciences will be held 5-8 May at the Turkey; telephone (1)520-7540/355. Hague, The Netherlands). Dr. Van Spron­ Johns Hopkins University. Twelve scholars sen also has information on the Eleventh who attended the 1986 summer institute Among the thirty-eight research confer­ Benelux Congress for the History of Natu­ on the topic at the Center for Advanced ences recently announced by the Division ral Sciences, which will be held in Brugge, Studies in the Behavioral Sciences will of Research Programs, National Endow­ Belgium, 28-30 April1989. Its theme will present papers on historiographic themes. ment for the Humanities, is Peirce and be "The History of Seagoing and Maritime For further information, contact JoAnn Contemporary Thought: The Charles S. Sciences, from ca. 1830 and on the North Brown, Department of Histo~ Gilman Peirce Sesquicentennial International Sea."

Summer Seminars & Institutes

Among the 1988 Institutes for College and seminars in the interdisciplinaiy field of University Faculty being offered under the book history on 18-28 June 1988 in auspices of the National Endowment for Worcester, Massachusetts. Sponsored the Humanities, the following three are of through the Society's Program in the particular interest to readers of the HSS History of the Book in American Culture, Newsletter. For further information about the 1988 seminar will focus on methods each, contact the individual listed. of inquiry, especially literary theory and Early Modem Philosophy, Brown social history, in examining the theme University, 27 June-S August; cdntact "The Politics of Reading, Writing, and Jules Coleman, Council for Philo­ Publishing in Nineteenth-Century Amer­ sophical Studies, Yale Law School, New ica!' For further details, including infor­ Haven, CT 06520; (203) 432-4842. mation on fees and financial aid, and Aristotle's Metaphysics, Biology, and application forms, contact John B. Hench, Ethics, University of New Hampshire, Associate Director for Research and Publi­ 20 June-29 July; contact Allan Gotthelf, cation, American Antiquarian Society, 185 Department of Philosophy, Trenton Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609; State College, Trenton, NJ 08650; (609) (617) 752-5813 or (617) 755-5221. 771-2438. Interpretation in the Sciences and the Humanities, University of California, The Oxford Science Studies Summer Santa Cruz, 21 June- 29 July; contact Seminar and the CIBA Foundation an­ David C. Hoy, Department of Philos­ nounce an International Conference on ophy, Kresge College, University of Cali­ Reporting Science, to be held at Rewley fornia, Santa Cruz, CA 95064; (408) House, Oxford, 12- 16 July 1988. For fur­ 429-2781. ther information and application forms, "Present State of the Temple of Serapis at contact J. R. Durant, Department for Puzzuoli." Frontispiece to Charles Lyell, The American Antiquarian Society will External Studies, Rewley House, 1 Wel­ Principles of Geology; Vol. 1 (London, 1830 ). conduct the third in its series of summer lington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA, UK. See Isis, 1970, 61 :4-33. f

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Related Societies &. Programs in both the archival and science policy areas to improve future documentation. The American Association for the Ad­ records of such teams have not yet been Sufficient outside funding is in hand to vancement of Science has expanded the secured for the use of historians, sociolo­ initiate work during the summer. The Carnegie Forum on Education and the gists, and others studying the research National Historical Publications and Economy and has established the AAAS process. The study will identify patterns Records Commission has committed Project on Liberal Education and the Sci­ of collaboration, define the scope of the partial support and the National Science ences to study science education for col­ documentation problems, field-test possi­ Foundation has formally stated its long­ lege students in all fields. The project ble solutions, and recommend future term interest in the entire study. For hopes to find ways of teaching science to actions. The center's staff will be joined in further information, contact JoanN. nonscientists, or perhaps to design a com­ the work by archivists, historians of sci­ Warnow, AlP Center for History of Phys­ mon core program suitable for all stu­ ence and technology, and sociologists; ics, 335 East 45th Street, New York, NY dents, including prospective teachers and distinguished scientists, administrators, 10017. See also the job announcement for both science and nonscience majors. One and other specialists will serve as advisers. the Project Historian under "Positions!' apparent task is to determine what consti­ The focus of the initial two years will tutes a liberal-arts science education, be the field of high-energy physics. Pre­ The Australasian Association for the His­ either in terms of content or goals. At the liminary plans for subsequent fields in­ tory, Philosophy and Social Studies of conclusion of the study (now scheduled to clude space science and geophysics. The Science (AAHPSSS) announces that from end early in 1989), the AAAS hopes to long-range study will increasingly explore May 1988 its journal, Metascience, will recommend specific curricular changes on the applications of project findings to be published as two issues per year rather the college level. Suggestions for the other areas of science and technology and AAAS project may be communicated the development of policies and guidelines Continued on next page through the History of Science Society or directly to AAAS study group members: Peter Machamer, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of GRADUATE PROGRAMS tions, one of the best in the United States. Pittsburgh, 223 Loeffler Building, Pitts­ For details, contact the Chair, Department burgh, PA 15260; or Norriss Hether­ In celebration of its centennial year, the of the History of Science, University of ington, Office for the History of Science University of Oklahoma has inaugurated a Oklahoma, 601 Elm, Room 622, Norman, and Technology, University of California, program of Centennial Graduate Assist­ OK 73019; (405) 325-2213. 470 Stephens Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720. antships, and the Department of the His­ The group would especially like to re­ tory of Science will be able to offer one for Northwestern University announces a ceive information on successful programs the 1988-1989 academic year. This award program of graduate study and postdoc­ that might serve as exemplars in the carries a stipend in the range of $10,000- toral research designed to train scholars AAAS report. $12,000 for nine months. The recipient's who wish to specialize in the history or tuition and fees will also be paid, and the philosophy of science or both. The univer­ The American Historical Association has assistantship is potentially renewable for sity's faculty in these areas includes, for adopted and published a statement, four years. history of science, Laurie Brown (Physics), "Standards of Professional Conduct;' Founded in 1954, the program in the Betty Jo Dobbs, and David Joravsky; and developed by the Professional Division. history of science at the University of for philosophy of science, Arthur Fine, Enforcement guidelines are now under Oklahoma is one of the oldest in the David Hull, and Stephen Toulmin. An consideration. Copies of the statement, United States. Programs of study are of­ additional historian and philosopher are to and a comparable statement on plagia­ fered leading to the degrees of Master of be appointed. For additional information, rism, may be obtained from James B. Arts and Doctor of Philosophy. Graduate contact Program in History and Philoso­ Gardner, Deputy Executive Director, students have complete access to the phy of Science, c/o Department of Philos­ AHA, 400 A Street SE, Washington, DC 75,000-volume History of Science Collec- ophy, Northwestern University, Evanston, 20003. IL 60208; (312) 491-3656.

The American Institute of Physics Center Dissertations Completed The School of History &ld Philosophy of for History of Physics will shortly begin a Science at the University of New South James Rodger Fleming, "Meteorology in major project studying the complex issues America, 1814-1874: Theoretical, Obser­ Wales in Sydney, Australia, has changed facing the documentation of the history its name to the School of Science and vational, and Institutional Horizons!' of multi-institutional collaborations in 1988. Princeton University. Technology Studies, effective 1 January physics and allied sciences. During the 1988. This name change is intended to postwar period, multi-institutional Bruce Lewenstein, "Public Understanding reflect developments over the last decade collaborations-for instance, an experi­ of Science in America, 1945-1965!' 1987. which have broadened the school's range ment run at a national laboratory by a University of Pennsylvania. of activities to include not only the his­ team from a number of universities-have tory and philosophy of science but also become increasingly important. But, Thomas J. Misa, "Science, Technology, the history and philosophy of technology, despite the significance of these transitory and Industrial Structure: Steelmaking in social studies of science and technology, "mini-institutions;' little is known about America, 1870-1925." 1987. University of the study of science and technology pol­ how to document them and meaningful Pennsylvania. icy, and the study of cognitive science. pace 16 Hlstory oC Science Society Newsletter

RELATED SOCIETIES-continued Awards, Appointments &. Honors than as a single annual volume. New members joining AAHPSSS during 1988 Peter J. Bowler has been appointed to a Engines of Change, an exhibit at the Nac will receive a subscription to Metascience, Readership in the Department of History tional Museum of American History, volume 6 (1988), as well as a copy of vol­ and Philosophy of Science, Queen's Uni­ Smithsonian Institution, has been pre­ ume 5 (1987) with the following contents: versity of Belfast, Northern Ireland. sented the first Dibner Award for Excel­ Richard Yeo, William Whewell on the lence in Exhibits of the History of History of Science; David Oldroyd, The Thomas Broman and Lynn Nyhart have Thchnology and Culture by the Society for Magnum Opus of the Darwin Industry; been appointed tenure-track assistant the History of Technology. The exhibit Susan Wright, The New Military Dimen­ professors in the history of biology at the was curated by Brooke Hindle and Steven sion of Biotechnology; Arie Rip, The Department of the History of Science at Lubar and designed by Constantine Challenge to Science Policy Studies; John the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Raitzky, with William Withuhn serving as Andreae, Design of a Conscious Robot; project manager. Streamlining America at and thirty pages of book reviews. Mem­ John Angus Campbell of the University of the Henry Ford Museum and Made in bers of the History of Science Society are Washington has been honored by the Maine at the Maine State Museum re­ entitled to a 10% reduction of AAHPSSS Speech Communication Association for ceived Honorable Mentions. annual membership fees, which are nor­ "Scientific Revolution and the Grammar mally $25 for individuals and $30 for of Culture: The Case of Darwin's Origin," Gerald I. Geison of Princeton University institutions. HSS members wishing to Quarterly fournal of Speech, November was recently appointed National Library join AAHPSSS should send $22.50 (Aus­ 1986, which was judged an outstanding of Medicine Visiting Historical Scholar. tralian or U.S. dollars; personal checks monograph in speech communication. accepted) to AAHPSSS, c/o School of Mary Louise Gleason has been elected a Science &. Technology Studies, University Alfred W. Crosby of the University of Fellow of the New York Academy of Sci­ of New South Wales, Kensington, N.S.W., Texas at Austin has been honored by Phi ences. Australia W33. Beta Kappa for Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900- The General Editor and the Editorial 1900 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1986), Judith V. Grabiner has been appointed a Board of the American Historical Associa­ which was judged an outstanding study of Sigma Xi National Lecturer for 1988 and tion's forthcoming Guide to Historical the intellectual and cultural condition of 1989. Mott T. Greene continues as Sigma Literature are conducting a search for humankind. Xi National Lecturer for 1988. approximately fifty historians willing and able to supervise the preparation of the Stephen J. Dick has been appointed the Thomas Parke Hughes, Mellon Professor various bibliographies that will make up first Historian of the U.S. Naval Observa­ of History and Sociology of Science at the the Guide. One of the categories is "Sci­ tory, where he will undertake a full pro­ University of Pennsylvania, has been ence and Thchnology," for which the sec­ gram of archival collection, oral histories, elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of tion editor will ideally be a scholar research, and writing. Engineering Sciences. familiar with both fields. According to John Higham, the section editors will need to contribute only a fraction of their time, but they will be the backbone of the enterprise. Each will determine the orga­ Prize Competitions Bernard Finn, National Museum of Amer­ nization of his or her section, develop a ican History, Room 5025, Smithsonian list of essential entries, appoint and advise The Society for the History of Technology Institution, Washington, DC 20560. The contributors to that section, and write a is now accepting nominations for the Dibner Award is sponsored by the SHill brief introduction. Although the compila­ 1988 Dibner Award for Excellence in Technology Museum Special Interest tion of the Guide is expected to take four Exhibits of the History of Technology and Group. years, most of the work of the section Culture. Made possible by generous con­ editors will be concentrated in 1988- tributions from Bern Dibner and from the The National Women's Studies Associa­ 1990. The AHA expects to pay suitable Charles Edison Fund, the award was estab­ tion announces the creation of the honoraria to section editors and to con­ lished by SHill to encourage the produc­ Dlinois-NWSA Book Award, to be pre­ tributors as well. Offers to serve as editor tion of quality museum exhibits that sented annually for the best book-length of a specific section should include a brief interpret the history of technology, indus­ manuscript in Women's Studies. Applica­ statement of the special bibliographic try, and engineering to the general public. tions should be sent to Caryn McTighe problems or needs of the field in question. Exhibits that are less than two years old Musil, NWSA National Director, National Please also submit a curriculum vitae and are eligible for the award, and nomina­ Women's Studies Association, University two short published book reviews, all tions should be made within a year of the of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; addressed to John Higham, American show's opening. Nominations for the 1988 (301) 454-3757. Historical Association, 400 A Street, SE, award will close on 1 July 1988. Anyone, Washington, DC 20003. Appointments including those responsible for its crea­ Nominations are invited for the 1988 will be made by the General Editor in July tion, may nominate an exhibit. Submis­ Lawrence Memorial Award for doctoral or August 1988. sions and inquiries should be directed to dissertation research in systematic botany Apri11988 page 17

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