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WELCOME HSS EXECUTIVE w COMMITTEE PRESIDENT PITTSBURGH EDWARD GRANT, Indiana University VICE-PRESIDENT WILLIAM COLEMAN, University of BY PETER MACHAMER Wisconsin- Madison SECRETARY

EDITH SYLLA1 North Carolina State University The Smokey City in the nineteenth TREASURER century. Courtesy of the Carnegie SPENCER R. WEART, American Institute of Physics Library, Pittsburgh. EDITDR CHARLES ROSENBERG, University of Pennsylvania PITISBURGH WAS ONCE KNOWN as "The Smokey City.11 Today its image is radically changed. Last year, to the amazement of many, Rand McNally picked Pittsburgh as "America's Most Livable City.11 While service and high-tech com­ The History of Science Society was founded in 1924 to secure the future of Isis, the interna­ panies mushroom, the steel and heavy industries that sustained the city and tional review that George Sarton (1884-1956) gave it its identity are undergoing a self-organized demise. had founded in Belgium in 1912. The Society Academically, Pittsburgh is home to the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie­ seeks to foster interest in the history of science Mellon University, Duquesne University, Chatham College, Carlow College, and its social and cultural relations, to provide a and Point Park College. Pitt, which is holding a reception for all meeting partici­ forum for discussion, and ta promote scholarly research in the history of science. The Society pants Friday evening, is currently celebrating its bicentennial. pursues these objectives by the publication of Although the diligent program chairs have organized 107 different sessions its journals Isis and Osiris, by the support and that will doubtless dazzle and delight you and keep you glued to your seat, if subvention of other forms of scholarly publica­ you can squeeze out a few minutes of spare time, take a ride on one of Pitts­ tion, by the organization of annual meetings burgh's two inclines to Mount Washington. From there you get a good sense of and other programs, by the award of medals and 11 prizes for outstanding contributions to the the city: the "Golden Triangle, Pittsburgh's business district, the three rivers history of science, by the encouragement and (actually four, but that's only for trivia buffs), and the hills that make this a city sponsorship of local and regional sections of the of neighborhoods, bridges, and motorists' nightmares. Society, and by cooperation with other learned On a more serious note, some of us think the view from Grandview Avenue is and scientific societies. rather spectacular. From there you can see the Northside, home of the Pitts­ burgh Aviary, Buhl Science Center's Planetarium, Three Rivers Stadium, some nicely gentrified neighborhoods, and an assortment of restaurants and good saloons. Just out of sight, behind the skyscrapers, is Oakland, home of Pitt, ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: CMU, "student culture,11 the Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History ELECTION RESULTS 2 (the dinosaurs are great!), and a major medical complex. Beyond Oakland is ANNUAL MEETING Shadyside, with its boutiques, yuppie watering holes, and no parking place for THURSDAY NIGHT SESSION 3 your BMW, and Squirrel Hill, with its bagels and crazed drivers. HISTORY OF SCIENCE PAYS OFF 3 And there's more-Pittsburgh is a beautiful, diversified city. I have become quite fond of it over the past ten years. I hope you enjoy it, too. page 2 History of Science Society N ewsietter

NEWS OF THE SOCIETY ELECTION RESULTS

A gratifyingly large number of votes were received in the recent election: 658 ballots PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL case of a vacancy in any office, the Coun­ postmarked on or before 23 August have AMENDMENTS cil shall elect a member of the Society to complete the unexpired portion of the been counted. Those elected are as fol­ lows: for Vice President and President­ Three items to be discussed by the His­ term. [As compared to the current stat­ elect, Mary Jo Nye; for Council, Allen tory of Science Society Council at its utes, this provides a longer term for the Debus, Jane Maienschein, Kathryn October meeting may, if passed by the Executive Secretary (the current Secretary Olesko, Ronald Overmann, and Shirley Council, be brought to a vote at the Busi­ has a two-year renewable term) andre­ Roe; for Nominating Committee from ness Meeting in Pittsburgh. moves the provision that the (Executive) First, there is a proposal to rationalize Secretary shall be elected in a year that a Council, Gerald Holton, Edith Sylla, and the timing for petition candidates in the President is not elected. If the first Execu­ Richard Westfall; for Nominating Com­ annual election. In Section ill. 9, para­ tive Secretary serves from January 1988 to mittee at large, Owen Hannaway and graph three now states: "Nominating December 1992, he or she will be elected Sandra Herbert. petitions, together with the agreement of in a year that a President is not elected, the person nominated, must reach the but if his or her successor is elected in chair of the Nominating Committee no 1992, that will coincide with the election way to Chapman College and Whittier later than sixty days before the mailing of of a President. At the end of ten years, if College, both in California. The program the ballots listing the nominees." Since things go according to schedule, there seeks to promote the history of science this is an undetermined date, as the date might again be a new Executive Secretary wherever it is not fully established. In of mailing of the ballots varies, it is pro­ in a year when a President was not addition to giving lectures and seminars, posed that the statutes read instead: elected.] these visitors stand ready to discuss the "Nominating petitions, together with the • New item H under Bylaws II. When importance and pedagogical usefulness of agreement of the person nominated, must necess~ a Special Nominating Commit­ the history of science with department reach the chair of the Nominating Com­ tee composed of the President (as chair), heads and college and university deans mittee within two months after the publi­ Vice President, and the members of the and presidents. At smaller colleges, a cation of the list of nominees!' In general elected Nominating Committee shall historian of science can serve as the focus the list of nominees is published in the recommend one or more candidates for of core curricula or in bridging the work of April Newsletter, which should appear Executive Secretary, to be elected by the a number of departments. At universities about the tenth of April. Nominating Council. that are planning to institute programs or petitions would then have a deadline of 10 Elsewhere in the statutes the term expand their history of science depart­ June, barely in time to add information "Secretary" shall be assumed to refer to ments, the Visiting Historians can draw about petition candidates to the July the Executive Secretary. attention to these plans and provide in­ Newsletter. valuable advice on alternative models. A second proposed constitutional OCTOBER 1987 RALEIGH They will also represent the profession in amendment would establish the relation HSS MEETING visits to other institutions, including of special interest groups to the Society. libraries, science museums, industrial and The by laws proposed for this purpose were Members of HSS are invited to submit research laboratories, and archives; to published in the April 1986 Newsletter, proposals for sessions for next year's an­ corporations and businesses; and to occa­ on page 5. These proposed bylaws might nual meeting, which will be held jointly sional community and public forums. be grouped as a fourth and final section of with the Society for the History of Tech­ The current list of lecturers was an­ the bylaws related to interest groups. nology in Raleigh, North Carolina, 29 nounced in the October 1985 and January A third proposed constitutional amend­ October-1 November 1987. Sessions on 1986 HSS Newsletter. Application forms ment would establish the office of Execu­ themes that link the interests of the two and detailed information concerning each tive Secretary to replace the current office participating societies are especially wel­ of the Visiting Historians of Science and of Secretary (see front page story, July come. Send proposals by 1 February 1987 on the program in general may be ob­ Newsletter). to Michael M. Sokal, Department of tained from the HSS Coordinator of Pro­ The proposed changes in the statutes Humanities, Worcester Polytechnic Insti­ grams, Joseph W. Dauben, Department of read: tute, Worcester, MA 01002. History, Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY, Bedford Park Boulevard West • Statute 7: The officers shall be a Presi­ Bronx, NY 10468; telephone (212) 960- dent, a Vice President, who is President­ VISITING HISIDRIANS OF SCIENCE 8285, 960-8289, or (212) 790-4606, 790- elect, an Executive Secretary, a Treasurer, 4621. Once this information is obtained, and the Editor of Isis. [As compared to the Under the leadership of Joseph Dauben, any institution or organization wishing to current statutes, this inserts the word HSS Coordinator of Programs, and Joe engage a Society lecturer in 1986-1987 "Executive."] Burchfield, Chairman of the HSS Visiting should first contact individual speakers • Statute 11: The Council shall elect a Historians of Science Program, the latter directly to ascertain whether they are Treasurer for a two-year renewable term. program is now well under way. Recent available, then submit the completed Council shall also elect an Executive successful visits are those of Gerald applications to the Coordinator of Pro­ Secretary for a five-year renewable term. In Holton to Dartmouth and of Frank Sullo- grams. October 1986 page3

Related Societies &. Programs ANNUAL MEETING Members of the History of Science Soci­ checks accepted) or money order for $18 THURSDAY NIGHT SESSION ety who wish to join the Australasian (individuals) or $22.50 (institutions) to Association for the History, Philosophy, Dr. Ditta Bartels, Treasurer, AAHPSSS, In planning travel to the Pittsburgh meet­ and Social Studies of Science are now School of History and Philosophy of Sci­ ing, please note that the following session entitled to a 10 percent reduction of their ence, University of New South Wales, has been scheduled for Thursday evening, membership fees (normally $20 for indi­ Kensington, N.S.W. 2033, Australia. 24 October, 7:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m. viduals and $25 for institutions). The Scientific Controversies membership fee for the Australasian Asso­ On the occasion of the forty-first Organizer and chair: Mordechai Feingold ciation includes a subscription to Metasci­ annual meeting of the Deutsche (Boston University) ence, an annual scholarly review, and to a Geophysikalische Gesellschaft (German quarterly newsletter. Geophysical Society) held in Hannover, Joella G. Yoder (Renton, Washington), By New members joining in the last three West Germany, on 29 March 1982, a Hooke or by Crooke: A Taxonomy of months of 1986 will hold membership Working Group for History of Geophysics Huygens's Priority Squabbles through to the end of 1987 and will re­ was founded. The Working Group will Susan E. Cozzens (National Science Foun­ ceive both the 1986 and 1987 issues of publish communications containing com­ dation), The Role of Third Parties in Prior­ Metascience. The 1986 issue, appearing in ments on important new publications, ity Disputes: The Opiate Receptor Case November, includes the following articles notices concerning research activities, (as well as book reviews and announce­ short reports on subjects from the history David L. Hull (Northwestern University), ments): Arie Rip, "The Challenge to Sci­ of geophysics, information on meetings, Priority Disputes: Rational Interest or ence Policy Studies" i David Dickson, inquiries from members, and so forth. Greed for Famd 11 From Strangelove to Star Wars: The New Starting immediately, special sessions on Comment: RichardS. Westfall (Indiana Politics of Science" i Gary Werskey, "The historical subjects are to be held at the University) 'Non-Technical' Education of Engineers" i regular meetings of the Deutsche Geophy­ The other societies are holding sessions Mark Francis, "Herbert Spencer and the sikalische Gesellschaft. For more informa­ both Thursday evening and Sunday after­ Mid-Victorian Scientists" i John Laurent, tion contact Wilfried Schroeder, Secretary, noon, 26 October. 11 Alternative Social Darwinism in an Hechelstrasse 8, D-2820 Bremen­ Australian Context, 1890-1914"i and Roennebeck, Federal Republic of Germany. Stephen Gaukroger, "Philosophical Re­ sponses to the New Science in Britain, The Department of Chemistry and Bio­ Tour in June and July 1987. John H. Wotiz 1644-1799: A Survey of Texts." chemistry and International Projects and will again be the tour director and instruc­ To join the Australasian Association, Services of Southern Illinois University at tor. Ten European countries will be vis­ members of HSS should identify them­ Carbondale, Illinois, is arranging the ited, with stops in places where history of selves as such and send a check (personal !\Jinth European History of Chemistry chemistry was made or is on exhibit, or

I-llSTORY OF SCIENCE PAYS OFF? can) were my fellow graduate students. I was Dr. Sarton's first woman student and second American to get the Ph.D. Dr. Last February Trans World Airlines an­ receive a Ph.D. in the history of science. Henry Guerlac (Ph.D. '41), although a nounced the grand prize winner of its Before retiring in 1977, Ms. Thomas student of Dr. Sarton, got his degree in "Cosmic Contest," a contest held in 1955 worked at Harvard College Observatory, straight History because there was some in which entrants were asked to describe MIT Radiation Laboratory and Research doubt that he would be able to get a job in 200 words or less what commercial air Laboratory of Electronics, and Raytheon teaching history of science. His first travel would be like in 1985. As TWA Laboratory. teaching was at Yale and then he inaugu­ announced, the person most accurately In reply to a letter, Helen Thomas gra­ rated the course in the history of science predicting 1985 commercial air travel was ciously wrote as follows. at the University of Wisconsin. During Helen Thomas of Cambridge, Massachu­ the War I worked for him as Assistant setts, who predicted that the airlines of "My Ph.D. was earned in 1948 from Historian at Radiation Laboratory, M.I.T. 1~85 would be powered by bypass jets, Radcliffe College. Harvard was the first He then went to Cornell. His. History of with ranges of 5,000 miles. Ms. Thomas university to offer this degree in the His­ Radar will be published by the American also predicted that planes would cruise at tory of Science. Of course, I was Dr. Institute of Physics and Tomash Books. about 700 mph and carry about 300 pas­ Sarton's student and his first two doctors, . . . One thing that makes me very happy sengers. Aydin Sayili (Ph.D. '42) who ... became is to see the many women (and men) in As described in the news releases an­ Professor of History of Science at the fine positions concerned with history of nouncing the prize, Ms. Thomas is a 1928 University of Ankara and I. Bernard Co­ science. I was told when I began research graduate of Radcliffe College who has the hen (Ph.D. '47) who became Professor of that I would never get a job in history of distinction of being the first woman to History of Science at Harvard (first Ameri- science, but I had to pursue it anyway!' page4 History of Science Society Newsletter

where special arrangements have been made to hear lectures by local historians. Participation for periods of less than eight Smithsonian Secretary Adams weeks will be possible. Family members Stresses Importance of History of Science of participants will be able to join the In his annual report for 1985, published highlighted the key role that historians of tour. University registration for credit or earlier this year, Smithsonian Secretary science can play in constructing a new audit is required. For further information Robert McC. Adams noted the importance liberal arts: "Science, it seems reasonable contact John H. Wotiz, Department of of the history of science as a bridge be­ to conclude, and even to celebrate, is the Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern tween science and the humanities. Com­ driving intellectual if not social force of Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901; menting on the complementarities be­ our age. Its content, to be sure, is not read­ telephone (618) 453-5721 (office) or 549- tween these two broad areas of inquiry, ily comprehendible with the traditional 4220 (home). Adams noted the "growing amount of equipment of the humanist. But the natu­ suggestive work focusing on the creative ral sciences are by no means as mono­ A small group of historians interested in process; on the cognitive and symbolic lithic and impenetrable as humanists too the history of military and naval technol­ aspects of pattern recognition and discov­ often assume. Moreover, the striking ogy has recently banded together in the ery; on the intellectual and social organi­ growth of the history of science as a disci­ Washington, D.C., area. The group plans zation of disciplines; on the blurring of pline has shown that, viewed as an alter­ to initiate a series of lectures at the Na­ disciplinary boundaries; and on the his­ nate career path rather than a short-term tional Museum of American History to tory of development of fields as disparate project, a measure of scientific specializa­ begin in fall1986. The group will also as science and art!' Calling for renewed tion can be an attractive challenge rather publish a newsletter, Ingeniator, to provide interdisciplinary efforts at understanding than a permanent deterrent to at least information on conferences and meetings, all knowledge without attention to arbi­ some humanists." work in progress, major publications, job trary and artificial boundaries, Adams vacancies, and appointments. The contact for the activities at the National Museum of American History is Dr. Edward C. Ezell, Curator/Supervisor of the Division ries about the group's activities and plans bring together scholars in all disciplines of Armed Forces History. The correspond­ to Dr. Donald R. Baucom, 2418 Childs that study the world of the nineteenth ing secretary for the group and the editor Lane, Alexandria, VA 22308. century: art, literature, languages, philos­ of its newsletter is Donald R. Baucom of ophy, history, women's studies, politics, the Air Force Office of History. Address Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century science. The 1987 INCS annual confer­ information for the newsletter and inqui- Studies (INCSJ is an association formed to ence, meeting 9-10 April on the campus of San Jose State University, will explore the topic "Revolution, Instability, Change." Persons wishing to submit pa­ EXPANDED GUIDE TO THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AVAILABLE! pers must submit a one-page proposal by 15 October 1986 to J. H. Haeger or Janice The seventh edition of the HSS Guide to the History ofScience, compiled and edited by E. Patten, Department of English, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192. P THOMAS CARROU (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), is soon to be published. \egistration for the conference will be THE NEW GUIDE now contains an expanded international Guide to Societies and available from the same address after 1 Organizations, a more complete, geographically arranged Guide to Graduate Study and January 1987. Those wishing to join the Research, and an updated Guide to Scholarly Journals with a list of newsletters-and organization and to receive its journal all members (except those requesting anonymity) are now in the Directory of Nineteenth-Century Contexts should Members. send $15 to Professor Eric T. Haskell, Treasurer INCS, French Department, ONE copy of the Guide is automatically mailed directly to all members FREE. . . Scripps College, Claremont, CA 91711. BUT WHEN your free copy is at the office and you are at home, or at home and you are at the office . . . Iowa State University announces the THEN you will be glad you took advantage of our special offer and ordered an creation of a Center for Historical Studies additional copy for the low price of $9 ($ 15 to nonmembers). of Technology and Science to complement the university's doctoral program in the ALSO available in hardback! S 12 ($20 to nonmembers). history of technology and science. Center activities include soliciting historical SEND to Guide, HSS Publications Office/Fv, 215 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA records from businesses, associations, and 19104-6310. individuals; raising grant funds to support preservation, organization, and study of OR, call TOLL FREE (orders only, please) 1-800-341-1522: DATATEL-800™, 8 a.m.- 9 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays. these collections; and securing research monies for the study of the history of technology and science at Iowa State University. The Center also will partici- October 1986 page 5

pate in interinstitutional research projects in areas of national and state technologi­ cal and scientific development. A serial OSIRIS IS HERE! publication, symposia, and lecture series are possible, as is a visiting scholars pro­ • Volume 1 of the second series of Osiris, devoted to Historical Writing on American gram. For further information, contact Science, was published july 1985. Guest-edited by Sally Gregory Kohlstedt and Alan I Marcus, Director, Center for His­ Margaret Rossiter, Volume 1 presents an unprecedented overview of science and torical Studies of Technology and Science, society in the United States. Articles by leading younger scholars in the discipline are 635 Roos Hall, Iowa State University, devoted to the scientific specialties, to such classic themes as "Institutional History;" Ames, Iowa 50011. and to such newer themes as "Science and Religion;· and "Science and Public Policy Since World War II."

The annual series Knowledge and Society: • Volume 2 of Osiris, published April 1986, offers an array of important papers Studies in the Sociology of Science, Past capturing themes at the leading edge of research and debate. Among the contributors and Present has recently moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana­ to Volume 2 are David C. Lindberg ("The Genesis of Kepler's Theory of Light"), Ernst Champaign, with Lowell Hargens, Robert Mayr ('J,G. Kolreuter's Contributions to Biology"), and Garland E. Allen ("The AlunJones, and Andrew Pickering as Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor"). editors. The new editors intend to inter­ • Volume 3, to be published in early 1987, presents a collection of authoritative essays pret the title of the series broadly, and by leading historians of science. It features Ruth Barton (on john Tyndall's Pantheism), they invite contributions from historians, philosophers, sociologists, anthropolo­ Adrian Desmond (on artisans and evolution in Britain), Robert E. Kohler (on private gists, and other social scientists working foundations and American science), Sheila Weiss (on the race hygiene movement in in the general area of science studies. The Germany), and Alan Needell (on the federal role in radioastronomy). future focus of the series will reflect the • Now is the time to subscribe to Osiris. Special prices for HSS members: Volumes 1, 2, editors' interests in the sociological study of scientific communities, the sociology and 3 for only $45 (hardcover}, $30 (paperback). For more information, contact the of scientific knowledge and associated HSS Publications Office, 215 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6310. historiographic and epistemological prob­ lems, and the history and sociology of the ORDER YOUR COPIES NOW! Or call TOLL FREE, for orders only social sciences. The editors hope to pro­ 1-800-341-1522 DATATEL-800™ vide a context for dialogue between these Weekdays 8 a.m.-9 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. different perspectives in the sociology of sciencei to this end they expect to publish ...... special numbers of the series devoted to SEND TO particular problems of interdisciplinary concern. For more information contact OSIRISIOE the editors at the Department of Sociol­ 215 South 34th Street ogy, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL rt:JJIIIIII Philadelphia, PA 191 04-631 0 61801. Please send me all three volumes of Osiris at the special members rate of ___ $30 paperback, $45 hardcover. The Smithsonian Institution has been awarded a $131,000 grant from the AHred I PREFER TO PAY AS FOLLOWS: P. Sloan Foundation to launch the first __ Check enclosed, payable to the History of Science Society year of an expected $1 million, four-year program to explore how video technology __ Bill me (volumes sent upon receipt of payment) can aid in documenting the history of science and technology. "Science in Na­ __ Charge my VISA/MasterCard No. ------tional Life" will encompass up to six pilot Expiration Date. ______projects, including group discussions between those who have had common SIGNATURE experience in large-scale scientific mis­ sions. One of the projects proposed to NAME initiate the program is the documentation of evolution as a scientific theory. It is ADDRESS expected that video histories will supple­ ment the Smithsonian's archives and oral CITY history interviews with visual records leading to a better understanding of the STATE COUNTRY ZIP frameworks within which innovative scientific and technological studies are done. page 6 History of Science Society N evvsletter

Chicago encourage scholars whose re­ FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS search can be strengthened through resi­ dence at both libraries to make application jointly to both institutions' short-term fellowship programs. Either The American Antiquarian Society (AAS} • Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellow­ the Newberry or the AAS form may be announces the availability of four types of ships providing $700 per month are avail­ used. The Newberry Library has two clos­ awards for research at its library in Worces­ able for one to three months to persons ing dates annually, 1 March and 15 Octo­ ter, Massachusetts, during the year 1 June including Ph.D. candidates and foreign ber. The AAS deadline is 31 January. 1987 to 31 May 1988. The deadline for nationals who are engaged in scholarly • Application materials may be ob­ applications for all four awards and for research and writing in any field in Ameri­ tained from John B. Hench, Associate letters of recommendation is 1 January can history and culture through 1896 in Director for Research and Publication, 1987. which the AAS holds strong collections. AAS, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609; telephone (617) 752-5813 or (617) • National Endowment for the Humani­ • Albert Boni Fellowships supply $700 ties Fellowships, tenable for six to twelve per month for one or two months for work 755-5221. months at the AAS, with a maximum in the general fields of early American stipend of $27,500, are available to Ameri­ bibliography or printing and publishing Upcoming deadlines for various American can citizens or those who have resided in history. Council of Learned Societies (ACLSJ the United States for at least three years grants are as follows: preceding their award. They may not be • At least two Frances Hiatt Fellowships • Grants-in-Aid for personal travel and of $700 per month for one or two months awarded to degree candidates. NEH Fel­ maintenance away from home necessary will be awarded in 1987-1988 to graduate lows must devote full time to their study to gain access to materials, research or students engaged in research for doctoral and may not hold other fellowships simul­ clerical assistance, and reproduction or dissertations. taneously except sabbaticals or other purchase of materials. Stipends will not grants from their own institutions. • The AAS and the Newberry Library in exceed $3,000 and should be expended

POSITIONS Preference to applicants with research three letters of reference, to Alan Rocke, interests in American medicine or clinical Chairman, Search Committee, Depart­ Brown University seeks applicants for the subjects. The appointee will share in the ment of History, Case Western Reserve position of Brown University Fellow in teaching of health science students and University, Cleveland, OH 44106. Appli­ the History of Biology and Medicine, a participate in the existing graduate pro­ cation deadline is 15 December 1986. two-year, nomenewable position to be gram. Applications should include curric­ AA/EOE. held jointly in the Department of History ulum vitae, statement about professional and in the Division of Biology and Medi­ goals, and three letters of recommenda­ The National Aeronautics and Space cine and to begin July 1987. A commit­ tion and should be sent to Guenter B. Administration (NASA} History Office ment to undergraduate education as well Risse, Chair, Department of the History seeks a qualified scholar to research and as a high level of scholarship is expected. and Philosophy of Health Sciences, Uni­ write a management history of the Space The fellow will participate in activities of versity of California, San Francisco, Box Station Program. NASA expects to be able Brown's Program in Liberal Medical Edu­ 0726, 533 Parnassus Avenue, San to support one year's full-time effort, cation and teach half-time (one course per Francisco, CA 94143. Application dead­ which should result in a documented, term). The remaining half time will be line 15 December 1986. AA/EOE. publishable essay monograph. The dead­ devoted to research. Candidates must have line for proposals is 1 February 1987. a Ph.D. by June 1987 in the history of The Program in History of Science and Those considering making proposals biology or medicine or closely related Technology at Case Western Reserve Uni­ should contact Sylvia Fries for further fields. Send letter of application and cur­ versity invites applications for a perma­ information by 1 November 1986 at riculum vitae to Joan L. Richards, Depart­ nent or tenure-track position in history of NASA, Washington, DC 20546; telephone ment of History, Box N, Brown technology for fall1987, rank open. A (202) 453-2999. University, Providence, RI 02912 by 15 Ph.D. is required; substantial scholarly Sylvia Fries reported earlier that owing January 1987. AA/EOE. achievement or potential and commit­ ment to excellence in teaching must be The Department of History and Philoso­ documented. Preference will be given to DON'T FORGET: To get announcements phy of Health Sciences at the University candidates with specialization in modem of positions between newsletters, send of California, San Francisco, invites appli­ (nineteenth- or twentieth-century) Ameri­ your name and address to Edith D. Sylla, cations for a tenure-track faculty position can topics, especially with an orientation HSS Secretary, School of Humanities and in the history of medicine. Candidates toward science, technology, and society. Social Sciences, Box 8101, North Carolina must have an M.D. or Ph.D. Rank and Salary is competitive. Send applications, State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8101. salary commensurate with qualifications. including curriculum vitae and at least October 1986 page 7

within one year after acceptance. Dead­ short-term (three weeks) research in eligi­ Pharmacy (AIHP} located at the Univer­ line for receipt of applications is 15 De­ ble countries are 31 October 1986, 31 sity of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy cember 1986. January 1987, and 30 April1987 for re­ announces that it has recently expanded • Travel Grants for Humanists to Interna­ search beginning three months after the its program to include grants to aid thesis tional Meetings Abroad for persons who deadline. work and foster teaching improvement in are to read papers or have a major, official General inquiries and requests for appli­ the history of pharmacy and has increased role in the meeting. Applicants must hold cation forms for all these programs should the amount awarded in the Fischelis a Ph.D. degree or equivalent and must be be addressed to the Office of Fellowships Scholar Competition. citizens or permanent residents of the and Grants, ACLS, 228 East 45th Street, • Up to $5,000 may be awarded annually United States. Request application forms New York, NY 10017-3398. In requesting to help defray direct costs of dissertation from the Travel Grant Office of the ACLS. application forms for the programs of research related to the history of phar­ Deadlines for receipt of completed appli­ grants, the prospective applicant should macy. cation forms are 1 July for meetings state highest academic degree held and • The AIHP Teaching Improvement November-February, 1 November for date received, citizenship or permanent program, for which the application proc­ meetings March-June, and 1 March for residence, academic or other position, ess is now open, provides a matching meetings July-October. field of specialization, proposed subject of grant of up to $15,000 for one year in • The International Research and Ex­ research or study, period of time for which residence at a host university where the changes Board (IREX), with the Social support is requested, and the specific recipient can attend relevant advanced Science Research Council as cosponsor, award program under which an applica­ courses in history of pharmacy and related administers scholarly exchange programs tion is contemplated. Application may be humanistic studies. with tastem Europe and the Soviet made under only one program except in • The Fischelis Scholar Competition Union. Deadline for grants for long-term the case of participation in conferences awards $22,000 biennially for research (two to ten months) research in eligible abroad. projects related to a historical understand­ countries is 1 November 1986 for partici­ ing of some area of twentieth-century pation during 1987-1988. Deadlines for The American Institute of the History of American pharmacy.

to current budget constraints the NASA modem science and technology, as well as opening is for the Sloan Videohistory History Office has found it necessary to an ability and interest in developing a Project Manager with a salary range of defer funding of a contract to research and teaching program to deal with these issues $31, 619 to $41, 105 per year. Expected write a narrative history of the Space in an undergraduate environment. Teach­ qualifications include at least two years' Shuttle (Orbiter, External Tank, and Solid ing at Sarah Lawrence is carried out in professional experience and knowledge of Rocket Booster). When funding is avail­ seminar classes and individual tutorials. twentieth-century history of science and able, the reavailability of the contract for Requirements: successful teaching experi­ technology, scientific institutions, or the Space Shuttle history will be an­ ence, a strong commitment to undergrad­ intellectual history, or anthropology, as nounced in the Newsletter. uate teaching, and Ph.D. or an equivalent well as knowledge of videohistory and oral commitment to scholarship. Send curric­ history techniques and general archival ulum vitae and references, plus outlines of practices. For the vacancy announcement, Tentative authorization has been granted two proposed courses with reading lists call (202) 35 7-2465 and ask for Announce­ at the University of New Hampshire and description of research interests, to ment 86-405-T. The second opening is for for appointment, beginning September Science and Society Search Committee, a Sloan Videohistory Project Assistant 1987, of a tenure-track assistant professor c/o Janet Held, Faculty Secretary, Sarah with a salary range of $14,390 to $23,170. in the history of science, with regular Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY 10708. Expected qualifications include knowl­ teaching responsibilities also in an inter­ Deadline 15 November 1986. AA/EOE; edge of twentieth-century history of sci­ disciplinary humanities program. Dead­ minorities and women encouraged to ence and technology, scientific line for application has been tentatively apply. institutions, intellectual history or an­ set for 1 December 1986. For further infor­ thropology. For the vacancy announce­ mation contact Professor Jeffrey Diefen­ The Smithsonian Institution National Air ment, call (202) 357-2465 and ask for dorf, Department of History, University of and Space Museum announces two imme­ Announcement 86-406-T. For further New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824. diate openings in its Video History Pro­ information about both positions call or ject, which has been awarded a $131,000 write David H. DeVorkin, Room 3557, Sarah Lawrence College announces an grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation National Air and Space Museum, opening for a one- or three-year full-time to begin a project expected to last four Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC position beginning September 1987 in the years exploring how video technology can 20560; telephone (202) 357-2828. area of science and society or history of aid in documenting the history of science ~cience. Candidates should have expertise and technology in their relation to na­ The Department of the History of Science m the political economic and social tional life (see announcement under Re­ at the University of Wisconsin-Madison issues arising ;ut of the d~velopments in lated Societies and Programs). The first announces a possible tenure-track ap- pageS History of Science Society Newsletter

For more information write the Ameri­ Amman, annual professorships in all three and copies of not more than three schol­ can Institute of the History of Pharmacy, locations with room and board benefits, arly publications; detailed statement of Pharmacy Building, 425 N. Charter and a number of smaller fellowships. current research interests; two- to four­ Street, Madison, WI 53706-1508; tele­ Application deadline for most awards is 3 page discussion of the kind of teaching the phone (608) 262-5378. November 1986. For details and applica­ applicant would like to pursue at the tion information, write American Schools Society; and three letters of recommenda­ of Oriental Research, 4243 Spruce Street, tion from senior colleagues. For exact The American Schools of Oriental Re­ Philadelphia, PA 19104; telephone (215) details of the application process, write search (ASORJ is offering over $150,000 in 222-4643. immediately to Jonathan Culler, Director, research, study, and travel grants for the Society for the Humanities, Cornell Uni­ 1987-1988 academic year and the sum­ The Society for the Humanities, Cornell versity, 27 East Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14853- mer of 1987 for study in the Middle East. University invites applications for six llOl. Awards are available to undergraduates, Junior Fellowships for 1987-1988. Each graduate students, seminarians, and post­ Junior Fellow receives $24,000 for the The sixteenth annual Institute for the doctoral scholars, for humanistic study in year, is expected to spend most of the time Editing of Historical Documents is sched­ the Middle East from prehistoric through at Cornell in research and writing, but is uled for 15-26 June 1987 in Madison, Islamic times. Recipients join the schol­ encouraged to offer an informal seminar. Wisconsin. Jointly sponsored by the Na­ arly community of the Albright Institute The focal theme for 1987-1988 will be tional Historical Publications and Records in Jerusalem, the American Center for The Humanities and Race. Applicants Commission (NHPRC), the State Histori­ Oriental Research in Amman, or the Cy­ must have received the Ph.D. degree by cal Society of Wisconsin, and the Univer­ prus American Archaeological Research the time of their application and within sity of Wisconsin, the institute will Institute in Nicosia. Awards include Na­ the past ten years. They must have one or provide detailed theoretical and practical tional Endowment for the Humanities more years of college teaching experience. instruction in documentary editing. Ap­ Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships with The following material must be submitted plicants should hold a master's degree in stipends up to $25,000 in Jerusalem and by 1 November 1986: curriculum vitae history or American civilization. A lim-

pointment, beginning August 1987 for an It is a department-level unit in the College begin as early as 1 October 1986. The assistant professor unless rank and experi­ of Arts and Sciences with its own faculty, person employed is to develop and manage ence require appointment at a higher which offers, in cooperation with faculty scientific archives located at the Univer­ level. Area of specialization: since 1700; from the departments of History, Philoso­ sity of Maryland, Baltimore County. In fields open, but must complement exist­ phy, and Sociology, the M.S. and Ph.D. particular, the archivist will execute a ing faculty. Preference is for history of degrees in science and technology studies project to design and implement a chemistry; the department is also inter­ (STS). Center faculty also take part in computer-based inventory of the archives' ested in history of technology or history of undergraduate instruction. The director is collections. Qualifications: ALA­ the earth sciences. Strong preference for expected to provide leadership and to accredited M.L.S. or M.A. in History or applicants with completed Ph.D. The foster a collegial atmosphere for this com­ History of Science, with training in archi­ successful applicant will be expected to plex enterprise. The director's salary is val administration, principles, and prac­ develop a significant program of teaching competitive and the appointment is a tices required. One or more years and research. Inquiries and applications senior one, carrying tenure. The new professional archival experience strongly should be directed to David C. Lindberg, director will begin 1 July 1987 or shortly desired. Knowledge of microcomputing Chairman, Department of the History of thereafter. Closing date for nominations required. Full-time appointment at a Science, 4143 Helen C. White Hall, Uni­ and applications is 15 November 1986. starting salary of $10.00 per hour. To apply versity of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706; Candidates are expected to have a substan­ submit a complete resume and the names telephone (608) 262-1406/3971. Apply as tial record of scholarship in STS and suit­ and addresses of three references. For more soon as possible, but not later than 1 able administrative experience. information contact Donald E. Shay, February 1987. Informal contact is encour­ Nominations and applications (including. Chairman, Archives Committee, Ameri­ aged during annual meeting of the History names of three referees) should be sent to can Society for Microbiology, 205 Hilltop of Science Society in Pittsburgh, 23-26 Larry Laudan, Chair, Search Committee, Road, Linthicum, Maryland 21090; tele­ October 1986. AA/EOE. Center for the Study of Science in Society, phone (301) 859-5434. AA/EOE. Virginia ~ech, Blacksburg, VA 24061. AA/ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State EOE. University announces its intention to hire DON'T OVERLOOK the positions with a new director of the Center for the Study FOR THE RECORD October or November deadlines of Science in Society. The Center is a The American Society for Microbiology announced in the July 1986 Newsletter: research and teaching unit designed to Center for the History of Microbiology contribute to understanding the interac­ University of Connecticut, Dumbarton announced 30 July 1986 their interest in Oaks, University of Georgia. tions of science, technology, and society. employing an Archivist/Historian to page9 October 1986

ited number of tuition and travel grants ·years and cover tuition plus a stipend of interdisciplinary and to candidates who are available. Major funding for the insti­ up to $10,000 per year. For information have not previously utilized the resources tute is provided by the Andrew W. Mellon about the next competition contact Allen of this university and whose work would Foundation. Further information and Cissell, NGFP-Mail Stop 3327, U.S. allow them to take advantage of the re­ application forms arc available from the Department of Education, ROB 3, 7th and search strengths of the institution and to NHPRC, Room 3000, National Archives D Streets SW, Washington, DC 20202. make contributions to its intellectual life. Building, Washington, DC 20408; tele­ The award carries an annual stipend of $25,000. Completed applications must be phone (202) 523-3092. Application dead­ The National Library of Medicine plans to received no later than 1 December 1986. line is 15 March 1987. select one scholar to engage in research and staff consultation during the 1987- For further information and application 1988 season. Applications are now invited forms, write to Dr. Stephen N. Dunning, Applications are nmently being accepted from individuals interested in spending Chairman, Humanities Coordinating for the 198 7-19 8 8 Institute of Electrical from six to twelve months at the Library Committee, 16 College Hall, University and Electronics Engineers (IEEE} Fellow­ between 1 September 198 7 and 31 August of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104- ship in Electrical History. The fellowship 1988. Detailed announcements and appli­ 6378. AA/EOE. is for either one year of full-time graduate cation forms may be obtained from the work in the history of electrical science Chief, History of Medicine Division, Maurice L. Richardson Fellowships are and technology at a college or university National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rock­ available for graduate studies in the His­ of recognized standing, or for the support ville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894; tele­ tory of Medicine at the University of of up to one year of research for a recent phone (301) 496-5405. Deadline is 1 Wisconsin-Madison. Beginning and ad­ Ph.D. graduate in the same field. For a February 1987. vanced graduate students in history of predoctoral recipient, the fellowship sti­ science or history of medicine are eligible. pend is $9,000, with an additional The National Science Foundation has a Funds are limited and awards will be amount of up to $2,000 to pay academic new announcement of its Ethics and made on the basis of merit and standing; tuition and fees. The stipend is $11,000 Values Studies (EVSJ program supporting stipends range from $500 to $9,000 per for a postdoctoral recipient. The deadline projects that examine ethical or value academic year. Students may apply for up for receipt of application is 1 February issues associated with current U.S. scien­ to three academic years of support, one of 1987. Application forms may be obtained tific or engineering research or its use. which may be at the dissertation level. from the IEEE Center for the History of Closing dates for submitting preliminary The deadline for applications is 15 January Electrical Engineering, 345 East 47th proposals to EVS are 1 May and 1 Novem­ 1987. Apply to Department of the History Street, New York, NY 10017. ber each year; subsequent closing dates for of Medicine, 1415 Medical Sciences Cen­ formal proposals are 1 August and 1 Febru­ ter, 1300 University Avenue, Madison, WI Lynne V. Cheney, the new chairman of ary. For a copy of the armouncement, 53706. the National Endowment for the Humani­ write NSF Forms and Publications, 1800 ties, in a speech at the National Council G Street NW, Washington, DC 20550. For The Rockefeller University will make o~ the Humanities on 8 August, espe­ further information, write or call the grants of not more than $1,500 to graduate Cially invited applications to the NEH Coordinator, EVS, National Science Foun­ students or postgraduate scholars engaged Humanities Media Program for television dation; telephone (202) 357-9894. in research requiring use of the holdings of and radio biographies on the lives of his­ the Rockefeller Archive Center. Grants torically significant Americans. As for all The New Jersey Historical Commission will be made to applicants of any disci­ media programs, NEH grants are available provides grants-in-aid up to $10,000 for pline. The size of individual grants will be for planning, scripting, or production and research, teaching, public programs, con­ dependent upon the travel, temporary may cover single programs or series in a servation, or publication related to New lodging, and research expenses of the variety of documentary and dramatic Jersey history. Applications deadlines are 1 applicant. Inquiries about the program formats. Collaboration between scholars October, 1 February, and 1 June. For guide­ and requests for application forms should in the humanities and media artists and lines and application materials request the be addressed to the Director, Rockefeller professionals is essential. For more infor­ Commission's Grants Guidelines Booklet Archive Center, Pocantico Hills, North mation contact NEH Division of General for 1987 from Grants and Prizes, New Tarrytown, NY 10591-1598. The deadline Programs, Humaniti~s Projects in Media Jersey Historical Commission, 113 W. for applications for 1987 grants is 31 De­ Room 420, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue ' State Street, CN 305, Trenton, NJ 08625; cember 1986. The names of the recipients

NW, Washington DC 20506·1 telephone telephone (609) 292-6062. will be announced in March 1987. (20 2) 786-0278. TheI next deadline for receipt of applications for this program is The University of Pennsylvania an­ 20 March 1987. nounces Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities for younger scholars FELLOWSHIPS in the July 1986 Newsletter with November deadlines are The National Graduate Fellows Program who, by 30 September 1987, will have held the Ph.D. for not fewer than three the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (~GFPJ of the U.S. Department of Educa­ Program and the Mellon Fellowships at tion awards fellowships to graduate stu­ and not more than eight years. Research Harvard and Stanford; the Francis C. dents in the humanities social sciences proposals are invited in all areas of hu­ d I I Wood Institute Residency Program has a an arts, including history of science. The manistic studies except educational deadline of 15 January 1987. fellows h"1ps are awarded for one year and curriculum-building and performing arts. - are renewable for up to an additional three Preference is given to proposals that are page 10 History of Science Society Newsletter

(University of Texas-Austin), "The Predic­ MEETINGS & LECTURES tion of the Microwave Background Radia­ tion"; William Fowler (California Institute of Technology), ''Cosmological Models The History of Physics Division and the sity), "The Proton-Proton Reaction and and Cosmochemistry in Stars"; and Astrophysics Division of the American the Carbon Cycle"; E. Salpeter (Cornell Robert W. Wilson (Bell Laboratories), Physical Society will jointly sponsor a University), 'The Triple-Alpha Process 11 0bservational Discovery of the Micro­ Symposium on the History of Astrophys­ and Late Stages of Stellar Evolution"; and wave Background, and the Confirmation ics in the Twentieth Century, in Crystal Raymond Davis, Jr. (University of Penn­ of the Exploding Universe Models." Crys­ City; Virginia, 21-22 April1987, 9:00 sylvania), 11 History of the Solar Neutrino tal City is just across the river from Wash­ a.m.-12:00 noon. The first morning will Problem." The second morning is devoted ington, D.C.; the sessions have been be devoted to Stellar Structure and the to Stellar Composition, Birth of the Uni­ arranged to dovetail with those on New­ Origin of Stellar Energy; with addresses by verse, Origin of the Elements, with ad­ ton's Principia at Maryland, described Lawrence Badash (University of California­ dresses by David DeVorkin (Smithsonian below. Santa Barbara), "Radioactive Dating and Institution), 11 Henry Norris Russell and the Age of the Earth"; Karl Hufbauer the Chemical Makeup of Stars"; Robert Upcoming lectures in the Boston Collo­ (University of California-Irvine), "Solu­ Smith (Smithsonian Institution and Johns quium for the Philosophy of Science series tions to the Energy Problem Proposed Hopkins University), 11 The Growing Real­ include: "Science and Phenomenological Before 1938"; S. Chandrasekhar (Univer­ ization, 1917-1930, That the Universe Sociology: Alfred Schutz and Felix Kauf­ sity of Chicago), 11 Stellar Structure and Expands"; Ralph Alpher (Union College, mann," by Ingeborg Helling (University of the Realization That Some Stars Are De­ Schenectady; N.Y.), 11 Cosmochemistry in Bielefeld), 21 October 1986; "Prediction, generate"; Hans Bethe (Cornell Univer- the Early Universe"; Robert Herman Modelling and the Scientific Method," by

CALLS FOR PAPERS Papers are invited for the sixteenth annual ple, research programs, institutions, and meeting of the International Society for their influence J will take place during the the Comparative Study of Civilization, General Assembly of the International which will take place 29-30 May 1987 at Union for Geodesy and Geophysics, Van­ Cheiron: The httemational Society for the Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Emphasis couver, Canada, August 1987. The papers History of the Behavioral and Social will be given to a number of themes, will be published in a book. Those wish­ Sciences invites papers, symposia, and including Civilizational Encounters and workshops for its nineteenth annual ing to submit papers should send an ab­ the Transformation of Ideologies, meeting, to be held at Bowdoin College, stract by 15 February 1987 to Wilfried Marxism as a Methodology for the Brunswick, Maine, 10-13 June 1987. Schroeder, Hechelstrasse 8, D-2820 Comparative Study of Civilization, Inquiries should be directed to the Bremen-Roennebeck, Federal Republic Feminist Issues in the Civilizational Program Chair, Professor Laurel of Germany. Process, and Time: Comparative Furumoto, Department of Psychology; Perspectives in Civilization. To submit a Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02181. A C. S. Peirce Sesquicentennial Interna­ paper, send seven copies of a one-page Deadline for submissions is 15 January tional Congress is to be held at Harvard abstract by 30 November 1986 to Wayne 1987. University in early fall 1989, ending on 10 Bledsoe, Program Chairman ISCSC 1987, September 1989, the sesquicentennial of Department of History /Political Science, Peirce's birth. A formal call for papers on A call for proposals for sessions at the University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, any aspect of Peirce's diverse intellectual 198 7 annual meeting of the History of Missouri 65401. interests is planned for the near future. For Science Society to be held in Raleigh, more information or to be placed on the North Carolina, 29 October-1 November, Two historical sessions-"The Use of mailing list for news and announcements appears elsewhere in the Newsletter, Historical Data in Geosciences" (on the about the Congress, write to Kenneth L. under News of the Society. study and preservation of historical data in Ketner, Chairperson, Peirce Sesquicenten­ the different geophysical disciplines, e.g. nial International Congress Organizing long-term observations in meteorology; Committee, Institute for Studies in Prag­ PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS can still be long-term auroral data and their impor­ matism, 304K Library; Texas Tech Univer­ sent for meetings, listed in the July 1986 tance for solar-terrestrial relationships, sity; Lubbock, TX 79409; telephone (806) Newsletter, of the American Society for evidence of old data, source problems, 742-3128. Ethnohistory, the Midwest Victorian general problems in publication and docu­ Studies Association, and the Thirtieth mentation of these data and their role in Papers are invited for a conference, Per­ Annual Missouri Valley History Confer­ modem geophysical studies)-and "Past, ceiving Nature: How the Humanities, ence, all with deadlines in November. Present, and Future Trends in Research in Arts, and Sciences View Our World, to be Aeronomy and Geomagnetism" (on peo- held 20-22 March 1987 on the University

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Peter Caines (McGill University), 4 No­ Winner (Massachusetts College of Art and sessions concerning the history of textiles. vember 1986; 11 Newton's Third Law of Boston University), 11 December 1986; Those wishing to participate should re­ Motion and the Conceptual Structure of ''Arabic Mathematics: The Historical quest further information and registration the Scientific Revolution," by Zev Bechler Periodization of Classical Mathematics," forms from 112e Congres National des (Tel Aviv University), 11 November 1986; by Roshdi Rashed (CNRS, Paris), 27 Janu­ Societes Savantes, Comite des Travaux "Self and World: Symbiotic Constraints ary 1987. For more information write or Historiques et Scientifiques, 3-5 Boule­ on Scientific Realism," by Joseph Margolis call RobertS. Cohen, Center for the Phi­ vard Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France. Registra­ (Temple University), 18 November 1986; losophy and History of Science, Boston tion forms should be returned by 15 "Soviet Studies in Logic and Epistemol­ University; 745 Commonwealth Avenue, January 1987. ogy: A Symposium" with lectures by G. Boston, MA 02215; telephone (617) 353- Brutian (Yerevan), D. P. Gorski (Moscow), 2604. A symposium on The Michelson Era in 1. Nikiforov (Moscow), and V. A. Lektorshy 11 American Science, 1870-1930, will be (Moscow), 25 November 1986; Scientific The Comite des Travaux Historiques et held on the campus of Case Western Re­ Scientifiques announces that the 112e Objectivity in Historical Perspective: The serve University 28-29 October 1987, as Case of Logical Positivism," by Michael Congres National des Societes Savantes part of a wide-ranging group of scientific, Friedman (University of Illinois at Chi­ will take place in Lyon 21-25 April1987. historical, and cultural activities marking cago and Harvard), 2 December 1986; At that meeting the Section d'Histoire des the centennial of the Michelson-Morley "The Form of Information in Science," by Sciences et des Techniques will address experiment. The symposium is designed Paul Mattack, Jr. (Bennington College), 9 itself to the history of science and tech­ to explore topics concerning Michelson, December 1986; " Peirce, Bogtyrev and nology in the Lyon region and will co­ Morley, or the experiment itself, or more Lotman on the 'Human Sign': Narration sponsor an interdisciplinary colloquium, broadly related to the context of American and Ethnic Culture Texts," by Irene Portis "La Ville et le Fleuve." There will also be physics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Ten invited papers have been solicited, including a keynote address by Daniel Kev les. All interested scholars are invited to attend; contingent upon funding, a limited number of sti­ pends may be available for nonpresenting participants. Publication of the proceed­ of Hawaii Campus, Honolulu, Hawaii. Washington, D.C. The meeting will pro­ ings is being actively explored; in addition Keynote speakers include Stephen Jay vide an opportunity to explore the history to the contributions of the invited pre­ Gould and Wilson Hurley. For more de­ of science, technology, and medicine in senters, interested scholars are invited to tails concerning suggested paper topics relation to government activities, includ­ submit manuscripts on topics relating to and criteria for selection of papers contact ing the military; and to public policy is­ the symposium for possible inclusion in Diana DeLuca, Assistant Dean, Windward sues. Three copies of the proposal and the symposium volume. For further infor­ Community College, 45-720 Keaahala vitas for all panelists were to have been mation on stipends, manuscript submis­ Road, Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744; telephone sent to SHFG, Box 14139, Benjamin sions, or other details, contact Alan (808) 235-7424. Papers, not to exceed ten Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044 Rocke, Program in History of Science and double-spaced pages, must be sent to the by 30 September 1986. Technology; Case Western Reserve Univer­ same address by 1 November 1986. sity; Cleveland, OH 44106. The Society for Thxtual Scholarship an­ The Society for Historians of the Early nounces its fourth Biennial International Upcoming lectures at the Section of His­ American Republic will hold its annual Interdisciplinary Conference, to be held tory and Philosophy of Science, New York meeting at the Temple University City 9-11 April1987 at the Graduate School Academy of Sciences, include Gert Schu­ Center Campus in Philadelphia's histori­ and University Center of the City Univer­ bring (Universitat Bielefeld), "The Dis­ cal district on 16-18 July 1987. Proposals sity of New York. The theme for the 1987 semination of the ecole polytechnique in are ~vited for individual papers, entire conference will be "Continuity and Europe as a Model of Scientific Research sess~ons, and discussion panels; complete Change in Contemporary Textual Scholar­ and Training," 22 October 1986; Ann sessiOn proposals are encouraged. All ship." Those scholars who are members of Hibner Koblitz (Wellesley College), "The proposals should include a synopsis of the teams engaged in major editorial and Mythification of Sofia Kovalevskaia," 4 thesis, methodology, and significance of bibliographical projects may hold meet­ December 1986; Erwin N. Hiebert (Har­ each paper and a curriculum vitae for each ings of the members of the team and other vard University), "The Scientist as Philos­ author, ana should be sent to James B. interested individuals as part of the meet­ opher of Science," 28 January 1987. All Stewart, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN ing. Anyone wishing to propose a paper ?r meetings are scheduled at 8:00p.m. at the 55105. Deadline is 1 December 1986. team meeting or to be placed on the mail­ New York Academy of Sciences, 2 East ing list for further announcements should 63rd Street, New York 10021; telephone The Society for the History of the Federal write toW. Speed Hill and Barbara Oberg, (212) 838-0230. Government (SHFG) and the National Program Co-Chairs, Society for Textual Council on Public History invite research­ Scholarship, c/o Papers of Benjamin ers in · The Center for Renaissance and Baroque SCience and technology to submit Franklin, 1603A Yale Station, New Haven, paper.s or organize symposia for their joint CT 06520. Deadline for submission of Studies at the University of Maryland, meetmg to be held 24-26 April 198 7 in abstracts is 15 October 1986. College Park, and the National Museum • page 12 History of Science Society Newsletter

of American History of the Smithsonian Prize Competitions nized. The contest is open to all scholars. Institution will sponsor a symposium, The prize will be awarded in 1988, and the supported by a major grant from the Alfred The James L. CliHord Prize of $300 is closing date for announcement of inten­ P. Sloan Foundation, entitled Newton's awarded to the best nominated article tion by those intending to submit an essay Principia 1687-1987, on 23-25 April studying some aspect of eighteenth­ is 30 October 1987. Further information 1987. The symposium will focus on New­ century culture and of interest to any may be obtained from the Executive Secre­ ton's published work, its relation to the eighteenth-century specialist regardless of tary of the TWAS at the following address: science of his time, its influence on discipline. The article should be not TWAS History of Science Prize, Interna­ eighteenth-century civilization, and its longer than 7.,500 words, it must have tional Centre for Theoretical Physics, P 0. relevance to the twentieth century. There appeared in print in a journal, festschrift, Box 586, 34100 Trieste, Italy. will be eight or nine lectures arranged in or other serial publication between July four half-day sessions. A research discus­ 1985 and June 1986, and it must be nomi­ Dissertations sion by specialists will be scheduled in a nated by a member of the American Soci­ morning session. The National Museum ety for Eighteenth-Century Studies University of Chicago of American History will present a new (ASECS) or by its author, who must be a Regis Cabral, 11 The Interaction of Science 11 exhibit, Newton and the Principia: A member of the ASECS at the time of the and Diplomacy: Latin America, the Tercentenary Celebration." The registra­ award. Nominations must be accompa­ United States, and Nuclear Energy, 1945- tion fee for the symposiul]l is $50, or $40 nied by an offprint or copy of the article 1955." Ph.D. completed August 1986. if paid by 1 April1987 (special rate of $25 and must be postmarked by 1 February or $20 by 1 April1987 for students, senior 1987. Send nominations or inquiries to Universite de Montreal 11 citizens, and unemployed scholars). ASECS, R. G. Peterson, Executive Secre­ Joseph Caron, Les commencements de la Checks should be made payable to the tary, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN biologie: Ses bases conceptuelles et insti­ University of Maryland. Direct further 55057; telephone (507) 663-3488. tutionnelles dans 1' Angleterre victo­ inquiries to the Center for Renaissance rienne." Ph.D. completed 1986. and Baroque Studies, University of Mary­ University of Minnesota The Third World Academy of Sciences 11 land, College Park, MD 207 42; telephone Frederick H. Fellows, J. H. Van Vleck: (301) 454-2740 or 7492. (TWAS} has decided to institute a prize of The Early Life and Work of a Mathemati­ $10,000 to be awarded to the best research cal Physicist." Ph.D. completed 1985. essay that brings to light the scientific A Schrodinger Centenary Conference, 11 achievements of a Third World scientist Karen E. Johnson, Maria Goeppert Mayer celebrating the birth of Erwin Schrodinger prior to the twentieth century whose and the Development of the Shell Model in 1887, will be held 31 March-3 April work has not been hitherto clearly recog- of the Nucleus." Ph.D. completed 1986. 1987 at Imperial College, London. Seven half-day sessions will cover biography, cosmology, wave mechanics, statistical mechanics, unified theories of fundamen­ tal forces, chemistry, and molecular biol­ ogy. Plenary lectures will be delivered by S. W. Hawking, M. J. Klein, L. Pauling, AWARDS, HONORS, & APPOINTMENTS M. F. Perutz, and S. Weinberg, among others. For the second circular, write Jonathan C. Coopersmith, Ph.D. Oxford history and philosophy of science at the immediately to Secretary, Schrodinger University 1985, has been awarded the University of Leeds, England. Centenary Conference, Room 637, Huxley Institute of Electrical and Electronics Building, Imperial College, London SW7 Engineers Fellowship in Electrical History Among the graduate students in history of 2BZ, England. for 1986-1987. He will spend September science who received National Graduate and October in the Soviet Union and the Fellowships for 1986-1987 from the U.S. The Stanford Humanities Center will remainder of the academic year at the Department of Education are Donna Me­ sponsor a conference on 11 Humans, Ani­ Russian Research Center, Harvard Univer­ hos (University of Pennsylvania), Sarah mals, Machines: Boundaries and Projec­ sity, and the Science, Technology, and Tracy (University of Pennsylvania), and tions/' on 23-25 April1987. The Society Program at the Massachusetts Daryl J. Schwartz (Harvard University). conference will focus on the historic de­ Institute of Technology, working on a bate about human nature as distinct from history of the electrification of Russia. Among the scholars receiving research the animal world, on the one hand, and grants from the Rockefeller Archive Cen­ mechanical objects, on the other. Sessions ter of Rockefeller University are the fol­ include Biology and Culture, Boundaries William Charles Kimler has joined the lowing: Paul G. Anderson (Washington and Humanity, Machines, Mechanism History Department, North Carolina State University School of Medicine), Glenn and Society, and Minds and Computers. University, as a tenure-track assistant Emil Bugos (University of Pennsylvania), For more information contact Morton professor in the history of science. He Elie Feuerwerker (Harvard University), Sosna, Stanford Humanities Center, Mari­ received his Ph.D. in evolutionary biology Kristie I. Macrakis (Harvard University), posa House, Stanford University, Stanford, in 1983 from Cornell University and has Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz (Harvard CA 94305-8630; telephone (415) 723- been on the faculty there. In 1983-1984, University), and Doris Teichler Zallen 3052. he was a NATD postdoctoral fellow in the (Virginia Polytechnic Institute).

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Books Received by Isis Sue Blundell. The Origins of Civilization in Arthur Goldhammer. Foreword by Paul Ra­ Greek and Roman Thought. x + 234 pp., bibl., binow. xi + 250 pp., bibl., index. Cambridge, June-August 1986 index. London/Sydney/Dover, N.H.: Croom Mass.: MIT Press, 1986. $22.50. Helm, 1986. £18.95, $32.50. (Photo-offset from typescript.) Jane B. Donegan. "Hydropathic Highway to Health": Women and Water-Cure in Antebel­ Bryan H. Bunch (Editor). The Facts on File lum America. (Contributions in Medical Stud­ Scientific Yearbook, 1986. 212 pp., illus., index. ies, 17.) xx + 229 pp., illus., bibl., index. New Ordering informat il1n: Hooks ;md New York/Oxford: Facts on File Publications, York/Westport, Conn./London: Greenwood publicFreeman Dyson. Origins of Life. ix + 81 pp., already been ;Jssi,~,Jcd t(> rc·viewcrs. If you Renaissance Florence. (Cambridge History of figs., bibl., index. Cambridge/London/New Medicine.) xv + 180 pp., figs., bibl., index. York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. $7.95. arc interested in n·\· icwing ;J forthcoming Cambridge/London/New York: Cambridge book for Isis, plclst.· !ill in the coupon University Press, 1986. $29.95. Niles Eldredge. Time Frames: The "News of Forthl·umin.~~ Books" in this Rethinking of Darwinian Evolution and Sadi Camot. Reflexions on the Motive Power of section. the Theory of Punctuated Equilibria. 240 Fire: A Critical Edition with the Surviving pp., illus., app., bibl., index. New York: Touch­ Manuscripts. Edited and translated by Robert stone Books, 1986. $8.95 (paper). Fox. ix + 230 pp., figs., bibl., index. Manches­ ter: Manchester University Press; New York: Leonhard Euler. Opera omnia. Series IVA: Anatole Abragam. Reflections of a Physicist. Lilian Barber, 1986. Commercium epistolicum. Volume VI: Corre­ 159 pp. Paris: Herman, 198.1 (in French); spondance de Leonhard Euler avec P.-L. M. de Oxford/New York: Clarendon Press of Oxford Kenneth J. Carpenter. 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