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ISSN 0739-4934 NEWSLETTER I {ISTORY OF SCIENCE VOLUME 28 NUMBER 2 April1999 SOOETY The Semisesquicentennial Celebration 4-7 November 1999 n December 3 1st, 1924, George 0 Sarron, Florian Cajori, Lynn Thorndike, and six other gentlemen signed rheir names ro a documenr mar announced rhe creation of a new Society, irs stared object being "to foster the interest and the study of the history of ~cience, and also, to supporr a journal devoted to this subjecr of research." Now some 75 years later, History ofScienceSociery members from around [he world will gather in Pittsburgh ro celebrate this beginning- our scmisesquiccnrennial celebration. Program co-chairs Fred erick Gregory and l.:.dirh Sylla .ue busily planning a wonderful slate of event~. wirh one of the meeting's many high points being the presentation of the Sociery's Disunguished Lee1ure by Charles C. Gillispie. Professor Gillispie delivered the fim Distinguished Duquesne Incline overlooking the Golden Triangle Lecture at rhe 1981 meeting in Los Angeles, of Carnegie-Mellon. Pimburgh "ill offer us where he spoke on the Monrgolficrs and rhe a welcome chantc to revive friendship> and invention of a\·iation; his rerum in 1999 to share scholarship that encompasses a CONTENTS promises to be a rime of great intellecrual dazzling array of viewpoints. April1999 renewal as one ofo ur Society's disringuished Thanks ro the hard work ofComraocc members provides us with a text for re8ecrion Malpas, Keith Benson, member, of rhe and expectation. lr will be an event that no Committee on Meetings and Programs, and Cover Story I member will want tO miss. others dedicated to the Society we will hold News of the Society 2-8 The city of Pittsburgh itself IS a perfect our meeting in the Westin William Penn, a News & Inquiries 9-12 choice for our celebration. It offers a host of national historic landmark designed by Awards, Honors, & metaphors for the heightened cooperation Henry Clay Frick and described asrhegrande Appointments 13 among our increasingly international dame ofrhe downtown hotels. The \Villiam Jobs, FeUowships, membership: the confluence of rhrce rivers, Penn fearures old-world charm combined Grams & Prizes 14-16 over 720 bridges spanning disparate pockets wirh modern conveniences and should offer Furure Meerings ofethnicand cultural identities, the renowned a most desirable setting for our anniversary 16-21 ISIS Books Received Carhedral of Learning at the Universiry of celebration. We look forward ro seeing all of 21-27 Election Ballot Pirrsburgh, and the world-famous museums you in Pittsburgh in 1999! 28 2 History of Science Society Newsletter April 1999 Fourth British-North American Joint Meeting of the History of Science Society Executive Office BSHS, CSHPS, and HSS 3-6AugliSt 2000, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Un iversity ofWashington Following successful meerinw> in Manchester (1988), Toronro Box 351330 (1992), and Edinburgh (1996), the Brirish Sociery for the History of Searde, Washington 98195-1330 Science, the Cana<lian Socicry for the H isrory and Philosophy ofScience, Phone: 206/543-9366 and the Hisrory of Science Socicry wiU be undertaking their fourth Fax: 206/685-9544 international joint meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, August 3-6, 2000. The program commirtee, with members drawn from the three t:mJlil: [email protected]•Mhmgton. rdu participating societies, h~ chosen as the meeting rheme: "What is ro be ~w: http://wtbt'T.u.washington.rdul-hssexed done? HisroryofScience in rhe New Millennium." Session proposals are Plzysiroladdms(Frd-Ex. UPSJ: invited on topics that address particularly: Johnson Hall, Room 226 critical historiographical issues in the hisroryofsciencc, past, present Universiry ofW~hingron and future. Searde, Washington 98195-1330 master narratives in the history ofscience. including reasscssmenrs ofearlier narrati,·cs and prcsenmrions of new ones. Sub,mpuonlnquiria· ISIS and I ISS Nc;wslctter evaluating the relationship between rhe historyofscienceand other Please contact the Universiry of Chicago Pre<S direcrly, at disciplines, such as sociology, literary srudics, social history, cultural subsrriptious(!f;ournah.uchicago.rdu, (fax) 773/753·0811, or write history, environmental history, narural science (the "science wars") Universiry of Chicago Press, Subscription hllfillmenr Manager, important absences in the history ofscience : what's been missed? J>.o. Box 37005, Chicago, I L 60637. what can't be said? Mo"ing' differing modcsofinvestigation in the history ofscience, including Please nonfy botb the HSS Executtvc: Office and rhe Universiry museum and material culture studies, history of popular culture, history of priming and publishing. and orheiS. ofChicago Press at the abovt addres<o. re-cx.aminarions ofparticular chronological (e.g., Enlightenment or HSS Nrn>lc:rrc:r Edjtomzl Poliria, Advmujtzt- rmdSubmimom medieval science) and rhematic fields (e.g., rhe history of biology, Tbt History ofSnmcr Soriny Ntu'!lmrr i'> published in January, science and gender, science and popular culture). April, July, and October, and sentlO all individual members of the the development of history of science as a discipline and as a Society; those who resideoutsidcofNorth Amcricapayanadditional profession, in particular ro provide an international perspective to $5 annually Hl cover a portion of first-class airmail charges. The the issues that the HSS is considering at irs 75th anniversary meeting Ntwskmr is available to nonmembers and imtirutions for $25 a in 1999. year. This announcement constitutes a call for papers. The meering will be organized into sessions of three or four papers with commenmtor. The Nmoskutr is edited and desktop puhlished by Melissa Proposals for complete sessions are encouraged, although proposals for Oliver in the Executive Office on an Apple Power Macintosh srstem individual papers will also be considered. Session organizers are urged ro using Microsoft Word and Aldus PageMaker.Thc format and include speakers from more than onecounrry. Elecrronicsubmissions via editorial policies are determined by the Executive Director in the HSS Web site (address below) arc preferred. consultation with the HSS Execmivc Committee. All advertising Proposal forms are available through the Executive Office of rhe copy must besubmined camera-ready. Adverrisemenrsareaccepted History of Science Sociery (the sponsoring inscirurion for the United on a space-available basis only, and the Soc•ery reserves the right not State~ venue of the international meeting) at htrp:/1 to accept a submis.~ion. The rares arc as follows: weber.u.washingron.edu/-hssexec/. Proposals. including abmacrs of Full page (9 x 7.5"), $350: Half page (4.5 x 7.5"), $200; approximately 250 words for each paper, are due ar the HSS F..xecutive Quancr pagc(3x 5"), Sl 00. The deadline for inserrion orders and Office by 15 December 99, with notification of acceptance by early camera-ready copy is six weeks prior to the month ofpublication February in 2000. Conference participants may expect ro receive a (e. g., November 15 for the January Newslrrur) and should be sent program of published abstracrs. For funher derails contact the HSS to rhe attenrion of the HSS Executive Office at the above address. [email protected]: HSS recommend~ that all camera-ready ads be senr via overnight or Jon Ag:lr, agar@&4.rna.man.ac.uk; Bernie Lighrman,[email protected]; 2-day mail to the pllJ>ical address above. and P.tul Thcerman, [email protected]. The deadline for news. announcements. and job/fellowship/ REMINDER-The/sis Bibliography from 1975 to the present is prize listing-s is firm: The first of the month prior to the monrh of availableonlinewirh the Research Libraries Group (RLG). Members publication. Long irems (fearure storio) should be submirted six ofthe Society may access the RLG websire, and the History ofScience weeks prior to the monrh of publication as e-mail file arrachmenrs and Technology Darabase (HSl) through rhe HSShomepage http:/ or on a 3.5"dbk (along with a hard copy). Ple.1>c send all material /weber.u.washingron.edul ~hssexed. RLG has assigned us "Y6.G 19" ro the :mention ofMelissa Oliver at the HSS address above (e-ma il as a "User Name" and "HSSDEMO" as a "Password." or disk appreciated). News of the Society 3 1999 Travel Grant Applications Travel GrantS are avaliable ro graduate students and independent scholars who are presenting papers or participacing in societal governance at the 1999 HSS Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. Preference will be given to HSS members and applicants who have not received funding in che past year. In order to be considered for a Travel Grant, applications must be received in che HSS Executive Office by ~rte-49 99. Applications are also available on the HSS Web sire (http://weber.u.washington.edu/-hssexec/annuallrravel.hrml) and elecrronic submission is Jtrongly encouraged. All travel supported by an HSS Travel Gram should be arranged through the Society's travel agent, Travel Concepts, Inc. (Please note rhat those who are outside rhe US are not eligible for the convention discount.) Travel grants cover travel to the meeting locacion only and are usually awarded to cover a portion of the travel costs. In addition, the Society will reimburse only those costs reported roche Society in the form ofthe HSS Travel Expense Report. For reimbursement purposes, HSS Travel Gram awarde(S should nor purchase an e-ticket. As per National Science Foundacion requirements, only uavel on US air carriers will be reimbursed. For additional