Vol. 38, No. 4, October 2009 NEWSof the Historyletter of Science Society Table of Contents Notes from the Inside News 2 ActivityintheHSSExecutiveOfficecontinuestoquickenasour MemberNews 8 highlyanticipatedannualmeetinginPhoenixapproaches.Sincethisyear’s conferencewillfeaturenumerouschanges,Iwanttoprovideyouwithan IntheServiceof updateonafewofthesechanges.Wearemeetinglaterthanusual,the Galileo’sGhost 10 weekendbeforetheU.S.Thanksgiving,andpartofthereasonfordoingso isthathotelratesaresignificantlycheaperthistimeofyear.SincePhoenix HistoriansandContemporary isavacationdestination,wealsothoughtthatmembersmightwantto Anti-evolutionism 14 lingerintheareaandsamplethenaturalbeautyoftheSouthwest.Butper- hapsthebiggestchangeintheconferenceisitsformat.Wearebuildingon MakingVisibleEmbryos: lastyear’ssuccessfulprizeceremonywherewedetachedtheprizeceremony MakingaVirtual fromthebanquetsothatmorememberscouldattendtheceremony.We Exhibition 17 receivedmanypositivecommentsregardingtheceremony,butwelearned thatourSaturdaynightwasnowtoofull:prizeceremony,distinguished “LustyLadiesorVictorian lecture,reception,andSocietydinner.Therefore,wehavemovedtheprize Victims?” 22 ceremonytoFridaynight,tobefollowedbythedistinguishedlecture, whichwillbegivenbyM.NortonWise.Afterthelecturewewillhost LoneStarHistoriansof anopenreceptionhonoringtheprizewinners,allowingustosetasideall Science 23 ofSaturdayeveningforanexperiment.Thisistheexperiment.Afterthe sessionsendonSaturday,everyoneisinvitedtomaketheirwaytothe Centaurus:ANewFaceata beautifulHeardMuseumfortheSocietydinnerwherewewillcelebrate RespectedJournal 24 theprizewinnersandthehistoryofscience(thereisaspaceontheregistra- tionformtoindicateifyouplantoattend).Weexpectsome300attendees WorldCongressof atthedinner,andwewishtocreateanatmospherethatwillallowdelegates EnvironmentalHistory tocirculatefreely,converse,enjoygoodfood,andadmirethesplendid holdingsattheHeard(guidedtourswillbeprovided).Itisourhopethat 26 thiseventwillfacilitatediscussionandfriendship.Theendresultwillbe astrongerSociety,onewellpositionedtofosterinterestinthehistoryof science.Sincethisnewformatfortheconferenceisexperimental,Iwillbe gratefulifyouwouldprovidemefeedbackonwhatworked,whatdidnot work,andwhatwecoulddotomakethemeetingevenbetter. Andasalways,thankyouforyourmembershipintheHSS. Jay History of Science Society Newsletter NEWS AND INQUIRIES Cartooning Evolution MarkAldrichhascollectedandpostedimagesofcartoonsonevolutionculledfromnumerousnewspapers andjournals.WithmanyimagesonDarwinandtheScopesTrial,CartooningEvolutionprovidesarich repositoryoftongue-in-cheekrepresentationsofevolution.Forfurtherinformation,visithttp://sophia.smith. edu/~maldrich/evolution. Evolution: A Journal of Nature, 1927-1938 available online Evolution: A Journal of Naturewaspublished1927-1938byaNewYork-basedgroupofpro-evolutionists followingthe1925ScopesTrial.Themagazineincludedcommentaryonevents,resourcesforteachers,and reviews/advertisementsforsupportingmaterials.Forfurtherinformation:http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/cain/proj- ects/ejn. Generation to Reproduction: Wellcome Strategic Award for Cambridge His- tory of Medicine TheUniversityofCambridgehassecuredmajorfundinginthehistoryofmedicinefromtheWellcome Trust.Astrategicawardof£785,000forfiveyearsfrom1October2009willallowacross-disciplinarygroup ofresearcherstotakeaconcertedapproachtothehistoryofreproduction.Theresearchwillprovidefresh perspectivesonissuesrangingfromancientfertilityritestoIVF.Astronglygroundedaccount,buildingona livelyfieldofhistoricalinvestigation,willofferafreshbasisforpolicyandpublicdebate.Formoreinforma- tion:http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/generation/[email protected]. History of Science Society EXECUTIVE OFFICE Postal Address Physical Address EDITORIAL POLICIES, ADVERTISING AND SUBMISSIONS PO Box 117360 3310 Turlington Hall The History of Science Society Newsletter is published in January, April, July, and October, University of Florida University of Florida and sent to all individual members of the Society. 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Becauseofbudgetcutsatthehostinstitutionthesedissertationlistsarenowbimonthly.ForfurtherInfor- mation:http://http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/guides/histmed/researchresource/dissertations/index_html Official Web site of the 14th Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philoso- phy of Science TheofficialWebsiteofthe14thCongressofLogic,Methodology,andPhilosophyofScience,whichwillbe heldinNancy(France),16-19July2011,isnowavailableathttp://www.clmps2011.org. International History & Philosophy of Science Teaching Group Newsletter ThelatestIHPSTnewsletterisavailableonthewebat:http://www.ihpst.org/newsletters.html 2009 James T. Cushing Memorial Prize in History and Philosophy of Physics TheJohnJ.ReillyCenterforScience,Technology,andValues,alongwiththeGraduatePrograminHistory andPhilosophyofScienceattheUniversityofNotreDameandtheAdvisoryCommitteeoftheJamesT. CushingMemorialPrizeinHistoryandPhilosophyofPhysicshasawardedthe2009prizetoHannekeJans- sen.SheisbeinghonoredforherMaster’sThesis—“ReconstructingReality:Environment-InducedDecoher- ence,theMeasurementProblem,andtheEmergenceofDefinitenessinQuantumMechanics.” Notice of Closure of the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Con- temporary Scientists TheUniversityofBathLibrariesannouncestheclosureoftheNCUACSattheUniversityofBathtotake effect31October2009.Ifyouhaveanyqueriesconcerningthisclosure,pleaseaddressthemtoHoward Nicholson,UniversityLibrarian,[email protected] UnitmovedtoBath,ithassecuredthefutureofandprocessednearly200scholarlyarchivesnowplacedin manyinstitutionallibrariesthroughouttheUK.Forfurtherinformation:http://www.bath.ac.uk/ncuacs/. 2010 Archaeoastronomy Workshop Announced The2009ConferenceonArchaeoastronomyoftheAmericanSouthwest(CAASW)advancedthestudyand practiceofarchaeoastronomyoftheAmericanSouthwest.Tocontinuetobuilduponthesuccessofthe2009 conference,atwo-daytechnicalworkshoptobeheld11-12March2010hasbeenscheduledtoincludesuch topicsasmethodologicalprinciples,surveyingtechniques,mathematicalmodeling,standardizationofterms andforms,andmore.ForfurtherInformation:http://[email protected]. “Fathers of Astronomy” IncelebrationoftheInternationalYearofAstronomyin2009,theFrazierInternationalHistoryMuseum presentsthemini-exhibition,FathersofAstronomy,featuringauthentic,first-editionbookswrittenby ground-breakingscientistsGalileoandCopernicusaswellasthe“NurembergChronicle.”Theexhibitcloses 3January2010.Formoreinformation:http://www.fraziermuseum.orgorcall(502)753-5663. History of Science Society Newsletter • October 2009 3 History of Science Society Newsletter Colloquium on the History of Psychiatry and Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard TheColloquiumontheHistoryofPsychiatryandMedicineoffersanopportunitytoclinicians,researchers, andhistoriansinterestedinahistoricalperspectiveontheirfieldstodiscussinformallyhistoricalstudiesin progress.Colloquiumswillbeheldon19November,17December,2009,eachfrom4:00–5:30pm.For furtherinformatione-mailDavidG.Satinatdavid_satin@hms.harvard.eduorcall/fax:617-332-0032.For furtherinformation:http://https://www.countway.harvard.edu/menuNavigation/historicalResources.html. Call for Proposals: Book Series in History of Medicine PraegerislookingforpotentialprojectsforabookseriesentitledHealing Society: Disease, Medicine, and His- tory.Theobjectistopublishbooksthatofferreliableoverviewsofparticularaspectsofmedicalandsocial historywhileincorporatingthemostup-to-datescholarlyinterpretations.Booksareintendedtobenarrative surveysthatserveaspracticalintroductionsorhandbookstotheirtopics.Sometopicsofparticularinterest (althoughproposalsonanyappropriatetopicwouldbewelcome)are:historyofcaesareansection;historyof