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Friday, September 5th 2008
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
There is no HST Colloquium this week.
Friday, September 12th 2008
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Hasok Chang, Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London
Subject: Phlogiston Revisited: An Argument for Scientific Pluralism
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Friday, September 19th 2008
12:00 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 70 Willey Hall (Minn. Population Center Seminar Room), West Bank *** NOTE Different Time and Place
Speaker: Carla Nappi, Department of History and Philosophy, Montana State University
Subject: Bolatu's Pharmacy: Theriac in Early Modern China
Friday, September 26th 2008
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Jennifer Karns Alexander, Program in History of Science and Technology, University of Minnesota
Subject: Author Meets Readers: The Mantra of Efficiency: From Waterwheel to Social Control
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Friday, October 3rd 2008
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 555 Diehl Hall *** NOTE Different Place ***
Speaker: Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD, Professor of Medical Humanities, George Washington University
Subject: Striking a Blow at Medical School Segregation: Edith Irby Goes to Medical School
Reception before the talk in the Wangensteen Library (Diehl Hall 5th floor)
Friday, October 10th 2008
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Jeremy Butterfield, Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Subject: The Uses of Infinity: A Philosopher Looks at Emergent Phenomena in Physics
Refreshments served in Room 236A Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Friday, October 17th 2008
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Tara Nummedal, Department of History, Brown University.
Subject: Kunst and Cabala: Anna Zieglerin's Alchemical Secrets
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Friday, October 24th 2008
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: ." Domenico Bertoloni Meli, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University
Subject: The Role of Vivisection in 17th-Century Anatomy
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Friday, October 31st 2008
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Samir Okasha, Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol
Subject: Philosophical Issues in the Levels of Selection Debate: Reduction, Causality, Emergence
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Friday, November 7th 2008
No HST Colloquium this week.
Friday, November 14th 2008
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Michael Reidy, Department of History, Montana State University
Subject: Mountaineering and Physics
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Friday, November 21st 2008
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Carl Mitcham, Hennebach Program in the Humanities, Colorado School of Mines
Subject: The Philosophical Inadequacy of Engineering
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Friday, November 28th 2008
No HST Colloquium this week.
Friday, December 5th 2008
No HST Colloquium this week.
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