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Friday, March 6th, 2015
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CANCELLED!!! Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Dead Letters on Galileo's Sunspots
Eileen Reeves, Associate Member of the Program in the History of Science, Princeton University,
Friday, February 27th, 2015
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

The Wandering Scot: A Cultural Agent in Seventeenth Century Europe
Stefano Gattei, Assistant Professor, IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca,
Friday, February 13th, 2015
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Isaac and Diana's Doves: Newton's Transformation of Philalethan Alchemy
William R. Newman, Eleanor Searle Visiting Professor in History, Caltech,
Thursday, December 11th, 2014
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Visualizing Disease: problems and Challenges in Pathological Illustrations
Domenico Bertoloni Meli, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University,
Friday, November 21st, 2014
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ancient Geometry Meets the Modern State: Colin MacLaurin among the Molasses Barrels
Judith V. Grabiner, Pitzer College,
Friday, November 14th, 2014
4:00pm 5:00pm
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The impact of Alexander von Humboldt and Humboldtian science in the United States
Sandra Rebok, Huntington Library/Spanish National Research Council ,
Tuesday, October 14th, 2014
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Big Bang Scenarios Before the Discovery of the Red Shift: Alexander Friedman and the Foundations of Relativistic Cosmology
Alexei Kojevnikov, Department of History, University of British Columbia,
Friday, May 16th, 2014
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Natural Kinds as Categorical Bottlenecks
Laura Franklin-Hall, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, New York University,
Thursday, April 10th, 2014
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Recovery and Application of Greek Mathematics in the Renaissance and Early Modern Period
Noel M. Swerdlow, Visiting Associate in History, Caltech,
Friday, February 28th, 2014
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Reclaiming a New World: Fen Drainage, Improvement, and Projectors in 17th-century England
Eric H. Ash, Associate Professor of History, Wayne State University, Dibner Research Fellow at the Huntington Library,
Monday, February 10th, 2014
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Galileo and Descartes on Copernicanism and the Cause of the Tides
Tad Schmaltz, Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan,
Friday, November 22nd, 2013
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Representing Order Information in Elementary Geometry: Diagrams vs. Axioms
John Mumma, Philosophy Department, California State University of San Bernardino,
Friday, November 15th, 2013
4:00pm 5:00pm
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NOA's Einstein / Einstein's NOA
Thomas Ryckman, Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University,
Friday, October 4th, 2013
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A Tale of Two Vigne: Galileo, the Telescope and Roman Elites, 1611
Thomas F. Mayer, Augustana College,
Friday, June 7th, 2013
4:00pm 5:00pm
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More than Skin Deep: Anatomy and the Creation of Early Modern Saints
Bradford Bouley, Assistant Professor of History, Pennsylvania State University and USC,
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
4:00pm 5:00pm
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The Mechanics of Romantic Thinking: Point and Lever Circa 1800
Jocelyn Holland, Associated Professor, UC Santa Barbara,
Friday, March 8th, 2013
4:00pm 5:00pm
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This Seminar has been cancelled - Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Bohr's Invention of the Quantum Atom: A Fresh Look via Newly Available Material
John Heilbron, Visiting Associate in History, Caltech,
Friday, March 1st, 2013
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Locating the Practice of Natural History in the Eighteenth Century: The Collections of R.-A. F. de Réaumur
Mary Terrall, Professor of History, UCLA,
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
4:00pm 5:00pm
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The Physicist Max von Laue: "Knight Without Fear or Fault"
Dieter Hoffman, Max-Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin,
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Goofball Panic: Bureaucratic Rationality, Economic Interest, and Irrational Sentiment in Postwar American Drug Regulation
Nicolas Rasmussen, Professor in the School of History & Philosophy, University of New South Wales,
Friday, May 25th, 2012
4:00pm 5:00pm
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The Einstein-Picasso Question
Lewis Pyenson, Professor of History, Western Michigan University,
Friday, May 4th, 2012
4:00pm 5:00pm
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History of Science and the Historiography of Astrology
Steven Vanden Broecke, University of Ghent,
Friday, April 13th, 2012
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Analysing Alkaloids, Analysis Mania: What Liebig's 1830 Laboratory Notebook Can Tell Us About the Practice of Organic Analysis
Catherine Jackson, Chemical Heritage Foundation,
Friday, March 30th, 2012
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Stitching the World Together: Why Time Seems to Flow
Craig Callender, University of California, San Diego,
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
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Concepts of Completeness in Einstein’s Critique of Quantum Mechanics
Don Howard, Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame,