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History of Science Colloquium

History of Science Colloquium, Spring 2008 

All talks to be held in 5288 Bunche Hall at 4:00 pm, unless otherwise noted. All are welcome.

For more information contact Lino Camprubi at linocamprubi@ucla.edu

Monday Colloquium papers to be pre-circulated (usually for UCLA presenters, not visitors) will be available in Bunche 5288 about a week prior to the event, as well as posted here

  • Apr 7
    William Clark (UCLA), "The Romance of the Scientist: A Modern Demonlolgy and Hagiography"


  • Apr 14
    Donald Rutherford (UCSD), "Leibniz's Dynamica: The Anatomy of a Failed Research Program".

  • Apr 21
    Susanna Hecht (UCLA), "Tropicality, Tropicalisms in Amazonia: The Implications for Ideoleogies of Conservation Ecology".

  • Apr 28
    Robert Westman (UCSD), "Copernicius and the Astrologers of Cracow and Bologna".

  • May 5
    Informal discussion of Canizares-Esquerra, Jorge, Nature, Empire and Nation: Explorations of the History of Science in the Iberian World, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006.

  • May 12
    Gustavo Garza (UCLA, graduate), "Percy Grainger and the Phonograph: The Quest for Artistic Expression".

  • May 19
    Dora Weiner (UCLA), "Peru as Patient, 1750-1850: Medical Prescription for an Ailing Body Politic".

  • May 27 (Tuesday)
    Kevin Lambert (Cal State Fullerton), "Maxwell's Method, Boole's Analogy, and Faraday's Researches: Mathematics and Electrical Research in Victorian Britain".

All talks will be held in 5288 Bunche at 4:00pm, unless otherwise noted.  All welcome.
 

 

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