Upcoming Events at the 2013 History of Science Society

photo for 2013 History of Science SocietyTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2013
3:00–5:00 p.m.

Session T2: The Materiality of Words in Chemistry and Pharmacy

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22, 2013
7:30–8:45 a.m.

Physical Science Forum Business Meeting

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22, 2013
9:00–11: 45 a.m.

(includes break from 10:00 to 10:15)

Session F6: Rethinking the Cold War Scientist: Advisers, Activists, and Archetypes from Sputnik to Star Wars

Session F13: Fields, Waves, and Particles: Debates in Modern Physics

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22
12:00–1:15 p.m.

Physical Science Forum Distinguished Lecture: Peter Galison (Harvard University)

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22
1:30–3:30 p.m.

Session F17: The Fifty-Year Anniversary of the Limited Test Ban Treaty: Origins and Legacies

Session F28: Exploring Space: Politics, Institutions, and Collaborations

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22
3:45–5:45 p.m.

Session F37: Paleontology as an International Endeavour in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Session F40: Natural History and Natural Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century: Two Arts or One?

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22
8:45–10:00 p.m.

Workshop F4: The Past, Present, and Future of the Physical Sciences

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23
9:00–11: 45 a.m.

Session Sa43: Chemists and Chemistry in the Nineteenth Century: A Session in Honor of Alan J. Rocke

Session Sa46: Interrogating the Cosmos with Mathematical Imaginings and Physical Intuitions, 1880-1965: Bridging Disciplinary and Cultural Practices

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23
1:30–3:30 p.m.

Session Sa61: Foundations at the Philosophical Turning-Points: Chronicling Conceptual Turns in Theories of Modern Physics

Session Sa67: Chymistry and Life in Early Modern Europe

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23
3:45–5:45 p.m

Session Sa83: Epistemic Strategies in 20th Century Physics and Cosmology: Reshaping Spaces, Structures, and Styles

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Session Su5: The Order of the Interdisciplinary: How the Materiality of Sociopolitics Shapes Interpretations and Representations in Physics


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