March 2021 FHP Sessions

Monday 3/15 2:30 pm

Farm Hall Revisited – Mark Walker (Chair), Union College

  • The Drama of Farm Hall, David Cassidy
  • New Light on Farm Hall, Ryan Dahn
  • Farm Hall and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Dieter Hoffmann
  • Farm Hall: Did Heisenberg Understand How Atomic Bombs Work?, Mark Walker

Tuesday 3/16 11:15 am

Materials Science Institutions (Co-sponsored by DMP)– Robert P. Crease (Chair), Stoney Brook University

  • Overview of History of Materials Research, Arne Hessenbruch
  • TBA, Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent
  • From Hidden Utility to Heroic Machines, E. F. Spero
  • TBA, Lynn W. Hobbs
  • History of Materials Science Institutions, Robert P. Crease

Tuesday 3/16 8:00 am

The Author in Dialogue: Jeffrey Bub’s Banana World – Michel Janssen (Chair), University of Minnesota

  • The Roots of Information-theoretic interpretations of quantum, mechanics in pragmatism, Leah Henderson
  • Interpreting Quantum Mechanics, Michael E. Cuffaro
  • The Geometry of Correlations from Pearson to Quantum Information Theory, Michael Janas
  • Response to Readers, Jeffrey Bub

Thursday 3/18 8:00 am

Pais Prize Session