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<strong>Sessions</strong><br />

2001: A <strong>History</strong> Odyssey: <strong>Science</strong> Fiction <strong>and</strong> the <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Science</strong><br />

Commentator: Harry Shipman<br />

Featuring <strong>Papers</strong> by: Mark Adams, Steven Dick, <strong>and</strong> James Gilbert<br />

Practical Mathematics, Mixed Mathematics <strong>and</strong> Natural Philosophising in the Early 17th Century:<br />

Boundaries, Articulations <strong>and</strong> Power Plays<br />

Chair: Wilbur Applebaum<br />

Commentator: Wilbur Applebaum<br />

<strong>Papers</strong>:<br />

Hydrostatics, Physico-Mathematics <strong>and</strong> the Origins <strong>of</strong> Micro-Mechanism: Or What Rene <strong>and</strong> Isaac Did<br />

in 1619, By John Schuster<br />

The Idea <strong>of</strong> a Mathematical Physics in the Early Seventeenth Century, By Stephen Gaukroger<br />

Putting Astrology <strong>and</strong> its Patrons in their Place: Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Henry Briggs, Sir Christopher Heydon <strong>and</strong><br />

King James on Astrology, Astronomy <strong>and</strong> Mathematics, By Katherine Neal<br />

The Beginnings <strong>of</strong> Post-Galilean Natural Philosophical Thought: 1638-1647, By Luciano Boschiero<br />

Rectifying Names, Identifying Things: Philology <strong>and</strong> Natural <strong>History</strong> in Germany <strong>and</strong> China<br />

Chair: Benjamin Elman<br />

Commentator: Anthony Grafton<br />

<strong>Papers</strong>:<br />

The Generality <strong>of</strong> Language <strong>and</strong> the Particularity <strong>of</strong> Nature: Natural <strong>History</strong> <strong>and</strong> Bildung in Germany,<br />

1815-1850, By Denise Phillips<br />

The Name <strong>of</strong> the Rose: Naming <strong>and</strong> the Classification <strong>of</strong> Nature in the Bencao gangmu, By Carla<br />

Nappi<br />

Latin Words, Vernacular Worlds: Language <strong>and</strong> Environment in Early Modern German Natural <strong>History</strong>,<br />

By Alix Cooper<br />

Making <strong>History</strong> Natural: Writing 20th century vernacular into 17th century travels, By Grace Shen<br />

Theory Constructions: The Rise <strong>of</strong> Theoretical Disciplines in the Early Twentieth Century<br />

Chair: M. Norton Wise<br />

Commentator: M. Norton Wise<br />

<strong>Papers</strong>:<br />

The Fin-de-Siecle Origins <strong>of</strong> Theoretical Biology, By Manfred Laubichler<br />

Engineering Erased: Theoretical Physics <strong>and</strong> the Rhetoric <strong>of</strong> Reinheit, By Suman Seth<br />

The Use <strong>and</strong> Disadvantage <strong>of</strong> Theory: Rickert, Dilthey <strong>and</strong> the Crisis <strong>of</strong> Historicism at the Fin-de-<br />

Siecle, By Martin Ruehl<br />

Forging a Foundational Psychology: Ludwig Binswanger's Turn to Phenomenology, By Susan<br />

Lanzoni<br />

Biology in the Public Eye: Authority, <strong>Science</strong> <strong>and</strong> Politics in the Cold War<br />

Chair: Everett Mendelsohn<br />

The Microbiologist <strong>and</strong> His Times: Salvador Luria <strong>and</strong> the Anti-Vietnam War Movement, By Rena<br />

Selya<br />

<strong>Science</strong> <strong>and</strong> Liberty for All: The Biological <strong>Science</strong>s Curriculum Study, By Audra Wolfe

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