Jung and Antisemitism

Paper given at History of Science, Medicine and Technology [E-seminars

Jung and Antisemitism

Paper given at History of Science, Medicine and Technology [E-seminars

How do different student constituencies (not) learn the history and philosophy of their subject? Case studies from science, technology and medicine

[FIRST PARAGRAPH] Why should H.E. teachers concern themselves with how their students do or don’t learn? Much has been said recently about the alleged merits and demerits of ‘student-centred’ learning, especially on the extent to which student autonomy in the learning process is beneficial to their long-term interests. This paper is a not a contribution to that debate. Rather it focuses on how teachers might uphold their conventional educational responsibilities but make their role more effective. Its central thesis is that this role is most effective when treated not so much as the ‘teaching’ of students as the process of helping students to learn. This particular study concerns how university students of science, technology and medicine (STM) can be helped to learn the history and philosophy of their respective subject from practitioners in the history and philosophy of science, technology and medicine. But I will not be focussing on those students (sometimes the majority) who have no trouble learning to think in historical and philosophical ways about their subject. They are not the ones who require most help from us. More importantly, I look at those students who—despite the best efforts of their teachers—find the historical or philosophical sensibility to be difficult, repellent, uninteresting, irrelevant, pointless or simply weird. In the worst case scenario such students learn nothing substantial or valuable from classes in the history and philosophy of their subject, and become bored, alienated or hostile to the whole enterprise

Shifting Agendas and Competing Interests within Public Health, Science and Technology, and Medicine in Africa

In lieu of the abstract, here is the review\u27s first paragraph: Until recent times, the conventional history of public health, of science and technology, and of medicine has been presented in the West as a tale of out-migration from the advanced, developed world (principally Europe and the United States) to the less developed (or underdeveloped) world.1 By this account, Africa emerges as a peculiar mix of charity case, experimental laboratory, and lucrative market. The four works considered here mark a significant turn in this curiously one-side and resilient story line. Each text begins from the premise—some more forcefully then others—that Africans have always been, and remain today, active agents in the creation, development, innovation, and adaptation of knowledge and practices across public health, science and technology, and medicine

行动中的知识——第24届国际科学技术医学史大会述评

2013年7月22~28日,第24届国际科学技术与医学史大会(The 24th International Congress of History of Science,Technology and Medicine,2013iCHSTM)在工业革命发源地之一的英国曼彻斯特成功举行,这是国际科学技术史学会(International Union of History and Philosophy of Science/Division of History of Science and Technology,IUHPS/DHST)主办的正式系列大会,每4年一届1。本届大会由英国科学史学会..

Comet and Meteorite Traditions of Aboriginal Australians

Of the hundreds of distinct Aboriginal cultures of Australia, many have oral traditions rich in descriptions and explanations of comets, meteors, meteorites, airbursts, impact events, and impact craters. These views generally attribute these phenomena to spirits, death, and bad omens. There are also many traditions that describe the formation of meteorite craters as well as impact events that are not known to Western science.Comment: Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, 2014. Edited by Helaine Selin. Springer Netherland

Introduction

Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture No. 45Copyright © 2004 Cambridge University PressFor the Victorian reading public, periodicals played a far greater role than books in shaping their understanding of new discoveries and theories in science, technology and medicine. Such understandings were formed not merely by serious scientific articles, but also by glancing asides in political reports, fictional representations, or humorous attacks in comic magazines. Ranging across diverse forms of periodicals, from top-selling religious and juvenile magazines through to popular fiction-based periodicals, and from the campaigning 'new journalism' of the late century to the comic satire of Punch, this book explores the ways in which scientific ideas and developments were presented to a variety of Victorian audiences. In addition, it offers three case studies of the representation of particular areas of science: 'baby science', scientific biography, and electricity. This intriguing collaborative volume sheds light on issues relating to history and history of science, literature, book history, and cultural and media studies

Concern for the History of Science at Meetings of the Ohio Academy of Science, 1891-1966, with an Analysis of the Papers

Author Institution: Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OhioBy the 75th anniversary of The Ohio Academy of Science in 1966, a total of 116 papers had been read at annual meetings on the history of science. Measured by numbers of papers presented, botanists have shown the greatest interest and activity in the historical aspect, while zoologists have been second, with increasing concern by other scientists generally in recent years. With 16 papers presented at a Special Session for the History of Science in 1966, the grand total of 132 papers prepared by 99 authors, fall into 13 categories as follows: biographical studies; history of organizations and institutions; historical development of special fields of science; history of technology, medicine, Ohio natural resources, ethnic groups and social history, plant collections, science education, places of scientific interest, science literature, and scientific instruments; and the history of science in general

Technology and culture in Greek and Roman antiquity

The technological achievements of the Greeks and Romans continue to fascinate and excite admiration. But what was the place of technology in their cultures? Through five case-studies, this book sets ancient technical knowledge in its political, social and intellectual context. It explores the definition of the techne of medicine in classical Athens, the development of new military technology in Hellenistic times, the self-image of technicians through funerary art in the early Roman Empire, the resolution of boundary disputes in the early second century AD, and the status of architecture and architects in late antiquity. Deploying a wide range of evidence, it reconstructs a dialectic picture of ancient technology, where several ancient points of view are described and analyzed, and their interaction examined. Dr Cuomo argues for the centrality of technology to the ancient world-picture, and for its extraordinarily rich political, social, economic and religious significance. • Offers five in-depth, varied case-studies, each with a slightly different methodological focus • Covers a broad period from classical Athens to late antiquity and a wide range of disciplines • Only book of its kind to make extensive use of non-textual material and of the newest historiographical approaches from both classics and the history of science and technology Contents Introduction; 1. The definition of techne in classical Athens; 2. The Hellenistic military revolution; 3. Death and the craftsman; 4. Boundary disputes in the Roman Empire; 5. Architects of late antiquity; Epilogue

Nueva etapa de la base de datos Bibliografía Histórica sobre la Ciencia y la Técnica en España

A description of the characteristics of and the changes experienced by the database, Bibliografía Histórica sobre la Ciencia y la Técnica en España produced by the Institute of the History of Medicine and Science López Piñero (UV-CSIC), with the aim of collecting the entire scholarly production concerning the history of science and technology published in Spain, as well as that carried out by Spanish authors, whether published nationally or internationally.Peer Reviewe