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HSTM at the University of Minnesota: November 2009
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November 10, 2009. Kirk Cameron and his friends will be handing out. Up to 200,000 free copies of Darwin's. Origin of the Species. On Thursday, November 19th at the top. 100 universities in the US. I'm assuming that includes UMN. Copies will contain a 50-page introduction. I would be curious to hear what happens if these people do show up at UMN. Would any of you consider using this as a teaching tool or is that just inviting confusion? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). University of Minnesota HSTM. ISHPSSB: J...
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Movies Fantastic!!!: June 2013
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Thoughts, queries, ponderings and reflections on movies we watch; together and separately. Sunday, June 30, 2013. Iron Man in Apparent 3D! Yes, that’s right, I said “apparent 3D”. I hear you asking yourself: “Did he watch this movie in 3D? 8221; And the answer is no. A resounding, childishly enthusiastic NO! Well, sort of…. This new technology is bound to greatly enhance my movie-going experience! By golly, I’m excited! That car is about to crash into that person! And that is why I did not see Iron Man 3...
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HSTM at the University of Minnesota: The Objective Evaluation of Pig Breeds in the Netherlands
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February 18, 2015. The Objective Evaluation of Pig Breeds in the Netherlands. Today's post is by Steven van der Laan. MSc), one of our Dutch colleagues affiliated with the Descartes Center. And whom the blog editors met at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the History of Science Society! Steven is a PhD-candidate from Utrecht University (Netherlands) who is working on the history of pig breeding. His main interests in this research is the relation between scientific research and the practice of pig breeders.
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HSTM at the University of Minnesota: Métis Medicine in the Northwest Territories, 1835-1839
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May 26, 2015. Métis Medicine in the Northwest Territories, 1835-1839. To do real historical work, this perspective [that “communicating is the doing of science” [2] needs to be not only explicit but also foundational. This means. eradicating the distinction between the making and the communicating of knowledge. [3]. Thus far I have met Agrawal’s call to seat knowledge in practice. Can I go further and fulfill Secord’s admonition to locate the creation of Métis medicine in Catharine’...1] Arun Agrawal, &#...
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HSTM at the University of Minnesota: March 2015
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March 24, 2015. This weeks post comes from a first-year graduate student, John Heydinger. 8217;s Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact. Labels: history of science. March 12, 2015. A Matter of Meat and Democracy: A Crisis in Veterinary Public Health. And provides a veterinary perspective of the effects of deregulation on the meat animal industry in the 1980s based on archival materials that did not make it into the dissertation. Follow her on Twitter: @JeannetteVaught. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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HSTM at the University of Minnesota: March 2009
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March 30, 2009. Junto 2009: A Report. Next year the Junto will be held in Norman, OK sponsored by the University of Oklahoma HST program. Not that I need to give them any advice, but I will say that they should just stick to the three things that guarantee a successful Junto: Free alcohol, good food, and umm.free alcohol. March 25, 2009. New Blog Shout Out. Secondly, and far more importantly, I need to call your attention to the new blog, Entangled Bank. On the Origin of Species. 8220;It is interesting t...
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HSTM at the University of Minnesota: Music in the Scientific Revolution
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April 2, 2015. Music in the Scientific Revolution. Adam Fix is a second-year graduate student here at the University of Minnesota. He studies the history of philosophy, mathematics, and the physical sciences during the early modern period. His post this week is a wonderful intersection of these topics: music. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Adam plays music himself. Check out some of his pieces here. Why do some sounds seem consonant and pleasing while others seem painfully dissonant and jarring? Medieval schola...
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HSTM at the University of Minnesota: December 2008
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December 3, 2008. There is an interesting article in the Chronicle of Higher Ed today about contingent, that is, non-tenure-track faculty: Nearly Half of Undergraduate Courses Are Taught by Non-Tenure-Track Instructors. I was particularly struck by the quote from Marc Bousquet, author of How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation. Do undergraduates care if the prof. is tenure-tracked? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). University of Minnesota HSTM. Books I Read (John Heydinger). HSTM Con...
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HSTM at the University of Minnesota: A New View, from Somewhere
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June 3, 2015. A New View, from Somewhere. This week is a second post from John Heydinger. Who had previously written. About Ludwik Fleck. Here, he interprets the " Anthropocene. Through a lens provided by Donna Haraway. Check it out! In her 1990 work, Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: the reinvention of nature. The impacts of combined actions are everywhere. The Anthropocene, as it is of. 36 (3): 614–21. pg. 614. Haraway 1990, 187. Haraway 1990, 191. Haraway 1990, 198. Labels: history of science. Suzanne Fisc...
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HSTM at the University of Minnesota: June 2015
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June 3, 2015. A New View, from Somewhere. This week is a second post from John Heydinger. 160;who had previously written. About Ludwik Fleck. Here, he interprets the Anthropocene. Through a lens provided by Donna Haraway. Check it out! Labels: history of science. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Welcome to the blog for the program in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (HSTM) at the University of Minnesota! University of Minnesota HSTM. Minnesota Center for the Philosophy of Science. Lectures are...
