On 1 April at noon EDT, the AAAS is sponsoring a webinar, “Through History’s Lens: How history contributes to a better understanding of science” that is free but requires registration to view the event. From the announcement: “A panel of historians and scientists will give examples of how history has helped our human understanding of the natural world. The [...]
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Portraits of the Human Brain
Carl Schoonover’s article/Photos of the Human Brain on The Huffington Post reminded me of how much I am looking forward to reading his book Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century“Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century which looks at the fascinating history [...]
Einstein’s Encounters with Mathematicians: The Swiss Years
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 • 6:00pm – 8:00pm • FREE event Speaker: David E. Rowe, PhD, Mainz University | Location: New York University More information It is well known that higher mathematics came to play a central role in Einstein’s general theory of relativity, even if he usually emphasized the importance of purely physical ideas [...]
CFP: “Loving the Machine: Human-Machine Relationships in Film and Television”
In the last century, the long-running discourse of human-machine relations extended to film and television depictions of struggles for power, intimacy, identity, or security. Potential social conflicts engendered by producing machines that operate in their own self-interest have been explored in films such as
