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1. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press has recently released a
new biography,
Francis Crick: Hunter of Life's Secrets, by
Robert Olby. It is the first full-length intellectual biography of
Francis Crick, a greatly admired and influential scientist who
co-discovered the structure of DNA and then followed up this discovery
with important contributions that shaped the foundations of molecular
biology.
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2. Call for papers: "Philosophy of Scientific
Experimentation: A Challenge to Philosophy of Science," Center
for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, October 15-16,
2010. This workshop will focus on the philosophical analysis of
the design, structure, calibration, use and the readings of
experimental apparatus, as well as broader experimental conditions.
Deadline:
June 1, 2010.
http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20100221-2.html
4. An exposition of initiatives, coalitions & social
movements engaging with scientific, technological & social
change: "Changing Science, Changing Society," 16th
April 2010, UMass Boston, MA. Register (no fee) to exhibit
your group's
5. The University of Minnesota Press announces a new book,
What Is Posthumanism? by Cary Wolfe. Cary Wolfe ranges
across bioethics, cognitive science, animal ethics, gender, and
disability to develop a theoretical and philosophical approach
responsive to our changing understanding of ourselves and our world.
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6. Call for papers: The next conference of AAHPSSS (the
Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy, and Social
Studies of Science) will take place at the University of Sydney, in
the Unit for History and Philosophy of Science on July 9-11, 2010.
Deadline:
31 May 2010.
http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20100221-6.html
7. Call for papers: "Biological and Economic Modeling,"
for a special issue of
Biology and Philosophy. Strongest
preference will be given to papers that address parallel issues in
biology and economics, but papers focused on one area or the other
insofar as they develop overlapping themes are welcomed.
Deadline:
August 31st, 2010.
http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20100221-7.html
8. Call for papers for a book to be published by Springer on the
topic, "Origins of Design in Nature." The editors also
hope to have authors present their work at ISHPSSB 2011 at the
University of Utah. Deadline for submissions:
September 1,
2010.
http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20100221-8.html
9. Applications are invited for the National Museum of Australia
Student Prize for the History of Australian Science or Australian
Environmental History. The prize will be awarded for an essay
based on original unpublished research undertaken whilst enrolled as a
student (postgraduate or undergraduate) at any tertiary educational
institution in the world. Deadline:
Friday 26 February 2010.
http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20100221-9.html
10. Call for papers: Researchers working on areas related to the
philosophy of biology and/or what it may contribute to the teaching of
biology are invited to contribute to a thematic issue of
Science &
Education, "Philosophical Considerations in the Teaching of
Biology." Deadline:
December 31, 2010.
http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20100221-10.html
11. Call for papers: International workshop "Human Heredity
in the Twentieth Century (A Cultural History of Heredity V)" at
the University of Exeter, 2-4 September 2010. The project aims
to uncover the technical, juridical, medical, and scientific practices
by which knowledge of inheritance was historically anchored in
different epochs and to understand the genesis of today's naturalistic
concept of heredity. Deadline:
30 April 2010.
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