History of Science Society

NEWSLETTER

Volume VIII, Number 2

HISTORY OF SCIENCE SOCIETY NEWS

Plans for the 1979 annual HSS meeting, to be held in NeWYork City on December 28-30, are well advanced. If the overtures being made by the Local Arrangements Committee elicit favorable responses, those attending the Conference will not soon forget the delights laid on for Gotham's guests. The Program Committee has also blocked out a full schedule of sessions designed to challenge, inform and even entertain. Requests to present brief reports in works-in-progress sessions are still welcome and should be submitted by August 15 at the very latest. They should be sent, together with an abstract, to Arthur Donovan, Chairman of the Program Committee, History of Science and Technology, 388 Birch Street, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506.

~return questionaires (January, 1979, Newslet~o the Long-Range Planning ·committee and to the editor of Isis as soon as possible. Results are currently being tabulated. Replacement copies may be ob­tained from the Newsletter editor.

The United States National Committee of the International Union for the History and Philosophy of Science met at the National Academy of Sciences on March 3, 1979 in the National Academy of Sciences building. Frederick Churchill will be President, 1979-81 and Thomas L. Hankins will be Secretary; the three other HSS representatives are Thomas Parke Hughes, Roger H. Stuewer and Sally Gregory Kohlstedt. Discussion included plans for participation of American historians in the Congress, to be held in Bucharest, Rumania, in 1981. Roger Hahn was commended for his unusually thoughtful report of the 1977 Edinburgh meeting of the Union.

The National Historical Publications and Re­cords Commission has provided a grant to assist the joint archival committee on documentation of science and technology in their planning activity. The committee has representatives from the Society of American Archivists, the Philosophy of Science Association and the History of Science Society; HSS representatives are David Bearman, Patsy Gerstner, and Clark Elliott.

~ note that ~ ~ Isis Directory is in process. All members should complete the en­closed questionaire (page 11 ) even if basic

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information remains the same as in the 1977 Directory. The only additional item is a question regarding language competency for potential Isis reviewers. Completed forms should be returned to Jerold Mathews, Department of Mathematics, 400 Carver Hall, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa 50011.

~ ~ edition of the Guide to Graduate Study will be completed to accompany the Isis Directory. Richard Schallenberg would like membership assis­tance in compiling a mailing list for the distribu­tion of questionaires for preparation of the Guide. The 1977 edition of the Guide included programs in all English-speaking countries, but the 1980 edition will attempt to include all programs in all countries. Members in non-English speaking countries are requested to send lists of programs in their country. Omissions in the 1977 edition should also be noted. Please contact Professor Richard H. Schallenberg, Department of History, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061. ****************************************************

CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

The Electric Power Research Institute and the Thomas Alva Edison Foundation will sponsor-a-sympo­sium April 1-4, 1979 at the San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California. Titled the Edison Centennial Symposium on Science, Technology and the Human Prospect, the event will review the past impact of science and technology on society and lifestyles, assess current conditions and look ahead to new paths and goals for technology, inven­tion and innovation. Speakers and workshop leaders will offer contemporary thought on topics ranging from science and the "common man" to technology's role in economic growth. For further information contact Thomas S. Sedlar, International Committee Centennial of Light, Thomas Alva Edison Foundation, P. 0. Box 1310, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830.

Joint Atlantic Seminar in the History of the Physical Sciences will hold its annual meeting at University of Pennsylvania April 6-7, 1979. There will be a review symposium of The Physicists by Daniel J. Kevles, who will respond to comments by Henry Primakoff (University of Pennsylvania); Lewis Pyenson (Universit{ de Montr{al); and Nathan Reingold (Smithsonian Institution). Other papers include Lorraine Daston (Harvard University); "Classical Interpretations of Probability Theory",

David Tomas (Universit~ de Montr:al), "Structure and Style in the History of Physics: C.T.R. Wilson's

Cloud Chamber"; Leonard Reich (Rennsselaer Polytechnic Institute), "Science, Technology, and Industrial Research: The Career of Irving Langmuir"; David K. Allison, Naval Research Laboratory, "Critical Factors in the Develop­ment of Radar at the Naval Research Laboratory"; Kenneth Caneva (University of North Carolina­Greensboro), "What Should We Do With the Monster? Electromagnetism and the Sociology of Knowledge"; Kathryn Olesko (Cornell University), "'!Jle Politics and Pedagogy of Physics: The Konigsberg Seminar and the Prussian Ministry of Education"; Spencer R. Weart (Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics), "The Discovery of Fission"; and Joseph Lampel (Universite de Montrlal), "Educational Factors in Consensus Formation and Change: The Reception of Special Relativity in the United Kingdom".

The Southern Association for the History of the Sciences and Technology-will hold its-annual meeting at the-ITniversity of Kentuckv on Auril 7, 1979. Presentations will be made by Allan Gianniny (Virginia); James Corgan (Austin Peay); John Lienhard (Kentucky); Alex Roland (NASA); Daniel Mortensen (Scott Air Force Base); David Hahm (Ohio State); Kent Kraft (Georgia); James Force .(Kentucky); Ivan Zabilka (Kentucky); and David Pimrn (Wisconsin). For specific information contact Bruce Eastwood, Department of History, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506.

·"errata"

The heading of the January Newsletter was in­correctly dated. It should have read January, 19 79.

In listing the names of the HSS 1979 Council Isis editor Dr. Arnold Thackray was excluded: The Editor of Isis is automatically a member of both the Council and Executive Committee.

HSS NEWSLETTER

The Newsletter of the History of Science Society is published in January, April, July and October. Special subscription to the Newsletter is $5.00. Regular issues are sent free to individual members. Airmail is available for foreign mem­bers by paying yearly postal costs of $5.00 (Western Europe) or $6.00 (elsewhere). The deadline for receipt of news is the lOth of the month prior to publication. Send news items to Dr. Sally Gregory Kohlstedt, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13210. As Secretary of the Society and Editor of the Ne~s~etter she is jnterested in membership opinion about coverage and welcomes suggestions. Occasional supplements containing job informa­tion are sent to departments and to individuals who request them .')n an annual basis.

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The ~ ~nual Meeting ~f the American Oil. Chemists 1

Society w1ll be held April 29-May 3, 1979, In the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, California. TI1e event will be a joint meeting with the Japan Oil Chemists' Society. Approximately 275 technical papers will be presented during the week on the chemistry, biochemistry, processing and nutritional aspects of animal and vegetable fats and oils. Japanese scientists and researchers will present about 50 of the papers. Registration and program materials are available from the American Oil Chemists' Society, 508 S. Sixth Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820.

The Sixth International Congress of Logic, Methodo­logy and Philosophy of Science will be held in Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany from August 22 to 29, 1979. For further information contact Sekretariat und Organisationskomitee des 6, Internationalen Kongresses fur Logik, Methodologie und Philosophie der wissenschafter, Welfengarten 1, D-3000 Hannover 1, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

An Assembly ~Current and Future Oceanography will be held to mark the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution from September 29-0ctober 3, 1980. The Assembly will consist of invited papers on all aspects of oceano­graphy, including scientific, technical, social and institutional affairs, with particular focus on the future development of these fields. The Assembly follows the Third International Congress on the History of Oceanography (September 22-26) also to be held in Woods Hole. For further informa­tion contact Dr. Peter G. Brewer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543.

T~e ~epart~ent of History of the University of Winnipeg will host the 14th annual Northern Great Plains History Conference, October 10-13. Informa­tion and instructions for submitting proposals for papers or complete panels in all fields of history, especially Canadian history, can be obtained from Professor Daniel z. Stone, Department of History, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Minitoba R3B 2E9, Canada. '

The th~rd ~Humanities and Technology Confer­~ will be sponsored by the Department of English and History of Southern Technical Institute October ~5-27. Melvin Kranzberg, Callaway Professor of the History of Technology, will be the keynote spea~er. _Pa~er: and presentations dealing with the growing ~IS~Ipline that examines the integration ~f ~uman1st1c concerns and technological growth are Inv1ted. Abstracts and or papers should be address­ed to Dr. Robert D. Gates or Dr. George E. Kennedy II, D7partment of English and History, Southern Technical Institute, Marietta, Georgia 30060.

~ International Conference celebrating the centen­nial of the birth of Albert Einstein will be held at Hofstra University on November 8-10, 1979. The conference will address itself to Western and non-Western treatment of Einstein's ideas and their p~ace in all modes of thought, including philosophy, l1tera~ure, history, religion, psychology, and education. The deadline for proposals is April 15. For further information contact: International Conference on Albert Einstein, University Center for C~ltural and Intercultural Studies, Hofstra Univer­Sity, Hempstead, New York 11550.

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American Society for 18th-Century Studies will hold its East Central Meeting on November 8-10 in Williamsburg, Virginia. The theme of the conference will be "the Pan-Atlantic Enlighten­ment." The sponsors hope to have at least one session on the history of science. Inquiries and papers on any aspect of the relationship between the Old World and the New World ought to be addressed to Professor Robert P. Maccubbin, English Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185. Deadline for papers is June 1.

A Seminar on Alchemy in Literature will be held at the-Modern Languages Association Convention in San Francisco in December, 1979. Abstracts will appear in the fall issue of Cauda Pavonis. Copies of papers will be made a- -----­vailable before and at the seminar. For further information contact Mr. Thomas Willard, Seminar on Alchemy in Literature, Department of English, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721. *************************************************

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Program in the History of Science and Technology at the University of Minnesota now offers opportunities for graduate study for the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. The four full-time staff members and their fields of specialization are as follows: Professor Roger Stuewer, Coordinator of the program (history of 19th and 20th century physics); Professor Malcolm Kottler (history of biology); Professor Edwin Layton (history of technology); and Professor Alan Shapiro (ancient science, scientific revolution, and history of optics) .

Papers presented at the symposium ~ the History of the American Society of Zoologists will be published in the American Zoologist. The commit­tee on history, headed by Brother C. Edward of Manhattan College, is formulating plans for the next annual meeting to be held at Tampa, Florida, in December of 1979.

A Resources Communication Center has been establish­ed at the Colorado School of Mines, with the in­tention of developing new media productions and bringing together the scientific community and the public. Persons interested in working with the program or having films, videotapes, or photos are asked to contact Grant Foster, Director, Resources Communication Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401.

Th~ Committee ~History and Philosophy of Sc1ence at the University of Maryland has an­nounced its ongoing colloquium program for the spring semester. Persons interested in obtaining a schedule of the Monday meetings should write for the CHPS newsletter, 1131 Skinner Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742.

The New York Academy of Sciences has initiated aseries()f"""two-day nontechnical meetings, en­titled the Albert Einstein Lectures, to be pre­sented semi-annually. The first session was held March 9-10, 1979. Steven Weinbert of Har­vard University delivered the keynote address on "Einstein and Today's Physics." -3-

An Association for Documentary Editing was estab­lished during the Southern Historical Association Convention in St. Louis, Missouri. The association's object is "to encourage excellence in documentary editing by providing means of cooperation and exchange of information among those concerned with documentary editing and by promoting broader understanding of the principles and values under­lying the practice of documentary editing." For further information contact Charlene N. Bickford, First Federal Congress Project, George Washington University, Washington, D. C. 20052.

The Smithsonian Institution Archives has accessioned several new collectiors, many of them dealing with the recent period and with special reference to the natural and biological sciences. A complete list can be obtained from the HSS Newsletter office or from James A. Steed, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D. C. 20560.

Burndy Library announces the acquisition of Collected Reprints of Published Papers of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California, 1940-72. The Laboratory, established in 1936, 'was an outgrowth of E. 0. Lawrence's development of the cyclotron, the first practical high energy particle accelerator. The 61 volumes of some 10,000 reprints are essential information for the history of the field during the past four decades. Further information can be had from J. H. Chillington, Assistant Director of the Brundy Library, Norwalk, Connecticut 06856. ****************************************************

PUBLICATIONS

The National Historical Publications and Records commission announces the publication of its 1978 Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories. Compiled by-means of a nationwide survey of more than 11,000 libraries, archives, museums, and similar institutions, the Directory contains information on 3,250 institutions throughout the United States housing historical records. It also reports on repositories that contain documents, photographs, architectural drawings, oral history interviews, and other source materials. The Directory may be ordered for $25o00, payable to the National Archives Trust Fund, Publications Sales Branch, National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D. C. 20408.

The Union Catalogue of Printed Books of the XV and XVI Centuries in Astronomical EurOpeailObServa­tori~ compiled by-Giovanna Grassi, Rome, 1977 is now-aYailable at a cost of $6.00 per copy, prepaid. For further information contact Ms. Pat Molholt, Associate Director of Libraries, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12181.

The Catalogue of the Manuscript Collections of the American Antiquarian Society will be available by June, 1979. The American Antiquarian collection consists of more than 1,200 collections, ranging from single-volume diaries, account books, and small groups of family correspondence to sizeable collections of family papers and institutional records relating especially to colonial and anti-bellum New England. For further information contact Ethel Arakelian, G. K. Hall & Company, Publishers, 70 Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111. (continued on page 7 )

BOOKS RECEIVED BY ISIS: DECEMBER 1978 - FEBRUARY 1979

Garland E. Allan, Thomas Hunt Morgan: The Man and His Science. xvii + 447 pp., footnotes, illus., apps., bibl. essay, index. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1979. $25.00.

Robert R. Allen, gen. ed., The Eighteenth Century: A Current Bibliography. (n.s. ~ - for . 1975.) viii+ 438 pp., index, errata. Ph1ladelph1a/ Los Angeles: American Society for Eighteenth­Century Studies, 1978. $10.00 (paper); $15.00 (cloth); $25.00 (cloth-library binding).

Ugo Baldini, Un Libertine Accademico d:l . Cimento Antonio Oliva. (Istituto e Museo d1 Stor1a della Scienza Firenze, Monografia N. 1, Supplemento agli Annali dell'Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Anno 1977, Fascicolo 1.) 61 pp. Firenze: Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza. n·.d. n.p. (paper).

Elisabeth Bennion, Antigue Medical Instru­ments. xii + 355 pp., illus., 16 color plates, directory of surgical instrument makers, bibl., gloss., chron., index. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications; Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979. $65.00.

Roy Bhaskar, A Realist Theory of Science. 284 pp., bibl., index. 2nd edition. Hassacks, Sussex: Harvester Press; Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1978. $19.00 (cloth); $6.25 (paper).

Liliane Bodson, 'Iepa znia. Contribution a l'etude de laplace de l'animal dans la reli­gion grecque ancienne. (Academie Royale de Belgique, Memoires de la Classe des Lettres, Collection in-8°-2e serie, T. LXIII-Fascicule 2-1978.) xvii + 210 pp., indexes. Bruxelles: Palais des Academies, 1975, 1978. n.p. (paper).

L. Bonuzzi, ed. Acta Medicae Historiae Patavina. Vol. XXIII 1976/77. Istituto di Soria della Medicina dell'Universita di Padova. 86 pp., illus., notes.

Charles D. Bright, The Jet Makers: The Aerospace Industry from 1945 to 1972. xvii + 228 pp., 53 illus., 14 tables, notes, acronyms, annat. bibl., index. Lawrence: The Regents Press of Kansas, 1978. $14.00.

J(acob) Bronowski, A Sense of the Future: Essays in Natural Philosophy. Selected and edited by Piero E. Ariotti in collaboration with Rita Bronowski. x + 286 pp., refs., pub. record, index. Cambrdige, Mass./London, England: The MIT Press, 1978. $4.95 (paper).

J(acob) Bronowski, The Visionary Eye; Essays in the Arts, Literature and Science. Selected and edited by Piero E. Ariotti in collaboration with Rita Bronowski. x + 185 pp., 48 illus., index. Cambridge, Mass./London, England: The MIT Press, 1978. $10.00 (cloth).

Paul Buckley and F. David Peat, eds, A Ques­tion of Physics: Conversations in Physics~ Biology. x + 159 pp., gloss. Toronto/Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1979. $15.00 (cloth); $6.00 (paper).

Mario Bunge and William R. Shea, eds., Ruther­ford and Physics at the Turn of the Century. vii + 184 pp., chapter notes. New York: Dawson and Science History Publications, 1979. $20.00.

Rexmond C. Cochrane, The National Academy of Sciences: The First Hundred Years 1863-1963. Foreword by Frederick Seitz, Past President of

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of the Academy. xv + 694 pp., illus., footnotes, apps., indexes. Washington, D.C.: National Aca-demy of Sciences, 1978. _

Madeleine Pelner Cosman and Bruce Chandler, eds., Machaut' s World: Science and Art in Ll1e

Fourteenth Century. (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 314.) xiv + 348 pp., illus., indiv. notes and refs., sel. bibl. New York: The New York Academy of Sciences, 1978. $30.00 (paper).

Maurice Crosland, Gay-Lussac: Scienti}3t and bourgeois. xvi + 333 pp., chron. ta~le, app., notes, sel. bibl., indexes. Cambrld[':t' I New York/London: Cambridge University Presc; 1978. $36.00.

Nino Dazzi and Marcello Tricarico, eds., Problemi di teoria e storia della sicolo ia.

Domus Galilaeana, Quaderni di storia e critica della scienza, Nuova Serie, 6.) 244 pp., notes. Pisa: Domus Galilaeana, 1978. L. 5.000 (paper).

Kenneth Dewhurst and Nigel Reeves. Fried­rich Schiller: Medicine, Psychology and Liter­ature, with the first English edition of his complete medical and psychological writings. xii + 413 pp., refs., bibl., indexes. Berkeley/ New York: University of California Press, Vn8. $22.50.

Jean Dhombres, Nombre, mesure et continu; Epistemologie et histoire. (Publication de l'irem de nantes.) 337 pp., figs., bibl., chron. of mathematicians, apps., name index. Paris: CEDIC/Fernand Nathan, 1978. n.p. (paper).

Stillman Drake, trans. Galileo Galilei: Operations of the Geometric and Military Compnss, 1606. (Dibner Library, National Museum of His­tory and Technology, Publication Number One.) 95 pp., illus., bibl., notes. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978. $5.95 (paper).

Gary S. Dunbar, Elisee Reclus: Historian of Nature. 193 pp., illus., notes, bibl., index. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books (The Shoe String Press), 1978. $15.00.

Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change: Communications and Cul-· tural Transformations in Early-Modern Europe. 2 vols. xxi + 794 pp., footnotes, bibl. index, gen. index. Cambridge/London/New York: Cambridge University Press, 1979. Vol. 1, $29.50; Vol. 2, $24.50; Set, $49.50.

Jean-Paul Faure, La Cas Lamarck. 133 pp., notes. Paris: Albert Blanchard, 1978. 32 F.

Paul Feyerabend, Science in a Free Society. 221 pp., index. London; NLB, 1979. (Distri­buted in the U. S. and Canada by Schocken Books, New York.) $15.50.

Beatrice Flad-Schnorrenberg, Die Entdeckung des Lebendigen. (Taschentext 80.) vii+ 231 pp., illus. Weinheim/New York: Verlag Chemis; Wein­heim: Physik-Verlag, 1978. DM 19,80 (paper).

J. T. Fraser, N. Lawrence, and D. Park, eds., The Study of Time III: Proceedings of the Third Conference of the International Society for the Study of Time, Alpbach-Austria. v111 + 727 pp., notes, refs., 34 figs. New York/ Heidelberg/Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1978. $24.80.

Luis Garc1a-Ballester, Guillermo Olague,

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J. D. Gerrard-Gaugh and Albert B. Christman, History of the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California. Vol. 2: The Grand Experiment at In­yokern: Narrative of the Naval Ordnance Test Sta­tion During the Second World War and the Immediate Postwar Years. xxi + 433 pp., illus., bibl., in­dex. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978.

William C. Gibson, compiler, The Excitement and Fascination of Science. Volume Two: Reflec­tions bv Eminent Scientists. vii + 688 pp. Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews, Inc., 1978. $6.50 (cloth); $1.50 (paper).

Margaret Gowing, Reflections on Atomic Engergy History. The Rede Lecture, 1978. 26 pp., notes. Cambridge/London/New York: Cambridge University Press, 1978. $1.75 (paper).

Giovanna Grassi, Union Catalogue of Printed Books of the XV and XVI Centuries in Astronomical European Observatories. xv + 105 pp., chronol. index, index of printers and publishers. Rome: Rome Astronomical Observatory Library, 1977. (Available in the U.S. through IFLA Astronomical and Geophysical Libraries Round Table, Pat Mol­holt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12181.) $6.00 (paper).

Ernst B. Haas, Mary Pat Williams, and Don Babi, Scientists and World Order: The Uses of Technical Knowledge in International Organi­zations. x + 368 pp., 7 figs., 24 tables, gloss. of acronyms, index. Berkeley/Los Angeles/ London: University of California Press, 1978. $17.50.

A. Rupert Hall and Norman Smith, eds., History of Technology. Third Annual Volume, 1978. 186 pp. London: Mansell, 1978. (Distributed in North America by Mansell, Merrimack Book Service, 99 Main St., Salem, NH 03079.)

R. Lindsey Harmon, Project Director, A Century of Doctorates: Data Analyses of G;owth and Change: U. S. PhD's--Their Numbers, Origins, Characteristics, and the Institutions from Which They Corne. A Report to the National Science Foun­dation, to the National Endowment for the Humani­ties, and to the United States Office of Education from the Board on Human-Resource Data and Analyses, Commission on Human Resources, National Research Council. x + 173 pp., 46 tables, 64 figs., apps., sel. bibl., gloss., index. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, 1978. $10.50 (paper).

John Harrison, The Library of Isaac Newton. xiv + 286 pp., 6 plates, 3 tables, 1 fig., foot­notes, apps., list of authorities, index. Cam­bridge/London/New York/Melbourne: Cambridge Uni­veristy Press, 1978. $62.50.

Gerald W. Hartwig and K. David Patterson, eds., Disease in African History: An Introductory Survey and Case Studies. (Duke University Center for Commonwealth and Comparative Studies, No. 44.) xiv + 258 pp., notes, figs., tables, bibl. essay, index. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1978.

John Hatcher, Founders of Medical Laboratory Science. Edited by A. D. Farr. 175 pp., illus., index. London: Institute of Medical Laboratory Sciences (12 Queen Anne Street, WlM OAU), 1978. £2 (paper).

Herbert Hovenkamp, Science and Religion in America 1800-1860. x11 + 273 pp., bibl., notes, index. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania

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Press, 1978. $16.00. Douglas Huff and Orner Prewett, eds., The

Nature of the Physical Universe: 1976 Nob~ Conference. xvii + 140 pp., notes and refs. New York/Toronto: John Wiley+ Sons, 1979. $17.95.

Friedrich Hund, Geschichte der physikali­schen Begriffe. Teil 1: Die Entstehung des mechanischen Naturbildes. (B. I. Hochschultas­chenbucher, Band 543.) 221 pp., illus., indexes. Mannheim/Wien/Zurich: Bibliographisches Institut, 1978.

Friedrich Hund, Geschichte der physicali­schen Begriffe. Teil 2: Die Wege zum heutigen Naturbild. (B. I. Hochschultaschenbucher, Band 544.) 233 pp., illus, indexes. Mannheim/Wien/ Zurich: Bibliographisches Institut, 1978.

Kenneth Johnstone, The Aquatic Explorers: A History of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. xv + 342 pp., illus., bibl., index. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1977. $20.00.

R. V. Jones, The Wizard War: British Sci­entific Intelligence 1939-1945. Foreword by the Vicomtesse de Clarens. illus., notes, gloss., index. xx + 556 pp. New York: Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, Inc., 1978. $12.95.

Wolfgang Kasack, Die Akademie der Wissen­schaften der UdSSR: Uberblick uber Geschichte und Struktur Verzeichnis der Institute. (Deutsche Froschungsgemeinschaft.) 157 pp., 12 tables, notes, index. Boppard: Harald Boldt Verlag, 1978. n.p. (paper).

Kenneth Laine Ketner and James Edward Cook, compilers, Charles Sanders Peirce: Contributions to The Nation. Part Two: 1894-1900. (Graduate Studies, Texas Tech University, No. 16.) 281 pp. Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech Press, 1978. $14.00.

James R. Killian, Jr., ed. Proceedings of the Atoms for Peace Awards, 1957-1969. A Mem­orial to Henry Ford and Edsel Ford. xxii + 327 pp., illus., name index. Cambridge, Mass: The MIT Press, 1978. $15.00.

Thomas S. Kuhn, Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912. xvi + 356 pp., notes, bibl., index. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. $24.00.

T. H. Leith, Bibliography for the prepara­tion of Research Papers in the History + Philo­sophy + Sociology of Science, Biography of Scientists, Science +Religion, Science +the Humanities, + Education in Science. 5th Edition, 1978. Downsview, Ontario: York University, 1978. (Available from the author, Atkinson College, 4700 Keele Street, Downsview, Ontario, Canada.) $3.25 (paper).

David C. Lindberg, ed., Science in the Middle Ages. (The Chicago History of Science and Medicine.) xv + 549 pp., indiv. notes, sugg. for further reading, notes on contributors, in­dex. Chicago/London: The University of Chicago Press, 1978.

Konrad Moll, Der junge Leibniz 2 I. Die wissenschaftstheoretische Problemstellung seines ersten Systementwurfs. Der Anschluss an Erhard Weigels Scientia Generalis. 129 pp., notes, bibl. Stuttgart: Friedrich Frommann Verlag Glinther Holzboog, 1979.

Alfred Mongin, Bibliography of Published Reports of the Alaska Road Commission 1905-1957. Part I: 1905-1925. (History and Archae­ology Series, Miscellaneous Publications No. 19,

November 1977.) xi+ 22 pp., illus. Anchorage, Alaska: Office of History and Archaeology, Alaska Division of Parks. n.d., n.p. (paper).

Alexander Murray, Reason and Society in the Middle Ages. xiv + 507 pp., 9 plates, 5 illus., 2 maps, apps., bibl., notes, index. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978. $39.00.

National Historical Publications and Records Commission, National Archives and Records Service, Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the United States. 905 pp. Washington, D.C.: General Services Administration, 1978. $25.00. (For sale from the Publications Sales Branch (NEPS), National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C. 20408. Make checks payable to the National Archives Trust Fund. )

Martha Craven Nussbaum, Aristotle's De Motu Animalium. Text with translation, commentary, and interpretive essay. xxiii + 430 pp., bibl, in­dexes. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1978. $30.00.

James G. Paradis, T. H. Huxley: Man's Place in Nature. xii + 226 pp., notes, sel. bibl., index. Lincoln/London: University of Nebraska Press, 1979. $13.50.

Colin Patterson, Evolution. vii+ 197 pp., illus., figs., further readings, glosss., index. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1978. $10.95 (cloth); $4.95 (paper).

Jaques M. Quen and Eric T. Carlson, eds., American Psychoanalysis: Origins and Development. 216 pp., index. New York: Brunner/Mazel, Inc., 1978. $15.00.

L. J. Ratl:er, The Genesis of Cancer: A Study in the History of Ideas. xiii + 262 pp., notes, bibl., index. Baltimore/London: The Johns Hop­kins University Press, 1979. $17.50.

Nicholas Rescher, Peirce's Philosophy of Science: Critical Studies in His Theory of In­duction and Scientific Method. x + 125 pp., notes, refs., indexes. Notre Dame/London: University of Notre Dame Press, 1978. $10.95,

Nicholas Rescher, Scientific Progress: A Philosophical essay on the economics of research in natural science. xiv + 278 pp., figs., tables, indexes. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1978. $18.95.

Revue de Synthese, IIIe Centenaire de la mort de Spinoza. (Actes du Colloque International, Paris, 3-5 Mai 1977.) Janvier-Septembre 1978, Tome XCIX.

Guglielmo Righini, Contributo alla Interpreta­zione Scientifica dell'Opera Astronomica di Galileo. (Istituto e di Storia Scienze Firenze, Monografia N.2.) 115 pp., illus., tables, figs., indexes. Florence: Presso l'Instituto e Museo di Storia della Scienzu, 1978. n.p. (paper).

Fritz K. Ringer, Education and Society in Modern Europe. 370 pp., footnotes, app., bibl., index. Bloomington/London: Indiana University Press, 1979. $22.50.

Daniel Roche, Le siecle des Lumieres en pro­vince: Academies et academiciens provinciaus, 1680-1789. Tome I: 394 pp. Tome II: (Notes, Bibl., Tableux, Graphiques, Cartes): 520 pp. Paris/ La Haye: ~cole des Hautes ~tudes en Sciences Sociales: Mouton ~diteur, 1978. 280 F (paper).

Hakim Mohammed Said, ed., Hamdard Medicus. The Organ of the Institute of Health and Tibbi Research. Published quarterly by Hamdard National Foundation Pakistan, Vol. XXI (January-March 1978) Nos. 1-6.

Anne-Fran9ois Schmid, Une philosophie de savant: Henri Poincare + la logigue mathematigue. 175 pp., bibl. Paris: Fran9ois Maspero, 1~78.

Torgny T. Segerstedt, ed., The Frontlers of Human Knm.rledge: Lectures Held at the Quincen­tenary Celebrations of Uppsala University 1977. (Acta Universitatis Uppsaliensis, 33.) vi+ 308 pp., illus., footnotes. Uppsalaq 1978. Dis­tributed by Almqvist + Wiksell International (Stockholm, Sweden) and Humanities Press (Atlan­tic Highlands, NJ), 1979. $29.50 (paper).

Wayne Shumaker, ed. and trans. John Dee on Astronomy: Propaideumata Aphoristica (1558 and 1568) Latin and English. With an introuuctory essay by J. L. Heilbron. ix + 264 pp., illus., notes, bibl., index. Berkeley/Los Angeles/ London: University of California Press, 1C)7(L $17.50 (cloth).

W. Wesley Spink, M.D., Infectious Diseases: Prevention and Treatment in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. xx + 577 pp., notes, bibl., indexes. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1979. $34.50.

F. R. Stephenson and D. H. Clark, Applica­tions of Early Astronomical Records. (Monographs on Astronomical Subjects: 4.) ix + 114 pp., figs., tables, refs., index. New York: Oxford Univer­sity Press, 1979. $12.00.

Taylor Stoehr, Hawthorne's Mad Scientists: Pseudoscience and Social Science in Nineteenth­Century Life and Letters. 313 pp., preface, notes, index. Hamden, CN: Shoestring Press, 1978. $19.50.

Studia Leibnitiana: Suppl. XVII, Suppl. XVIII: Leibniz a Paris (Tome I, II). Symposion de laG, W. Leibniz-Gesellschaft (Hannover) et du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Paris) a Chantilly (France) du 14 au 18 Novemb. 1976. Tome I: Les Sciences. 241 pp. Tome II: La Philosophie de Leibniz. 170 pp. illus, foot­notes. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1978.

Joachim Thiele, Wissenschaftliche Kommuni­cation: Die Korrespondenz Ernst Machs. 325 pp., notes, bibl., index. Kastellaun: A. Henn Verlag, 1978. DM 38.-- (paper).

Malcolm M. Thomson, The Beginning of the Long Dash: A History of Timekeeping in Canada. xvii + 190 pp., illus., bibl., index. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978. $17.50.

Norman J. W. Thrower, ed., The Compleat Plattmaker: Essays on Chart, Map and Globe Making in England in the Seventeenth and Eight­eenth Centuries. xvii + 241 pp., illus., index. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979. $14.95.

Anne Tihon, Theon d'Alexandrie: Le "Petit Commentaire" de Theon d'Alexandrie aux tables faciles de Ptolemee. Histoire du texts, Edi­tion Critique et Traduction. ii + 381 pp., bibl., index, foldout charts. Roma: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1978.

Kurt von Fritz, Schriften zur griechischen Logik. Band 2: Logik, Ontologie und Mathematik. (Problemata Frommann-Holzboog, 71.) 236 pp. Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt: Friedrich Frommann Ver­lag, 1978. n.p. (paper).

Spencer R. Weart and Gertrud Weiss Szilard, eds., Leo Szilard: His Version of the Facts. Selected Recollections and Correspondence. (Vol. II.) xxii + 244 pp., illus., source notes name . . ' lndex. Cambrldge, MA/London, England: The MIT Press, 1978. $17.50.

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I. Trevor Williams, ed., A History of Tech­nology. Volumes VI and VII. The Twentieth Century c. 1900 to c. 1950. Parts 1 and II. xxv + xix + 1530 pp., illus., figs., tables, refs., bibls., indexes. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978. Vol. VI, $39.50; Vol. VII, $47.50; Set, $82.00.

Rolf Hinau, Deutsche Gesellschaft flir Geschichte der Medizin, Natur-wissenschaft und 7echnik, 1901-1976. 164 pp., illus., name in­dex. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1978.

John Ziman, Reliable Knowledge: An Explora­tion of th~~ Grounds for Belief in Science. ix + 197 pp., illus., footnotes, index. New York/ London: Cwubridge University Press, 1979. $18.95.

Ronald Edward Zupko, French Weights and Measures before the Revolution: A Dictionary of Provincial and Local Units. xlvii + 208 pp., tables, app., bibl. Bloomington/London: Indiana University Press, 1979. $22.50.

NEW JOURNALS

Maria Luisa Righini Bonelli, ed., Annali dell'Istituto e Museo di Storia della S~ di Firenze. Anno I, 1976; Anno II, 1977; Anno III, 1978. Firenze, n.p ..

George Bugliarello and A. George Schill­inger, eds., Technology in Scciety: An Inter­national Journal. Publ~shed quarterly by Per­gamon Press. Volume l, Number 1, Spring 1979. Sullscriptions: $15.00 (individuals); $66.00 ( insi tutions).

Fritz Krafft, ed., Berichte zur Wissen­schaftsgeschichte. Organ der Gesellschaft fur Wissenschaftsgeschichte e. V. Wiesbaden: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft. Band 1, 1978. Subscriptions: DM 58,--.

PAPERBACKS, TRANSLATIONS, AND OTHER EDITIONS

Max Born, My Life: Recollections of a Nollel Laureate. xi+ 308 pp., illus., index of persons. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979. $17.50.

A. Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, eds., Unpublished Scientific Papers of Isaac Newton. A Selection from the Portsmouth Collection in the University Library, Cambridge. 416 pp., illus., notes, index. Cambridge/London/New York: Cambridge University Press, 1979, $15.95 (paper).

Daniel J. Kevles, The Physicists: The History of a Scientific Community in Modern America.-xT + 489 pp., footnotes,gloss. of ms. cites., ack., essay on sources, index. New York: Vintage Books, 1979. $5.95 (pQper).

Erna Lesky, Die Wiener Medizinische Schule im 19. Jahrhundert. (Studien zur Geschichte der Unviersitat Wien, Band VI.) 660 pp., illus,, footnotes, indexes. Wien, Austria: Hermann Bohlaus Nachf., 1978. DM 94.--.

Frances Yates, Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition, xiv + 466 pp. Chicago: Midway Reprints, University of Chicago Press, 1979. $13.00 (paper).

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PUBLICATIONS (CONTINUED)

The Public Historian: ~ Journal of Public History will be produced by the Graduate Program in Public Historical Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106. Subscription rates are $9.00 (individuals), $7.50 (students) and $12.00 (institutions). ·

A_ List of Theses in History of Science in British Universities (in progress or recently completed), No. 9 (197801979), compiled by J. B. Morrell, is available for $3.00 postpaid. Contact: The Administrator, The British Society for the History of Science, Halfpenny Furze, Mill Lane, Chalfont Street Giles, Buckinghamshire HP8 4NR, England. ***************************************************

AWARDS AND HONORS

Desiderio ~ of Buenos Aires has been promoted by Decree of the Prime Minister of France, to "Officer" in the Order of the "Palmes Acade"miques." The 1st and 2nd volumes of Professor Papp's volumes, "Ideas Revolucionarias en la Ciencia," have been honored with the "Golden Medal," in the lOth Great International Concurse of the Academie Internationale de Lutece (Paris).

Margaret Rossiter has been awarded the Liebig Medal of the University of Giessen for her book, The Emergence of Agricultural Science: Justus Liebig· and the Americans; ·1840-1880 (1975). The silver medar-cornrnemorates the 175th anniversary of Liebig's birth. Wilhelm Lewicki, a sixth genera­tion descendant of Liebig, presented the medal to her in California.

~White, Jr. has been name~ Distinguis~ed . Visiting Professor at New Mexico State University for Spring, 1979. Dr. White will lecture at New Mexico State University on April 4-17.

Ethics and Values in Science and Technology Pro­gram (NSF) aiiTiO'Ui1ces the following awards for the first quarter of fiscal year 1979:

Sally Guttmacher, Columbia University, "Drugs as Medical Technology: Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Borderline Hypertension."

Helen Holmes, Federation of Organizations for Professional Women, "Ethical Issues in Research on Human Reproduction: A National Workshop."

Sanford A. Lakoff, University of California at San Diego, "Science and Ethical Responsibility: A National Workshop for Undergraduate and Graduate Students." **************************************************

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

The Council for Philosophical Studies announces a program of grants to enable a college to bring a distinguished philosopher to its campus for two or three days of public lectures, colloquia, visits to classes, and informal discussion. The host institution nominates the visitor and takes responsibility for arranging the program and for paying the visitor's transportation and living expenses. The Council will provide the visitor's

honorarioum of $200.00 per day. For further in­formation write: The Visiting Philosopher Pro­gram: 1979, The Council for Philosophical Studies, Department of Philosophy, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California 94132.

The Webster Society, established to honor Dr. Jerome Pierce Webster, announces an essay con­test in the History of Plastic Surgery. A $1,000 cash prize will be given biennially with the first award to be made in 1980. The deadline for sub­mission of essays is April 15, 1980. All essays should be sent to and further information obtained from Dr. Bard Cosman, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 161 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York. 10032.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has made available a grant for-a five-year post-doctoral fellowship program to assist scholars wishing to conduct research in the manuscript collections in the Vatican Film Library at Saint Louis University. The program is designed to provide travel ex­penses and a reasonable per diem to scholars with well defined research projects for periods of research in the Vatican Film Library ranging from less than a month to a full semester, including periods of summer research. For information contact Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship Program, Vatican Film Library, Pius XII Memorial Library, Saint Louis University, 3655 West Pine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63108.

Tite National Endowment for the Humanities will offer fellowships for 1980-8T:ln three categories. Categories A and B offer fellowships for in­dependent study and research in the humanities and carry stipends of up to $10,000 for six months of tenure, $20,000 for twelve. Category B is intended for persons engaged primarily in teaching undergraduates in colleges and univer­sities; Category A is open to all scholars, teach­ers, and other interpreters of the humanities. The application deadline for both categories is June 1, 1979. Awards will be announced late the following November, and Fellows may begin tenure as early as January 1980. Fellowships in Category C provide teachers in undergraduate and two-year colleges opportunities to participate in seminars directed by distinguished scholars at designated universities and to undertake study and research of their own choosing beyond the work of the seminar. This category is open only to members of departments that do not offer the Ph.D. These fellowships carry stipends of up to $20,000 for twelve months of tenure. The application deadline is November 12, 1979. Awards will be announced in mid-March 1980, and Fellows may begin tenure as early as June 1, 1980. The directors, topics, and locations of the seminars will be announced in mid-March 1979. Contact Division of Fellowships, Mail Stop 101, National Endowment for the Humanities, 806 15th Street, N.W., Washington, D. c. 20015.

The National Humanities Center will admit approximately forty Fellows for the academic year 1980-81. The group of Fellows chosen each year includes both scholars of established rep­utation and young scholars of promise who have held the doctorate no more than ten years. In

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addition to scholars in fields traditionally identi­fied with the humanities, the Center admits repre­sentatives of the natural and social sciences, the professions and public affairs. Scholars from outside the United States are also welcome to apply. The usual term of a fellowship is the academic year, September through May, but some fellowships are available for shorter periods. Stipends are based on the normal academic salaries of Fellmvs; those who have partial support in the form of sabbatical salaries or research grants receive from the Center the difference between that support and their normal salaries. Fellows also receive travel expenses to and from the Center for them­selves and their families. The deadline for 1980-81 applications is January 10, 1980. For application material and information write to: National Humanities Center, P.O. Box 12256, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.

The George H. M. Lawrence Memorial Fund Committee solicits nominations for the first (1979) annual Lawrence Memorial award. The Fund and Award have been established on a permanent basis to honor the memory of Dr. Lawrence, founding Director of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie-Mellon University. The purpose of the expected 1979 Award of $1,000 is to support travel for doctoral dissertation research in systematic botany or horticulture, or their history, including literature and exploration. Nominations and supporting materials, requests for further in­formation, and any other communication regarding the fund and Award should be directed to: Robert W. Kiger, Director, Hunt Institute, Carnegie­Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213.

The American Association for the Advancement of SCience (AAAS) announces the fifth year of its­Mass Media Science Fellows Program supported in part by a grant from the National Science Founda­tion. A major objective of this program is to provide opportunities for outstanding students in the natural and social sciences to participate in the process by which events and ideas become news. Up to 20 candidates will be selected to participate in the program during the summer of 1979. Although priority will be given. to graduate students, applications will also be considered from outstand­ing undergraduate and postdoctoral students. Each Fellow will work at a radio station, television station, newspaper, or magazine for 10 weeks during the summer. Every effort will be made to match a Fellow's interests and preferences with those of a prospective media host. Contact Lyn Chambers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, D. C. 20036.

The National Science Foundation has a program of support for small Coll,ege Faculty through Grants at Large Institutions. This is an opportunity for faculty members at small institutions to arrange work with atl investigator at another institution who holds or is applying for an NSF research grant. If supplemental funds are required, the NSF granted should submit to NSF a brief proposal, including a description of the proposed research, budget, and biographical sketch of the small college faculty members" Individuals at smaller colleges should make their own arrangements; NSF will not act as intermediary. Contact Dr. Roland Radloff,

_ ...... ----------------------................ ~ Biological, Behavioral a~d Social_Sciences, National Science Foundat1on, Wash1ngton, D.C. 20550.

The National Science Foundation program, Science for Citizens (Forums, Conferences, and Work­shops and Planning Studies), is intended to make scientific and technical assistance available to citizens at the times and in the ways most useful to them, and to increase the knowledge­able participation of scientists and citizens in resolving major issues of public policy that involve science and technology. Deadline for preliminary proposals in July 15. Contact the Office of Science and Society, National Science Foundation, Washington, D. C. 20550.

Case Western Reserve University invites appli­cations for the Ambrose Swasey Memorial Fellow­ship in the History of American Technology, which will be available August, 1979. The fellowship, which comprises a $6000 annual stipend (out of which tuition must be paid) , will be funded for two years, with some extension possible. It is expected that the fellow will direct his or her graduate research toward the work of Mr. Swasey and of the Warner and Swasey Company, using Swasey papers as the basis for a disserta­tion on the machine tool industry, astronomical instrumentation or both. Deadline is July 1; contact Director, Program in History of Science and Technology, /'.lather House, Case Western Re­serve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 AA/EOE ***********************************************

APPOINTMENTS

Alan Beyerchen has been appointed Associate Professor in the History Department, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210.

Kathleen Q. Dugan has been appointed as the first re­search scholar in science and humanities at the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne Australia. The Museum has initiated a program to support research' linking the sciences and humanities through the study of aspects of history, art, literature, and bibliography.

Richard ~· Glasow has been appointed research associate (with faculty rank equivalent to assistant professor) at the Applied Research Laboratory at the Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania 16801. Part of his responsibility will be to write a technical and administrative history of the laboratory.

Robert H. Kargon has been appointed to the William K. Shepard Chair in the History of Science Depart­ment at the Johns Hopkins University~

Ellen B. Wells, former Associate Librarian for the History of Science Collections at Cornell is now Curator of the Bern Dibner Library at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. c. *******************************************************

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NEWS OF FORTHCOMING BOOKS

The Editor is anxious to improve the speed and quality of the Book Review section of Isis. Editor, author, reader: all are best served by prompt and authoritative reviewing. To that end, it is of the greatest help to have advance intelligence of forthcoming books that should be reviewed. As authors, potential reviewers readers critics "invisible college" members, conference participants, referees, gossips and grapevi~e tender~, the me~bers of the Society are more widely informed than the ~ditorial team can ever hope to be about work in progress. Please fill in and return the attache~ sl1p t~: Book Reviews, Isis, Smith Hall/D6, University of Pennsylvania, 215 South 34th Street, Ph1ladelph1a, Pennsylvania 19104.

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MUSEUM EXHIBITS

A new section of the Newsletter appears below on an experimental basis. The editor welcomes comment from readers on whether the feature should be con­tinued, dropped, or modified. Announcements of new museum displays may be submitted by members or by institutions.

Sr.1ithsonian Institution, February to June, 1979. "Traditional Japanese Medicine and its Graphics". Ramunas Kondratas (curator) and Elizabeth Harris (curator), Richard Virgo (designer). ****************************************************

DISSERTATIONS

University of Delaware:

Richard D. Glasow, "Prelude to a Naval Renaissance: Ordance Innovation in the United States Navy during the 1870s," No. 7821093 (completed).

Note: If available, please supply the Dissertation Abstracts reference number in the future when submitting announcements on disserta­tions completed.

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JOB INFORMATION

Individuals in colleges, universities, and other institutions having knowledge of possible or definite job openings are urged to relay such in­formation to the Secretary of the Society, Dr. Sally Gregory Kohlstedt, as soon as possible for publication in the Newsletter. Such sharing of job information is consistent with the general sentiment that members of the HSS expressed on the desirability of open listings of available positions.

The positions listed are new openings that have been brought to the attention of the Secretary. Other new openings should also be brought to her attention as soon as possible. All inquiries should be addressed to the institution having the opening, and only serious and qualified persons should apply. It is assumed that the positions listed are in fact open at the time of publication. The Society, however, can assume no responsibility for the accuracy or currency of the listing.

1. Thomas A. Edison Papers, Edison National Historical Site, West Orange, New Jersey 07051.

Description: Assistant editor. Work with pro­fessional staff in the preparation of both the microfilm and book edition of the Edison Papers. An adjunct teaching appointment with Rutgers University is a strong possibility. A Ph.D. in ·a historical field or equi val ant experience is required. A person with editing backgrour.d or experi~ce with working with interpretative, visual and artificial materials 1s preferred. Historical editing experience and background fields relating to technology, science,

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business art or museums studies is highly desirable. Contact:' Thomas Edison Papers, 1 Richardson Street, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903.

2. Thomas A. Edison Papers, Edison National Historical Site, West Orange, New Jersey 07051.

Description: Archives technician and assistant to the editor (historical editing). Substantial archival duties and some historical editing re­sponsibilities. This is a permanent parttime (30-35 hours per week) civil service position with potential for fulltime employment. A minimum of a masters degree or equivalent. Experience re­quired in archival training or related experience. Historical editing and historical background re­lating to era of Edison is highly desirable. Contact: Thomas Edison Papers, 1 Richardson Street, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903.

3. University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024.

Description: Possible temporary position for assistant or associate professor. Appointment would be in the History of the Modern Physical Sciences (Newton to Einstein) during two or three quarters of 1979-1980. Teaching will involve both undergraduate lecture courses and graduate coloquia. Contact: Professor Robert Westman, Department of History, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024 AA/EOE.

4. American Historical Association, Washington, D. C. 20003.

Description: Special assistant to the Executive Director, half-time position. Appointment is for assistant to work on promotion of minority and women's scholarly and professional interests, and salary will be at the assistant professor level. Qualifications include advanced degree in history, some teaching experience, a commitment to history and a willingness to work hard to pro­mote history and the interests of minorities and women. Deadline is April 15, 1979. Contact: Executive Director, AHA, 400 A Street SE, Washington, D. C. 20003.

Summer positions for students:

a) Thomas ~· ~ Papers, Edison National Historical Site, West Orange, New Jersey 07051.

Description: Editorial assistant for the summer of 1979 (2 positions). Editorial assistant will work with senior professional staff in preparation of materials for the microfilm edition of the papers of Thomas Edison. Graduate or senior undergraduate with strength and interest in history, science and business in the era of Edison is required. 10-12 weeks at $1800 - $2100 for the summer. Contact: Thomas Edison Papers, 1 Richardson Street, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903.

b~ Thomas ~· Edison Papers, Edison National Historical Site, West Orange, New Jersey 07051.

Description: Senior editorial assistant for the

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summer of 1979. Will work with senior professional staff in editorial research in preparation of materials of the microfilm and book editions of the Edison materials. Graduate level background with strengths and interests in the history,

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