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Upcoming Meetings
There are no currently scheduled upcoming events.
Past Meetings
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September 15, 2016
Joanna Behrman of Johns Hopkins University introduced her paper "Domesticating Physics: Introductory Physics Textbooks for Women in Home Economics, 1914-1955"
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April 20, 2016
Teasel Elizabeth Muir-Harmony of the American Institute of Physics introduced her paper "From the Moon to Japan: The US Exhibition of a Lunar Rock at the 1970 Osaka World's Fair."
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March 16, 2016
Allan Needell of the National Air and Space Museum introduced his "Webb, the New Deal and 'Space Age Management.'"
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February 17, 2016
Kristie Macrakis of Georgia Tech and ​the Woodrow ​Wilson Center introduced her paper, "How We Really Found Missiles on Cuba: A Story about Myths, Technology and Secret Agents."
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January 20, 2016
Mott Greene of the University of Washington introduced his biographical work, "Alfred Wegener: Science, Exploration, and the Theory of Continental Drift".
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December 17, 2015
Ruth Rand, Consortium for HSTM and UPenn, introduced her draft dissertation chapter, "'Terror in the Skies': Falling Space Junk, Space Weather, and International Environmental Liability During the Long 1970s."
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October 15, 2015
Lillian Hoddeson and Peter Garrett of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign introduce their book chapter on "Stanford Ovshinsky and the Invention of the Nickel-Metal-Hydride Battery"
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September 17, 2015
Anthony Eames of Georgetown introduced his paper, "Trident: The Socio-Scientific Construction of a Cold War Weapons System."
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May 6, 2015
Vivien Hamilton of Harvey Mudd College introduced her draft, "Physics in the New York Times: 1880-1920".
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April 1, 2015
Andrew Zangwill of Georgia Tech introduced his paper, "Density Functional Theory at 50: A Look Back."
Group Conveners
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Richard Shrake
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