Evan Hepler-Smith of Princeton University introduced his draft "Systematic nomenclature at the 1892 Geneva Congress and the structuring of the molecular world."
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Past Meetings
Matt Stanley of NYU introduced his "By design: James Clerk Maxwell and the evangelical unification of science", The British Journal for the History of Science, 45 (2012) pp 57-73
Jeffery Womack introduced his draft Ethics of Uncertainty: Medicine, the Roentgen Ray, and the Erythema Dose
Ann Robinson introduced a dissertation chapter, Not Like Minerva From the Head of Jupiter: The Foundation and Discovery of the Periodic Law, 1860-1869
Richard Staley introduced his Trajectories in the history and historiography of physics in the twentieth century
Joe Martin introduced his draft dissertation chapter A Good Name and Great Riches: Materials Science, Condensed Matter Physics, and the Seeds of Solid State's Fracture
Ari Gross introduced his Pictures and Pedagogy: The Role of Diagrams in Feynman's Early Lectures, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 43 (3). pp. 184-94. 2012.
Ann Robinson introduced Elements of the Table: Visual Discourse and the Preperiodic Representation of Chemical Classification by Benjamin R. Cohen, Configurations 12 (2004): 41-75
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