Paul Thompson, Judgments and Risk Comparisons,” Plant Physiology 132: 10-16. 2003. Stephen Norton and Frederick Suppe, Atmospheric Modeling is Good “Why Science,” in C. Miller and P. Edwards, eds., Changing the Atmosphere: Expert Knowledge and Environmental Governance (Cambridge: MIT Press). 2001. Ian Hacking, Up People,” in Historical Ontology (Cambridge: Harvard “Making University Press). 2002. Zachary Pirtle, Ryan Meyer, and Andrew Hamilton, Does It Mean When “What Climate Models Agree? A Case for Assessing Independence Among General Circulation Models,” Environmental Science & Policy, forthcoming. Sept. 10 Historical Perspectives on Science and Technology – Visitor: Karin Ellison, Associate Director, Center for Biology & Society Today’s session will focus specifically on historical perspectives on the study of science and technology. We will begin with a discussion of the readings and then will have a visitor, Karin Ellison, who will provide us with a personal view of this topic. Readings: Edmund P. Russell III, of Annihilation’: Mobilizing for War Against “’Speaking Human and Insect Enemies, 1914-1945,” The Journal of American History 82(4): 1505-1529, 1996. Jane Maienschein, Styles in German and American Embryology,” “Epistemic Science in Context 4(2): 407-427. Michael Dennis, First Line of Defense’: Two University Laboratories in “’Our the Postwar American State,” Isis 85: 427-455. 1994. Gregg Mitman, Search of Health: Landscape and Disease in American “In Environmental History,” Environmental History 10(2): 184-210. 2005. Paul Erickson, Models, Rational Choice, and the Search for “Mathematical Cold War Culture,” Isis 101:386-392. 2010. Sept. 17 Sociological Perspectives on Science and Technology – Visitor: Dave Conz, School of Letters and Sciences Today’s session will focus specifically on sociological perspectives on the study of science and technology. We will begin with a discussion of the readings and then will have a visitor, Dave Conz, who will provide us with a personal view of this topic. The proposal for your research project is due today! Readings: Edward Hackett, Tensions: Identity, Control, and Risk in Research,” “Essential Social Studies of Science 35(5): 787-826. 2005.
Paul Thompson, Judgments and Risk Comparisons,” Plant Physiology 132: 10-16. 2003. Stephen Norton and Frederick Suppe, “Why Atmospheric Modeling is Good Science,” in C. Miller and P. Edwards, eds., Changing the Atmosphere: Expert Knowledge and Environmental Governance (Cambridge: MIT Press). 2001. Ian Hacking, “Making Up People,” in Historical Ontology (Cambridge: Harvard University Press). 2002. Zachary Pirtle, Ryan Meyer, and Andrew Hamilton, “What Does It Mean When Climate Models Agree? A Case for Assessing Independence Among General Circulation Models,” Environmental Science & Policy, forthcoming. Sept. 10 – Historical Perspectives on Science and Technology Visitor: Karin Ellison, Associate Director, Center for Biology & Society Today’s session will focus specifically on historical perspectives on the study of science and technology. We will begin with a discussion of the readings and then will have a visitor, Karin Ellison, who will provide us with a personal view of this topic. Readings: Edmund P. Russell III, “’Speaking of Annihilation’: Mobilizing for War Against Human and Insect Enemies, 1914-1945,” The Journal of American History 82(4): 1505-1529, 1996. Jane Maienschein, “Epistemic Styles in German and American Embryology,” Science in Context 4(2): 407-427. Michael Dennis, “’Our First Line of Defense’: Two University Laboratories in the Postwar American State,” Isis 85: 427-455. 1994. Gregg Mitman, “In Search of Health: Landscape and Disease in American Environmental History,” Environmental History 10(2): 184-210. 2005. Paul Erickson, “Mathematical Models, Rational Choice, and the Search for Cold War Culture,” Isis 101:386-392. 2010. Sept. 17 – Sociological Perspectives on Science and Technology Visitor: Dave Conz, School of Letters and Sciences Today’s session will focus specifically on sociological perspectives on the study of science and technology. We will begin with a discussion of the readings and then will have a visitor, Dave Conz, who will provide us with a personal view of this topic. The proposal for your research project is due today! Readings: Edward Hackett, “Essential Tensions: Identity, Control, and Risk in Research,” Social Studies of Science 35(5): 787-826. 2005.