Session B2: History of Physics

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Chair: James Evans, University of Puget Sound
Wyatt - 109


Friday, May 19, 2006
2:00PM - 2:28PM

B2.00001: Science and Politics in the Philosophy of Science of Popper, Polanyi, and Kuhn
Invited Speaker: Mary Jo Nye

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Friday, May 19, 2006
2:28PM - 2:56PM

B2.00002: A Bit More Sinuosity: John Herschel's Graphical Method
Invited Speaker: Thomas Hankins

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Friday, May 19, 2006
2:56PM - 3:24PM

B2.00003: The German Physical Society in the Third Reich: Local Conservatism between Co-optation and Autonomy.
Invited Speaker: Richard Beyler

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Friday, May 19, 2006
3:24PM - 3:44PM

B2.00004: BREAK


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Friday, May 19, 2006
3:44PM - 3:58PM

B2.00005: Plato's Ideas and the Theories of Modern Particle Physics: Amazing Parallels
Ruprecht Machleidt

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Friday, May 19, 2006
3:58PM - 4:26PM

B2.00006: The Role of Competition, Community, and Priority in the Discovery of the Tau Lepton
Invited Speaker: Leandra Swanner

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Friday, May 19, 2006
4:26PM - 4:54PM

B2.00007: The Context, Significance, and Reception of Helmholtz's Physiological Acoustics
Invited Speaker: Patrick MacDonald

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Friday, May 19, 2006
4:54PM - 5:22PM

B2.00008: Einstein and the Quantum: The Secret Life of EPR
Invited Speaker: Arthur Fine

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