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History & Philosophy of Science
Thursday, September 30, 2010 | 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Presentations by three of the experts involved in the exciting excavation of the 18th century ship found 20 feet underground in Lower Manhattan this summer. More
Fifty years ago, C.P. Snow identified a lack of understanding between scientists and literary scholars. Panelists at an Academy symposium, summarized in a new eBriefing, say the divide today is between scientists and the general public, with troubling consequences. More
Current trends in this field have radically changed the face of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy by paving the way for innovative thinking, elaborating psychoanalytic theory, and linking therapeutic growth to neuroscience, philosophy, the arts, and other associated disciplines. More
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Thursday, September 23, 2010 | 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: John Tanacredi (Dowling College)
The Lyceum Society is comprised of the Academy's retired and semi-retired members. Talks cover various scientific fields. All Academy members are welcome.
Thursday, September 30, 2010 | 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speakers: Norman Brouwer (Maritime Historian), Nichole Doub (Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum), and Michael Pappalardo (Senior Archaeologist, AKRF)
Presentations by three of the experts involved in the exciting excavation of the 18th century ship found 20 feet underground in Lower Manhattan this summer.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: David Christian (Macquarie University)
David Christian's riveting account of the known world, from the inception of space-time to the prospects of global warming, will leave you with a vastly expanded understanding of where on Earth you came from.
Thursday, October 21, 2010 | 11:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Ralph Kaslick
The Lyceum Society is comprised of the Academy's retired and semi-retired members. Talks cover various scientific fields. All Academy members are welcome.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Carl Schoonover
In Carl Schoonover's new book, for the first time, the elegant methods applied to study the mind are revealed in a visual history of brain research.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Uldis Blukis, PhD
The Lyceum Society is comprised of the Academy's retired and semi-retired members. Talks cover various scientific fields. All Academy members are welcome.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Naomi Oreskes (University of California)
The History and Philosophy of Science Section of the New York Academy of Sciences holds multiple meetings covering a wide range of topics within the field.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Richard W. Burkhardt, Jr (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
The History and Philosophy of Science Section of the New York Academy of Sciences holds multiple meetings covering a wide range of topics within the field.
Thursday, April 15, 2010 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Herman Winick (Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lab)
The Lyceum Society is comprised of the Academy's retired and semi-retired members. Talks cover various scientific fields. All Academy members are welcome.
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eBriefing
Keynote Speakers: E.O. Wilson (Harvard University), John Edward Porter (Research!America), and Dean Kamen (DEKA Research)
Fifty years ago, C.P. Snow identified a lack of understanding between scientists and literary scholars. Panelists at an Academy symposium, summarized in a new eBriefing, say the divide today is between scientists and the general public, with troubling consequences.
Annals
Edited by Nancy VanDerHeide and William J. Coburn (Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, California)
Current trends in this field have radically changed the face of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy by paving the way for innovative thinking, elaborating psychoanalytic theory, and linking therapeutic growth to neuroscience, philosophy, the arts, and other associated disciplines.
eBriefing
Speaker: Gerald Holton (Harvard University)
Distinguished historian of science Gerald Holton explains that scientists share with artists a period of groping to find what they really want to say.
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