Work intervenes 5 Jul 2009 I am going to a couple of conferences over the next fortnight. They are in Brisbane, so I don’t have to cross any water. One is the annual Australian HPS conference, and the other is the biennial international HPS of biology conference. They will both be what passes for fun in history and philosophy of biology/science, and I’m giving talks at both. Which I have to prepare. This week. So if I’m a little sparse, just remember that I’m recharging the batteries so I can blog even more pretentiously. Administrative
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Administrative The "who" thread 8 Jul 2010 I am, as they say in The Home Country, gobsmacked. I expected that I would have a few geeks (I’m a Geek! Say it Loud!) who read me because I was sort of interesting. Instead I find Phuds, scientists, philosophers and just plain interesting people. If one is judged by… Read More
Are any of the talks going to be posted somewhere on the net? Because Soraya de Chadaverian’s talk on “The world as a laboratory: biology and the bomb” looks really interesting. As does Greg Frost-Arnold’s one on Pessimistic Induction.
Thanks John. I’ll probably just ask my HAPS lecturer next week about Chadaverian’s talk, if I can’t trawl anything up via google scholar.