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DATE HOST ARTICLE AUTHOR CITATION
Oct. 06  Joe Martin Developing Science in Developing Countries: The Harvard College Observatory and the Establishment of Modern Astrophysics in Mexico Jorge Bartolucci Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Winter, 2005), pp. 33-58
Sep. 22  Aimee Slaughter Gender, Culture, and Astrophysical Fieldwork: Elizabeth Campbell and the Lick Observatory - Crocker Eclipse Expeditions Alex Soojung-Kim Pang Osiris, Vol. 11, (1996), pp. 17-43
Sep. 15  Andrea Mehner Scientists as Historians Stephen G. Brush Osiris, Vol. 10, (1995), pp. 214-231
Sep. 8  Maggie Hofius Science Feasts While the Public Starves: A Note on the Reconstruction of the Pulkovo Observatory after World War II Alexander Gurshtein & Constantin Ivanov Journal for the History of Astronomy, Vol. 26, (1995), pp. 363-368
Sep. 2  Adrian Fischer Astronomy and Antirealism Dudley Shapere Philosophy of Science, Vol. 60, No. 1 (Mar., 1993), pp. 134-150
Extragalactic Reality: The Case of Gravitational Lensing Ian Hacking Philosophy of Science, Vol. 56, No. 4 (Dec., 1989), pp. 555-581
Aug. 26  Chelsea Tiffany Scientific Biography: History of Science by Another Means? Mary Jo Nye Isis, Vol. 97, No. 2 (2006), pp. 322-229
Biography as Cultural History of Science Mary Terrall Isis, Vol. 97, No. 2 (2006), pp. 306-313
Aug. 19  Sara Cammeresi Science as a 'Neutral Zone' for Interreligious Cooperation Bernard R. Goldstein Early Science and Medicine, Vol. 7, No. 3 (2002), pp. 290-310
Certainty, Doubt, and Errors in Byzantine Astronomy Anne Tihon
The Question of Easter: Changing Contexts and Criteria for the Justification of Received Knowledge Stephen C. McCuskey
Is a Social History of Andalus. Exact Sciences Possible? Julio Samsó
Contextualizing the History of Islamic Sciences Gerd Grasshoff
The Certitude of Astrology: the Scientific Methodology of Al-Qabīsī and Abū Ma'shar Charles Burnett Early Science and Medicine, Vol. 7, No. 3 (2002), pp. 198-213
Aug. 5  Paul Edmon The Demarcation of Physical Theory and Astronomy by Geminus and Ptolemy Alan C. Bowen Perspectives on Science, Vol. 15, No. 3 (2007), pp. 327-358
Jul. 29  Andrew Helton Patenting the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Intellectual Property and Technological Control Alex Wellerstein Isis, Vol. 99, No. 1 (2008), pp. 57-87
Jul. 22  Amy Fisher Ten Problems in History and Philosophy of Science Peter Galison Isis, Vol. 99, No. 1 (2008), pp. 111-124
On Scientific Observation Lorraine Daston Isis, Vol. 99, No. 1 (2008), pp. 97-110
Jul. 15  Sara Cammeresi What Difference Does History of Science Make, Anyway? J. Maienschein & G. Smith Isis, Vol. 99, No. 2 (2008), pp. 318-321
Does Science Education Need History of Science? G. Gooday, et al. Isis, Vol. 99, No. 2 (2008), pp. 322-330
How Can History of Science Matter to Scientists? J. Maienschein, M. Laubichler, & A. Loettgers Isis, Vol. 99, No. 2 (2008), pp. 341-349
Should the History of Science Be Rated X? S.G. Brush Science, Vol. 183, No. 4130 (Mar. 22, 1974), pp. 1164-1172
June 10  Paul Edmon Observers, Objects and the Embedded Eye; or, Seeing and Knowing in Ptolemy and Galen Daryn Lehoux Isis, Vol. 98, (2007), pp. 447-467
June 5  Maggie Hofius Presidential Address: Scientific Toys Gerard L'E. Turner British Journal for the History of Science, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Oct., 1987), pp. 377-398
May 15  Sara Cammeresi In the Service of the Reich: Aspects of Copernicus and Galileo in Nazi Germany's Historiographical and Political Discourse Volker R. Remmert Science in Context, Vol. 14, No. 3 (2001), pp. 333-359
May 08  Maggie Hofius Federal Funding and Planetary Astronomy, 1950-75: A Case Study Joseph N Tatarewicz Social Studies of Science, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Feb., 2001), pp. 79-103
Apr. 24  Andrew Helton Visionary Memories: William Huggins and the Origins of Astrophysics Barbara J. Becker Journal for the History of Astronomy, Vol. 32 (2001), pp. 43-62
Apr. 17  Adrian Fischer Science and Instruments: The telescope as a scientific instrument at the beginning of the seventeenth century Yaakov Zik Perspectives on Science, Vol. 9, No. 3 (2001), pp. 259-284
Apr. 10  Joe Martin What Makes a Theory Testable, or Is Intelligent Design Less Scientific Than String Theory Robert Ehrlich Physics in Perspective, Vol. 8 (2006), pp. 83-89
Apr. 03  Amy Fisher Science and Technology in U.S. History Textbooks: What's There-and what Ought to be There J.L. Heilbron & Daniel J. Kevles Reviews in American History, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Jun., 1988), pp. 173-185
Mar. 27  Maggie Hofius Interpreting the Moon Landings: Project Apollo and the Historians Roger D. Launius History of Technology, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Sep., 2006), pp. 225-255
Mar. 20  Andrew Helton Spin: All Is Not What It Seems Margaret Morrison Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, Vol. 38 (2007), pp. 529-557
Spinning Electrons and the Structure of Spectra G.E. Uhlenbeck & S. Goudsmit Nature, Vol. 117 (Feb., 1926), pp. 264-265
Stern and Gerlach: How a Bad Cigar Helped Reorient Atomic Physics Bretislav Friedrich & Dudley Herschbach Physics Today, Vol. 562 (Dec., 2003), pp. 53-59
Mar. 13  Paul Edmon Early Greek Astronomy in the Oral Tradition and the Search for Archaeological Correlates Anthony F. Aveni & Albert Ammerman Archaeoastronomy, Vol. 16 (2001), pp. 83-97
Mar. 06  Sara Cammeresi Einstein's Boxes Travis Norsen American Journal of Physics, Vol. 73, No. 2 (Feb., 2005), pp. 164-176
Comment on Norsen's defense of Einstein's "box argument" Abner Shimony American Journal of Physics, Vol. 73, No. 2 (Feb., 2005), pp. 177-178
From Einstein's theorem to Bell's theorem: a history of quantum non-locality H.M. Wiseman Contemporary Physics, Vol. 47, No. 2 (Mar., 2006), pp. 79-88
Feb. 28  Adrian Fischer How Many Worlds? Richard A. Healey Nous, Vol. 18 (1984), pp. 591-616
Feb. 21  Andrew Helton Collecting airs and ideas: Priestley's style of experimental reasoning Victor D. Boantza Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Vol. 38 (2007), pp. 506-522
Feb. 07  Joe Martin Ufology, God-talk and Theology Brenda Denzler Skeptic, Vol. 9, No. 3 (2002), pp. 50-59
Jan. 24  A Rare Group Consensus Candide, ou l'Optimisme Francois Voltaire 1759 - Choose your own version!