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[inaudible conversations] containing hello. I am to be dichter, chair of the board of the foundation. Welcome to another wonderful nights at the free library of philadelphia. Our amazing, magnificent star lineup. Tonight we have some awesome friends and officers and if you see the lights here we are on cspan. You dont have to run home to watch your self because it will be on the book talk show and, you know, that signals again that these three stars warrant this kind of attention and we are very proud. Also, we are proud and thankful for this library and what we do and i see some of the Board Members in the crowded tonight and those of you who keep coming to these, thank you. We are blessed and i would encourage you at thanksgiving to remember the free library of philadelphia and if you feel thankful for its and all that we do, would you consider making a contribution however much you can. The conversation tonight with enrico fermi and gino segre will be moderated in conversation with
We have four scholars here today well placed to pick up these themes from, intriguingly, different kinds of angles and backgrounds. Let me go ahead and introduce them. To my left is henry cole, an assistant professor at yale where he holds appointments in the medical school and History Department. He is also on the faculty of cognitive science. He is working on what will be a terrific book on the history of mind and Brain Science in the late 19th century currently titled other mines other minds. David is the author of storytelling and science, rewriting oppenheimer and the nuclear age. Just out, his attitudes towards he studies attitudes towards studying science in the modern united states, he is interested in nuclear history, environmental history, and the history of energy. He is currently working on a book about the way that Rachel Carson and other in other contemporary authors have shaped views on environmentalism. Andrew is a professor at harvard. He is especially interested in en
At in the History Department vanderbilt university. We are here today to talk about a number of things. Im sure that more will come out in the discussions. The intellectual work of inence, the place of science intellectual history and the relations between science and intellectual history. Many other threads as well. We have four scholars here today well placed to pick up these themes from, intriguingly, different kinds of angles and backgrounds. Let me go ahead and introduce them. To my left is henry cole, an assistant professor at yale where he holds appointments in the medical school and History Department. He is also on the faculty of cognitive science. He is working on what will be a terrific book on the history of mind and Brain Science in the late 19th century currently titled other mines other ds. David is the author of storytelling and science, rewriting oppenheimer and the nuclear age. Just out, his attitudes towards studying science in the modern united states, he is interes