Biennial History of
Astronomy Workshops at the University of Notre Dame
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ND IX
Ninth Biennial History
of Astronomy Workshop
Notre Dame, Indiana
July 8 – 12,
2009
Final
Schedule
All activities
are in the auditorium of the CCE in McKenna Hall unless otherwise noted
Abstracts (complete
list; alphabetical by last name)
Wednesday,
July 8
8:00-9:00 pm Public
Lecture
Location:
Digital Visualization Theater, Jordan Hall of Science
ÒGalileoÕs Moon
or Galilean Lunacy? A Modern Detective Story
Owen
Gingerich, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
9:00-10:30 pm Welcoming
Reception with refreshments and cash bar
Location:
Main Hall, Jordan Hall of Science
Thursday, July
9
8:30-9:00
am Opening
and Introductions
9:00 am-12:00 pm Session: Philosophy of Astronomy
(w/ 30-min break) Organizers: Steven J. Dick, NASA,
and Michael J. Crowe, University of Notre Dame
Introductory Remarks,
Steve Dick
ÒWonder, Awe, and the
Starry Sky Above: How the History of Astronomy Raises Issues for PhilosophersÓ
George
Gale, University of Missouri – Kansas City
ÒÔBut this is wondrous strange!Õ Constructing an Agenda for
the Philosophy of AstronomyÓ
Don
Howard, University of Notre Dame
ÒThe Great Pluto
Debate: What is a Planet?Ó
Owen
Gingerich, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
ÒPhilosophy of Astronomy: Some Issues from the
Extraterrestrial Life DebateÓ
Michael
Crowe, University of Notre Dame, and Steve Dick, NASA
ÒEddingtonÕs
Worldview and EddingtonÕs Science as a Problem in Philosophy of AstronomyÓ
Matt
Stanley, New York University
Concluding Remarks,
Steve Dick
12:00-12:50
pm Lunch
Part I
12:50-1:50 pm Special
Session
Location: Digital Visualization Theater,
Jordan Hall of Science
ÒMaking Time: The Story of the Notre Dame
Longitude DialÓ
William
Andrewes, Independent Scholar, and Keith Davis, University of Notre Dame
1:50-2:30
pm Lunch
Part II
2:30-4:00 pm Work
in Progress Papers
Chair: Gregory Macklem, University of
Notre Dame
ÒUraniaÕs ÔProgressÕ:
WomenÕs Shifting Roles in Observational Astronomy from the Late Seventeenth to
Early Nineteenth CenturiesÓ
Voula Saridakis, Lake Forest College
ÒMeridian Circles and
Transit Circles in Nineteenth-Century U.S. ObservatoriesÓ
Trudy
E. Bell, Science Journalist and Independent Scholar
ÒBeyond the
Aspheric-Plate Camera: Bernhard SchmidtÕs Final InventionÓ
Roger
Ceragioli, University of Arizona
4:00-4:30
pm Break
4:30-5:30 pm Session:
Automatic Telescopes
Organizer:
Peter Abrahams, Independent Scholar
ÒAn Overview of Automatic TelescopesÓ
Peter
Abrahams, Independent Scholar
ÒAutomatic Telescopes
at Indiana UniversityÓ
R.
Kent Honeycutt, Indiana University
5:30-7:30 pm Break
7:30
pm Reception
at Marv BoltÕs home
Note:
Map will be provided in conference packet
25690
Cleveland Road, South Bend, Indiana 46628
Friday, July
10 Fieldtrip
to Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
Please note that
there is a one-hour time difference between local (Notre Dame - EDT) time and
Chicago (Adler - CDT) time.
Chicago is one
hour earlier (e.g., 7:00 (CDT) at
the Adler is 8:00 (EDT) at Notre Dame).
8:45 am (EDT) Bus
boarding begins at Notre Dame Bookstore
9:00 am Departure
from Notre Dame
10:00 am (CDT) Arrive in
Chicago at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
10:00-10:30 am Welcoming
Remarks, Universe Theater
10:30-12:00 pm Free time
to visit Museum galleries and shows
12:00-1:15 pm Lunch
at GalileoÕs Cafe
1:15-1:30 pm Group
photo, Front steps of Museum (weather permitting)
1:30-3:00 pm Session:
Contemporary telescopes that address age-old questions
(w/ 30-min break) Organizer and Chair: Marv Bolt, Adler Planetarium
ÒUn-twinkling the
StarsÓ
Michael
Smutko, Adler Planetarium and Northwestern University
ÒCompleting the
Copernican Revolution: Exploring the Boundaries of the Solar SystemÓ
Lindsay
Bartolone, Adler Planetarium
ÒAs Stars Fade in
Bright Skies, Virtual Telescopes Reopen the HeavensÓ
Mark
SubbaRao, Adler Planetarium
3:00-3:30 pm Break
3:30-5:00 pm Session:
New tools for exploring history of astronomy
Organizer
and Chair: Bruce Stephenson, Adler Planetarium
ÒExploring Historic
Astronomical Sites in Second LifeÓ
Chuck
Beuter, Independent Scholar
ÒUsing Conservation
Techniques to Answer Historical QuestionsÓ
Tom
Fuller, Northwest Conservation
ÒThe Materials of
Early TelescopesÓ
Marv
Bolt, Adler Planetarium
5:00-5:30 pm Break
5:30-6:45 pm Dinner,
Lobby of Webster Institute
6:45 pm Board
bus to return to Notre Dame
7:00 pm Departure
from Adler Planetarium
10:00 pm (EDT) Arrive
at Notre Dame Bookstore
Saturday, July
11
9:00-10:30 am Work
in Progress Papers
Chair
Matt Dowd, University of Notre Dame
ÒThe Universe of
Stars as Revealed to Galileo by Sensory Experience with the TelescopeÓ
Christopher
Graney, Jefferson Community & Technical College
ÒMagnificationÓ
Yaakov
Zik and Giora Hon, University of Haifa
ÒTelescopium: An Exhibition in MarseilleÓ
James
Caplan, Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille-Provence
10:30-11:00
am Break
11:00-12:30 pm Work in
Progress Papers
Chair:
Christina Turner, University of Notre Dame
ÒHistorical Astronomy
of the Caucasus: The Sources from the Republic of GeorgiaÓ
Jefferson
Sauter, James Cook University; Irakli Simonia, Ilia Chavchavadze University and
James Cook
University; F. Richard Stephenson,
University of Durham and James Cook University; Wayne
Orchiston, James Cook University
ÒÔI
am almost certainÉÕ: William Huggins and the First Attempts to Measure Stellar
Motion in the Line of
SightÓ
Barbara
Becker, University of California, Irvine
ÒItÕs About the
EvidenceÓ
Michael
Michaud, Independent Scholar
12:30-2:00
pm Lunch
2:00-3:00 pm Hands-On
Session
ÒSimple LensesÓ
Dayle
L. Brown, Author
3:00-3:30 pm Break
3:30-5:00 pm Session:
Aspects of Astronomy During the Cold War
Organizer:
David DeVorkin, National Air and Space Museum
ÒR.R. McMath as an
Engine of Change in American AstronomyÓ
Rudi
Lindner, University of Michigan
ÒA Gift of the Cold
War: The Making of Space AstronomyÓ
Robert
Smith, University of Alberta
ÒConsortia vs.
National Facilities: C.P. SnowÕs Two Cultures RevisitedÓ
David
DeVorkin, National Air and Space Museum
5:00-6:00
pm Free
Time
6:00-6:30 pm Reception
(Cash Bar)
Location:
Morris Inn
6:30 pm Banquet
Location:
Morris Inn
Welcoming Remarks
Banquet Lecture
ÒInside NASA History:
Personal ReminiscencesÓ
Steve
Dick, NASA
Evening Observing
Session at University of Notre Dame Observatory in Jordan Science Hall
Sunday, July
12
9:00-10:30 am Session:
Episodes in the Nineteenth-Century Popularization of Astronomy
Organizer:
Craig B. Waff, Air Force Research Laboratory History Office
ÒPopularization and Pedagogy:
Insights from Early Nineteenth-Century TextbooksÓ
Jordan
D. MarchŽ II, Lakeland College
ÒOrator to the Stars: An Investigation of
the Scope, Content, Style, and Influence of Ormsby MacKnight
MitchelÕs Public Astronomical Lecturing Activity
(1842-1860)Ó
Craig B. Waff, Air Force Research
Laboratory History Office
ÒAstronomy at the
Fair: An Untapped Source on the History of Popular AstronomyÓ
Robert
J. Havlik, University of Notre Dame
10:30-11:00 am Break
11:00-12:00 pm Business
Meeting
Includes discussion
of nature of future workshops
Generous
support for the conference is provided by the Graduate Program in the History
and Philosophy of Science at the University of Notre Dame, the Institute for
Scholarship in the Liberal Arts (ISLA) in the College of Arts and Letters at
the University of Notre Dame, along with the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy
Museum.
Workshop
Chairs: Matt Dowd, mdowd1@nd.edu; Marv Bolt, mbolt@nd.edu; David DeVorkin, DeVorkinD@si.edu
Local
Organizers: Christina
Turner, cturner2@nd.edu, Matt Dowd, mdowd1@nd.edu