Biennial History of
Astronomy Workshops at the University of Notre Dame
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ND VIII
Eighth Biennial
History of Astronomy Workshop
Notre Dame, Indiana
July 25 – 29,
2007
Final
Schedule
Abstracts (complete list;
alphabetical by last name)
Wednesday,
July 25
7:00-8:00 pm Public
Lecture (poster
announcement)
Location:
Digital Visualization Center, Jordan Hall of Science
ÒGetting the Most Out of Your Telescope in the 17th
CenturyÓ
Albert
van Helden, Institute for the History and Foundations of Science, University of
Utrecht
8:00-9:30 Welcoming
Reception
Location:
Main Hall, Jordan Hall of Science
Thursday, July
26 Fieldtrip to Adler
Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
Please note that
there is a one-hour time difference between local (Notre Dame) time and Chicago
(Adler) time.
Chicago is one
hour earlier (e.g., 7:00 (CDT) at the
Adler is 8:00 (EDT) at Notre Dame).
8:45 (EDT) Bus
boarding begins at McKenna Hall
9:00 Departure
from Notre Dame
10:00 (CDT) Arrive
in Chicago at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
10:00-11:30 Divide
into 3 groups and rotate through three half-hour tours
1.
Tour of
Webster Institute
2.
Tour of
Exhibit Galleries
3.
Free Time
11:30-12:00 Group
Photo on the front steps, weather permitting
12:00-1:00 Lunch
at GalileoÕs Cafe
1:00-2:30 Session:
Instruments
Location:
Universe Theater
ÒTelling Time in 10th-Century
Baghdad: A New Instrument for Solar Timekeeping Comes to LightÓ
Glen
Van Brummelen, Quest University
ÒReplicas of GalileoÕs
Telescopes, Most Precise to Date, Symbols for the Processes of ScienceÓ
Jim
and Rhoda Morris, Independent Scholars
ÒTracking Down the WorldÕs
Earliest TelescopesÓ
Marv
Bolt, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:45 Workshop
I: Astrolabes
Location:
Universe Theater
Owen Gingerich, Harvard University
3:45-4:10 Intermission
to View Astrolabe Gallery
4:20-5:20 Workshop
II: Horoscopes
Location:
Universe Theater
Owen Gingerich, Harvard University
5:30-6:30 Dinner
at GalileoÕs Cafe
6:30-7:00 Board
bus to return to Notre Dame
10:00 (EDT) Arrive
at McKenna Hall
Friday, July
27 Note:
The remainder of the conference will take place in McKenna Hall
9:00-9:30 Introductions
9:30-10:30 Session:
Ancients (Part I)
Organizer
and Chair: Dennis Duke, Florida State University
ÒNesting Spheres in PtolemyÕs Planetary
HypothesisÓ
Elizabeth
Burns, University of Toronto
ÒThe Coincidence of the Results
of PtolemyÕs Earth-Sun Distance Calculations: Intentional or by Chance?Ó
Christi‡n
Carman, CONICET-UNQ
10:30-11:00 Break
Poster Papers available for viewing (on
display throughout the workshop)
ÒÔClyde Tombaugh and the
Discovery of PlutoÕ at TwentyÓ
Thomas
Hockey, University of Northern Iowa
ÒA Worksheet for NewtonÕs De
Systemate Mundi (1685)Ó
J.A.
Ruffner, Independent Scholar
ÒThe Discovery of JupiterÕs Radio
Emission and the IGY: Teaching Astronomical Science and History
in Non-Traditional
SettingsÓ
Leonard
Garcia, Perot Systems/NASA/GSFC; James Thieman, NASA/GSFC; Shing Fung, NASA/
GSFC; Jay Friedlander, Perot Systems/NASA/GSFC
ÒGalileo Telescope Replicas and
Further Information on their ConstructionÓ
Jim
and Rhoda Morris, Independent Scholars
ÒJohn M. PierceÕs HobbyGrafsÓ
Thomas
Williams, Independent Scholar
11:00-12:00 Session:
Ancients (Part II)
Organizer
and Chair: Dennis Duke, Florida State University
ÒThe History of the Second Lunar
AnomalyÓ
Dennis
Duke, Florida State University
ÒThe Mystery of the Thlippery
LithosphereÓ
Paul
Mills, Utah Valley State College
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Work-in-Progress
Papers: Historical Figures in Astronomy
Chair:
Teasel Muir-Harmony, University of Notre Dame
ÒGeometry of Light and Shadow:
Francesco Maurolyco (1490-1575) and the Pinhole CameraÓ
Yaakov
Zik and Giora Han, University of Haifa
ÒJames Gregory: A Mathematician
Contemplates the TelescopeÓ
Peter
Abrahams, Independent Scholar
ÒÔPersonal Discomfort and Great
Purity of AtmosphereÕ: Samuel Pierpont LangleyÕs 1878 Solar Eclipse
Expedition to Pikes PeakÓ
Steve
Ruskin, Independent Scholar
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-5:00 Work-in-Progress
Papers: Instruments
Chair:
Matt Dowd, University of Notre Dame Press
ÒHistory and Optics of the
James Short Telescopes of the Marseille ObservatoryÓ
James
Caplan, Observatoire Astronomique Marseille-Provence
ÒThe 13-inch Refractor of Lewis
M. RutherfurdÓ
John
W. Briggs, Clay Science Center
ÒGeodesy, the Markowitz Moon
Camera, and the IGYÓ
Steven
J. Dick, NASA
7:30 Party
at Marv BoltÕs home
Note:
Map will be provided in conference packet
25690
Cleveland Road, South Bend, Indiana 46628
Saturday, July
28
8:30-10:00 Session:
Amateurs and Telescopes
Chair:
John W. Briggs, Clay Science Center
Organizer:
Craig Waff, Air Force Research Laboratory
ÒNineteenth-Century U.S. Private
Observatories: A Progress ReportÓ
Trudy
E. Bell, Science journalist and Independent Scholar
ÒA Telescope-Owning Community
Grows in BrooklynÓ
Craig
Waff, Air Force Research Laboratory
ÒThe First Team in Amateur
Telescope MakingÓ
Thomas
Williams, Independent Scholar
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Session:
ETs
Chair:
Christina Turner, University of Notre Dame
Organizer:
Michael J. Crowe, University of Notre Dame
ÒÔNatureÕ and ÔWhetherÕ in the
ETI DiscourseÓ
Mark
Sheridan, Drew University
ÒThe Evolution of
Extraterrestrials: Life Beyond Earth and the Synthetic Theory of Natural
SelectionÓ
Douglas
A. Vakoch, SETI Institute and California Institute of Integral Studies
ÒThe Post-1960 History of the
Other Side in the Extraterrestrial Life DebateÓ
Michael
J. Crowe, University of Notre Dame
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Work-in-Progress
Papers: Religion
Chair:
Steve Ruskin, Independent Scholar
ÒAstronomical Ages and Genesis:
Starlight Transit Time and Its Theological ReceptionÓ
J.
Brian Pitts, University of Notre Dame
ÒFather William Rigge, S.J.
– Astronomer, Educator, and PriestÓ
Denver
Applehans, University of Nebraska at Omaha
ÒI May Assure You That He Is Not
A HebrewÓ
Rudi
Paul Lindner, University of Michigan
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-5:00 Work-in-Progress
Papers: Institutions
Chair:
Matt Dowd, University of Notre Dame Press
ÒTelescopes in Guadalajara,
MŽxico: From the 1882 Transit of Venus to the 1905 Solar ObservationsÓ
Durruty
Jesœs de Alba Martinez and Laura Catalina Arreola Ochoa, Universidad de
Guadalajara
ÒA Coup dÕƒtat in French
Astronomy: The Foundation of the Astrophysical Service, 1936-1940Ó
Arnaud
Saint-Martin, Sorbonne University
ÒAstronomy in Nineteenth-Century
American Catholic Higher EducationÓ
Dana
A. Freiburger, University of Wisconsin, Madison
5:00-6:00 Free
Time
6:00 Reception
(Cash Bar)
Location:
Morris Inn
6:30 Banquet
Location:
Morris Inn
Welcoming Remarks
Invited Speaker Lecture
ÒReinventing the Invention: The New
Prehistory of the TelescopeÓ
Albert van Helden, Institute for the
History and Foundations of Science, University of Utrecht
Evening Tour
of University of Notre Dame Observatory in Jordan Science Hall (optional)
Sunday, July
29
9:00-10:30
am Roundtable
ÒThe State of the Profession: An Open ForumÓ
Moderator,
David DeVorkin, Smithsonian Institution
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Business
Meeting
Workshop
Chairs: Matt Dowd, mdowd1@nd.edu; Marv Bolt, mbolt@nd.edu; David DeVorkin, DeVorkinD@si.edu
Local
Organizers: Christina
Turner, cturner2@nd.edu; Teasel
Muir-Harmony, tmuirhar@nd.edu
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