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Scientia - Summer of 2008

an institute for the history of science and culture founded by Salomon Bochner

Scientia wishes you a happy summer.

Please check back in August for details on our 2008-09 program.

Thank you for your interest and support.

New Program: All Rice faculty and staff are welcome. Details available here.

C. P. Snow Fellowships

Details available here.

Past Scientia Event:

2005 Panel Discussion: "Hurricane Katrina and Houston: Implications for our Future"

2007 Panel Discussion: Exhibiting "Lucy": Bones of contention at the Houston Museum of Natural Scienc

Past Scientia Programs:

Videotapes/DVDs of some of the past colloquia are available via Fondren Library, as well as the programs from past years.

2007-08 Colloquia: "Memory"

2006-2007 Colloquia: "Constructing the Human Being"

2005-2006 Colloquia: "Animals and Humans"

2004-2005 Colloquia: "Conflict, Violence, and War "

2003-2004 Colloquia: "Human Fragility and Resourcefulness: Are We Fit Enough to Survive?"

2002-2003 Colloquia: "Evolutionary Biology as Paradigm Science"

2001-2002 Colloquia: "Health and Welfare Policy"

2000-2001 Colloquia: "Taking Chances: Risk and Randomness in Science and Society"

1999-2000 Colloquia: "Re-Thinking the University"

Malcolm Gillis on "Rice in the 21st Century" (April 25, 2000) Real Time Video 

1998-1999 Colloquia: "Science and Religion: An Examination"

1997-1998 Colloquia: "In Memoriam: Kuhn and the Problem of Scientific Knowledge"

1996-1997 Colloquia: "Approaching the Millennium: Global Changes, Local Effects"

1995-1996 Colloquia: "Approaching the Millennium: Technologies, Communities, Histories"

1994-1995 Colloquia: "Ways of Knowing"

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For further information about Scientia, please contact either Ms. Ellen Butler, Program Coordinator, Scientia Institute/De Lange Conferences, at 713-348-4695, or, Dr. Susan K. McIntosh, Director of Scientia, at 713-348-3380.

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