Grand Opening of Marvels and Ciphers at the Chemical Heritage Foundation 3/5 5-8pm

[ March 5, 2010; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] A place like the Chemical Heritage Foundation needs to think outside the norm to come up with creative events that will spur popular interest in chemistry — but they have been able to deliver, so far, with their fun First Friday events and an engaging, albeit small museum — so I’m really looking forward to [...]

Astrology as a Political Ideology in the Reagan Administration Holy Roman Empire. Oct 2, 4pm

[ October 2, 2009; 4:00 pm; ] On Oct 2, Darin Hayton, history of science prof at Haverford College, will be presenting a symposium at the Ewell Sale Library of the Academy of Natural Sciences about astrology as a political ideology. It is part of a colloquium series held by the Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science, and is not, [...]

The naturalists that made England into a gardener’s paradise (Academy of Natural Sciences, 4/29)

[ April 29, 2009; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Three generalities about Englishmen (and Englishwomen, although the first two apply with slightly less strength):
They love their football (and they mock our football…baseball too, of course)
They love their beer (and they mock our beer)
They know the Latin names of every plant in the garden

Its uncanny. Enter any bar or pub, almost anywhere [...]