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offered by Dr. Svante Lindqvist,<br>
Director of the Nobel Museum (Stockholm)<br>
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the STS Program at MIT<br>
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<font size="+1"><b>Tuesdays: October 7, 14,
21, & 28, 2003<br>
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7:00-9:00 p.m.<br>
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Room E51-275, MIT<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Interested people may sign up for the
whole series or individual sessions. A packet of readings will
be available in the STS Office (E51-185), as well as the book
"Cultures of Creativity: The Centennial Exhibition of the Nobel
Prize." <b> Please contact Judy Spitzer (<font
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">Since 1901, a total of
696 Nobel Prizes have been awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology
or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. Including the Economics
Prize, instituted in 1968, the total number is now (September 2003)
747 Prizes awarded by "the Nobel System." In early
October this year (as in any year) a new dozen or so Laureates will be
added to this list. This seminar will explore some aspects
of the centennial history of the Nobel Prize. Studied over time,
the Nobel Prize raises a number of key questions such as the
international/national character of science, the means of assessing
the merit of a scientific discovery, and the usefulness of the Nobel
Prize as a S & T indicator for science policy decisions. In
addition, this seminar will examine the characteristics of the
individuals and of the milieus that have produced work honored with
what has been called "the most prestigious prize in the
world."<br>
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Seminar 1 -- Tuesday, October 7, 2003<br>
<b>The Nobel Prize as a Mirror of 20th-Century Science and Culture<br>
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Seminar 2 -- Tuesday, October 14<br>
<b>The Nobel Prize as a S & T Indicator: A Brueg(h)elesque
Alternative<br>
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</b>Seminar 3 -- Tuesday, October 21<br>
<b>No Prize for Technology: Alfred Nobel's Views on Science and
Technology<br>
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Seminar 4 -- Tuesday, October 28<br>
<b>How to Win the Nobel Prize: A Short Introduction<br>
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</b></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1"><i>Professor Svante
Lindqvist, a distinguished historian of science and technology, has
been influential in the development of the discipline of history of
technology in Europe. In 1998 he was chosen as the first
Director of the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. He has a
M.Sc.Eng. (Physics) from the Royal Institute of Technology
(Stockholm), a Ph.D. in History of Science and Ideas from Uppsala
University, and was professor of history of technology at the Royal
Institute of Technology 1989-1997 and Chairman of its Department for
History of Science and Technology. He is a member of the
Kuratorium and the Wissenschaflichen Beirats of the Deutsches Museum,
Munich, and of the Corporation Visiting Committee for the Humanities
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During the period
1991-99 he was on the Advisory Committee for the history project at
the European Space Agency (ESA), Paris. Professor Lindqvist is a
member of three Royal Swedish Academies -- the Academy of Engineering
Sciences; the Academy of Sciences; and the Academy of Letters, History
and Antiquities. He has published extensively in the history of
science and technology, and among his publications are two edited
volumes: <u> Center on the Periphery: Historical Aspects of
20th-Century Swedish Physics</u> (1993) and<u> Museums of Modern
Science</u> (2000).<br>
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Stuart Dietz<br>
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
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