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<pre wrap="">Please join the Life Sciences/Environmental Working Group this Friday, November the 17th when <b>Peter
Godfrey-Smith </b>from Harvard's philosophy department will talk to us about
<b>"Idealization and Abstraction in Evolutionary Biology."</b>
As always, we will meet from noon to 2pm in the Science Center, room 252. Lunch
will be served, but just remember to rsvp to Ellen Guarente at
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href="mailto:guarente@fas.harvard.edu">guarente@fas.harvard.edu</a> so we know to order enough food.
There is no need to read anything in advance, but if you are interested you can
check out Peter's website at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/%7Epgs/index.html">http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~pgs/index.html</a>
where he has lots of papers posted for your reading pleasure.
And note the upcoming meetings for the remainder of this term:
Dec. 1 Janet Browne, "Reflections on the Current State of the
History of Biology"
Dec. 15 Victoria Cain, AAAS, "Preparation Ache: Exhibits,
Exhibit-Makers and the Contest for Status in American Natural History
Museums, 1890-1940."
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Kara W. Swanson, B.S., M.A., J.D.
Ph.D. Candidate
History of Science
Harvard University
Science Center 371
Cambridge, MA 02138
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kswanson@fas.harvard.edu">kswanson@fas.harvard.edu</a>
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