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北大科技史与科技哲学论坛第50讲
北大科技史与科技哲学论坛第50讲
时间:2008年3月7日(周五)下午3:00-5:00 地点:承泽园科社中心学术报告厅 主讲人:Dr. Marv Bolt (Director, Webster Institute for the History of Astronomy at the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum in Chicago) 主题: Mapping the Universe
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Curriculum Vitae
Marvin Bolt, Ph. D.
Work:
Vice-President for Collections
Director, Webster Institute for the History of Astronomy
Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum Voice: (312) 322-0594
1300 South Lake Shore Drive Fax: (312) 341-9935
Chicago, IL 60605 E-mail: mbolt@adlerplanetarium.org
Education:
PhD: History, Program in the History and Philosophy of Science (1998), “John Herschel’s Natural Philosophy: On the Knowing of Nature and the Nature of Knowing in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain,” University of Notre Dame
MA: Philosophy (1993), University of Notre Dame
MA: History and Philosophy of Science (1992), University of Notre Dame
BA: Major: Physics; Minors: Mathematics, Education (1984), Calvin College
Areas of Research and Interest:
History of Astronomy and Scientific Instruments, especially of the early telescope; Intellectual History; Science and Religion
For recent work, and details of a front-page cover story in the Chicago Tribune, Dec. 26, 2006: see http://historydb.adlerplanetarium.org/dioptrice/?details=1&page=trib
Selected Publications:
Sundials: Historic Scientific Instruments of the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, 2 vols., assistant editor, to appear in 2009
Optical Instruments: Historic Scientific Instruments of the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, to appear in 2009
INSAP V: The Fifth Conference Over The “Inspiration Of Astronomical Phenomena,” volume co-editor, with Jim Kaler (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2008)
“Trumpeting the Tube: A Survey of Early Trumpet-Shaped Telescopes,” with Michael Korey, in Der Meister und die Fernrohre, Jürgen Hamel and Inge Keil, eds. (Berlin, 2007)
“John Herschel,” New Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York: Scribner’s Sons, 2007).
“Creating and maintaining collaborative scientific instrument databases,” in Proceedings of the XXVth International Scientific Instruments Commission Symposium (Krakow, 2007)
“The INSAP V experience on Art and Astronomy,” in Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy 7 (OSA 7) (Springer, 2006)
Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, assistant editor (Springer, 2007): Also, several entries, including Ali ibn Isa al-Asturlabi, Ibn al-Adami, al-Jawhari, Khalid al-Marwarrudi, Thomas Barker, Johann Baptist Cysat, Philippe Gustave le Doulcet (Comte de Pontécoulant), Martin Hoek, Carl Kiess, Edmond Lescarbault, Friedrich Ludendorff, and others
“Thomas Galloway,” “William R. Birt,” in the Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Scientists, Bernard Lightman, ed. (Thoemmes Press & University of Chicago Press, 2004)
“Planetarium,” in Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science, John Heilbron, ed. (Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2003)
“Saving a worn-out planetarium: Is it an artifact or an exhibit?,” Proceedings of the XVIIIth International Scientific Instruments Commission Symposium (Moscow, 2002)
The Universe Unveiled, co-written with Bruce Stephenson and Anna Friedman (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000)
“The Atwood Globe, A Precursor to the Modern Planetarium,” Innovation 3 (2000): 25–27, appearing also as “Der Atwood-Globus, ein Vorläufer des modernen Planetariums”
Planet Hunter, video and CD-ROM computer program investigating the search for extra-solar planets, 1999, with Dr. Geoff Marcy and Dr. Grace Wolfe-Chase, produced by graduate students in education at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Student editor, transcribing and summarizing manuscripts, and editing summaries, appearing in print as Michael J. Crowe, ed., A Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (Cambridege: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998)
Selected book reviews and notices:
StarGazer: The life and times of the telescope, by Fred Watson, to appear in Isis (2007) Archives of the Universe: A Treasury of Astronomy’s Historic Works of Discovery, Edited and with Introductions by Marcia Bartusiak, in The Curator 49 (2006): 493-496 Spheres: The Art of the Celestial Mechanic. Alexis Kugel with the collaboration of Koenraad Van Cleempoel and Jean-Claude Sabrier (J. Kugel Antiquaires, Paris, 2002), in Journal for the History of Astronomy 36 (2005): 453-454
John Herschel’s Cape Voyage: Private Science, Public Imagination and the Ambitions of Empire, Steven Ruskin (Aldershot, 2004), in Notes and Records of the Royal Astronomical Society 59 (2005): 333-334
Empires of time, Anthony Aveni. (Boulder: Univ. of Colorado Press, 2002), in Isis 95 (2004): 686-687
Sundials at Greenwich: a Catalogue of the Sundials, Nocturnals and Horary Quadrants in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Hester Higton. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, in Isis 95 (2004): 102-103
Astrology: A History, Peter Whitfield (London: The British Library), and Astrology in Medieval Manuscripts, Sophie Page (London: The British Library, 2002), in Imago Mundi 55 (2003): 137-138
Parallax: The Race to Measure the Cosmos, Alan Hirschfeld (New York: W. H. Freeman and Company, 2001), in Isis 94 (2003): 671–672
The Sun in the Church, John Heilbron, to appear in Calvin Theological Journal
Facets of Faith and Science, Jitse Vandermeer, ed., 4 vols., to appear in Calvin Theological Journal
Notice: Science and Religion: From Conflict to Conversation, John F. Haught, to appear in Calvin Theological Journal
The Fire in the Equations: Science, Religion, and the Search for God, Kitty Ferguson, to appear in Calvin Theological Journal
Ethics in an Age of Technology, Ian Barbour, in Calvin Theological Journal 30 (1995): 509–512
Science and Religion, John Hedley Brooke, in Calvin Theological Journal 29 (1994): 233–235
Creation and the History of Science, Christopher Kaiser, in Calvin Theological Journal 27 (1992): 153–155
Teaching Experience Adler Planetarium, 1996–present: numerous courses, workshops
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN:
Instructor:
Freshman Writing Program Graduate Fellow, University of Notre Dame, 1995–1996
Program of Liberal Studies, Natural Science I, Part I, Spring 1992, Spring 1993
Teaching Assistant:
History of Science and Religious Belief, Dr. David Livingstone, Pew Young Scholars Program, Pew Foundation, Summer 1995
Program of Liberal Studies, Natural Science II, Dr. Phillip R. Sloan and Dr. Cornelius O’ Boyle, Fall 1991, Fall 1992
Philosophy, Dr. Thomas Morris, Fall 1990, Spring 1991
Philosophy, Dr. Richard Foley, Spring 1990
Sunnyside Christian High School, Sunnyside, WA, 1984–1989:
Math, gr. 7–12; Computer Science, Physics, gr. 11-12; Christian Perspectives, gr. 12
Selected Grants and Fellowships:
International Partnership Among Museums (IPAM), American Association of Museums: curatorial exchange between Adler and Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Dresden, Germany, April / September 2006
Principal investigator for National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) collaborative research grant (RZ 50206-04, $44,810), Widening the Scope of Knowledge, 2004-2006
NEH implementation grant (GM-26254-01, $250,000): project director and grant writer for Bringing the Heavens to Earth, permanent exhibit at Adler Planetarium, opening March 2002
Chicago Community Trust, planning grant, $100,000: project co-director and grant co-writer for Revolution in the Sky, permanent exhibit at Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, opening May 2004
NEH research and planning grant, (GM-26236, $40,000): project co-director and grant co-writer for Revolution in the Sky
NEH research and planning grant, (GM-26092-00, $40,000): project director and grant writer for Bringing the Heavens to Earth
Freshmen Writing Program teaching fellowship, University of Notre Dame, 1995-96
Teaching Assistant Fellowship in the History of Science and Religious Belief, Pew Young Scholars Program, Pew Foundation, Summer 1995
Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of Notre Dame, 1994–1995
Professional Service
Review panels:
NASA program: “History of the Scientific Exploration of Earth and Space” or HSEES, June 2007
Committees:
INSAP International Executive Committee, 2005-present
International Conferences Organized:
ND VIII, History of Astronomy Workshop, July 2007, Notre Dame, Indiana
INSAP V (Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena), June 26 - July 1, 2005, Chicago
ND VII, History of Astronomy workshop, July 7-10, 2005, Notre Dame, Indiana
Selected Conference Presentations:
“Identifying and Finding the World’s Earliest Telescopes,” Antique Telescope Society, September 2007, Greenville, South Carolina
“What should a telescope look like?,” Antique Telescope Society, September 2007, Greenville, South Carolina
“Trumpeting the shape of telescopes,” Scientific Instrument Commission, September, 2007, Boston, MA
“Using research databases,” Scientific Instrument Commission, Krakow, Poland, September 2006
“Astronomical and physical instruments,” session chair, Scientific Instrument Commission, Dresden, Germany, September 2004
“Preserving Astronomical Observatories and their collections,” session chair and organizer, “Scientific Instrument Collections in the University” symposium, Dartmouth University, June 24-27, 2004
“An Unusual Copernican Armillary,” 22nd Scientific Instrument Commission Symposium, Newport News, Virginia, September, 2003
“The Public Reception of Cultural Astronomy,” Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena IV, Oxford, England, August 2003
“Naming Planets,” History of Astronomy Workshop VI, Notre Dame, IN June, 2003
“Telescope fingerprinting and genetics,” 21st Scientific Instrument Commission Symposium, Athens, Greece, September, 2002
“On the use, display, and classification of 7 centuries of planetarium technologies,” 20th Scientific Instrument Commission Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, October 17, 2001
“Saving a worn-out planetarium: Artifact or an exhibit?,” 18th Scientific Instrument Commission Symposium, Moscow, Russia, September 1999
“Presenting astronomy to the public via texts, talks, and toys,” 4th Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop, Notre Dame, IN, July 3, 1999
“From Heaven to Earth and Back, 1700 to the Present: Presenting Astronomy to the Public,” History of Astronomy Division, American Astronomical Society, Chicago, IL, May 30, 1999
“Permanent Exhibits on the Move: Having a Celestial Ball,” Midwest Museum Conference, Madison, WI, October 29, 1998
“John Herschel’s Natural Philosophy: Habits for a Scientific Hobby,” History of Science Society, Kansas City, MO, October 23, 1998
“John Herschel: Using His Correspondence Calendar to Address Previous Analyses and to Ascertain the Details and Significance of His Legal Training,” History of Science Society, Atlanta, GA, November 9, 1996
“Early Nineteenth-Century Science and Society: Sir John Herschel, Scientism, and Political Economy,” History of Science Society, Minneapolis, MN, October 28, 1995
“Science in Late Hanoverian England — A Correction of the Non-Telling of History,” at Great Lakes History Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, October 7, 1995
“Sir John Herschel and Nineteenth-Century British Conceptions of Science,” at Mephistos, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, April 1, 1995
“God, Darwin, and Extraterrestrials: A Re-Examination of Sir John Herschel's Philosophy of Science," at the History of Science Society, Washington, D.C., December 1992
“Verae Causae and the Religious Orientation of John Herschel’s Philosophy of Science,” at the History of Science Society, Madison, WI, November 1991
Workshop Presentations:
“A Whirlwind Tour of the History and Philosophy of Mathematics: Its Application to Teaching Math,” Christian Educators Association Teachers Convention, South Bend, IN, November 1993
“Incorporating Computers for Graphing Equations in Mathematics Classes,” Pacific Northwest Christian Schools International Teachers Convention, Victoria, British Columbia, October 1988
“Using Logo in Geometry Classes,” Pacific Northwest Christian Schools International Teachers Convention, Chilliwack, British Columbia, October 1987
Administrative Experience:
Adler Planetarium, Chicago
Vice-President for Collections, 2007-
Director, Webster Institute for the History of Astronomy, 2004-present
Project Manager for temporary and permanent exhibits, 1996-present
Administrator, part-time, Covenant Christian Elementary School, 54790 Fir Rd., Granger, IN, 46530, 1993–1995
Museum Experience:
Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL, June1996–
Curator, 2004-
Associate Curator, 1998-2004
Assistant Curator, 1996–1998
Curator, historical, and educational consultant for research, exhibits, external scholars, collections database, planetarium shows, educational programs
Historical and curatorial consultant for Dragon Skies: Astronomy of Imperial China, temporary, traveling exhibit sponsored by Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland, CA, funded by NSF
Museum Exhibits Curated Permanent exhibits
Shoot for the Moon, opening in two phases, May 2006 & November 2006
Bringing the Heavens to Earth: Cultural Astronomies around the World, 2002 – present
Atwood Celestial Sphere, 1999 – present
From the Night Sky to the Big Bang, 1999 – present
Temporary Exhibits
“Exploring our Universe: Maps at the Adler”, planned for November 2007
“Aliens: Notions of the Plurality of Worlds in History,” November 2003 – March 2004
“Evening Amusements! Popular Astronomy 1750-1930,” December 2002 – March 2003
“Heavenly Reflections: Astronomy in Eastern Asia,” September – December 1998
“The Red Planet: History and Mystery,” July – September 1997
Planetarium Shows Written and Edited Writer:
“African Skies,” 2002
“Millennium Mysteries,” 1999
Historical consultant and editor:
“Clouds of Fire,” 1998
“In Search of New Worlds,” 1998
“Is There Life on Mars?,” 1997
Selected Public Lectures and Classes
“From Spectacles to Telescopes,” Adler Planetarium, August 22, 2007
“Finding early telescopes in European museums,” Naperville IL Astronomical Society, May 1, 2007
“Opening Scientific Doors with Art and History,” Calvin College, April 12, 2007
“Mapping the Universe,” Shepard Society, January 11, 2007
“Maps at the Adler: Participating in the Maps Festival,” January 9, 2007
“Early Telescopes at the Salon,” Friends of the Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Dresden, Germany, October 2006
“William Herschel and the Art of Observing”, Adler Planetarium, March 2, 2006
“From Holy Days to Holidays,” Alan Shepard Society, December, 2005
“The Art of Observing the Heavens,” Newberry Library, Chicago, April 27, 2005
“Astronomy and Colonialization,” Illinois Humanities Council teacher workshop, Starved Rock State Park, Illinois, July 29, 2004
“Transit of Venus,”Alan Shepard Society, May 19, 2004
“Transits of Venus,” Adler, April 13, 2004,
“Following the Magi,” North Hills (Detroit) CRC, December 7, 2003
“Star of Bethlehem,” Trinity at Greenlawn, South Bend, December 4, 2003
“Aliens in Western Art and Science,” Adler, October 9, 16 2003
“Astronomy in Palestine,” Adler, July 29, 2003
“On Earth as it is in the Heavens,” Adler, February 5-12, 2003
“Following the Stars to find God,” South Bend Christian Reformed Church, December, 2002
“Bringing the Heavens to Earth,” Adler, April 25 – May 2, 2002
“A History of Planetarium Technologies,” Adler, October 10, 2001
“A Brief History of Sunspots,” Hammond, IN Calumet Astronomical Society, October 8, 2001
“Did anyone notice the sun stand still?,” Naperville, IL Summer Solstice Riverside Festival, June 21, 2000
“Just what does God do? An astronomical look at extraterrestrials, evolution, and evil,” at Hessell Park Lunchtime Lecture Series, Urbana-Champaign, IL, February 8, 2000
“Searching for Extraterrestrials,” NPR radio talk show, station WILL, Urbana-Champaign, IL, February 8, 2000
“What is a calendar, and why are there so many?,” Naperville, IL Astronomical Society, December 7, 1999
“What shall we say to these things?,” Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lombard, IL, December 7, 1999
“Y2K and Y2Care,” Adler, Fall 1999
“How many planets are there?,” Adler, June 17, 1999
“Are we alone?,” Adler, April 29 – May 6, 1999
“Calendars,” The Bozo Show, 5-minute segment 1st aired on WGN-TV, December 27, 1998
“Solving a Mystery: Life on the Sun, Moon, and Planets,” Adler, December 6, 1998
“The Adler Allure,” Adler, November 10, 1998
“Heavenly Reflections: Asian Astronomy,” Adler, October 14, 1998
“What do Extraterrestrials, Geology, and Sunspots have in Common?,” Adler, October 14, 1998
“Finding New Worlds,” Adler, June 17, 1998
Graduate Education:
19th- and 20th-century Biology Philosophy of Science
History of Modern Astronomy History of Philosophy of Science
History of Modern Physical Science Scientific Realism
Emergence of Science in Antiquity Epistemology
Problems of Interpretations of Science Intermediate Logic
Causality Set Theory
How to Be a Christian Philosopher Kant’s Philosophy of Religion
Plato Aristotle’s Ethics
Problem of Evil Philosophy of Space and Time
Accounts of Truth from Anselm to Aquinas Fin-de-Siècle Europe
Religion and Social Thought in Modern Europe Russian Intellectual History
European Political Thought, 1789–1850 Religion and Society in Europe
Social Uses of Science, 1800 to the Present
Directed Readings: 19th-Century Science in Context
Graduate Courses Audited:
Analytic Philosophy Physics and Philosophy
Science and Religion Realism
Metaphysics Historiography
References:
Dr. Michael Korey
Curator, Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon
Dresden, Germany
michael.korey@skd-dresden.de
Dr. James Bennett
Keeper, Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford
Oxford, England
jim.bennett@History-of-Science.oxford.ac.uk
Al van Helden
Professor, University of Utrecht,
Utrecht, the Netherlands
A.vanHelden@phys.uu.nl
Dr. Clive Ruggles
Professor of Archaeoastronomy,
University of Leicester, England
Rug@leicester.ac.uk
Dr. Michael J. Crowe
Cavanaugh Professor Emeritus &n
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