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The Scientific Journal: Authorship and the Politics of Knowledge in the Nineteenth Century

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Not since the printing press has a media object been as celebrated for its role in the advancement of knowledge as the scientific journal. From open communication to peer review, the scientific journal has long been central both to the identity of...

HoS Faculty Flash Talks: Alex Csiszar, Evelynn Hammonds, David Jones

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History of Science Colloquium: Alex Csiszar, Professor of the History of Science and Director of Graduate Studies; Evelynn Hammonds, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science, Professor of African and African American Studies &...

A History of Science Seminar

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Alex Csiszar Assoc. Prof., History of Science "Scientific Development and its Data: Provincializing Impact"

Alex Csiszar

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Areas of Research: Book History, Media Studies, Philosophy of Science, Science & Technology Studies

 

 

Alex Csiszar studies the history of science in modern Europe. He publishes primarily on the history of communications media and information technology in...

HISTSCI 2883: Automating Knowledge

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This course will consider the long history of attempts to invent methods and machines for producing, justifying, and judging claims to knowledge. Topics will include the history of quantification, statistics, rules, algorithms, data, calculation, and the...

HISTSCI 100: Knowing the World: An Introduction to the History of Science

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With Professor Alex Csiszar on Monday and Wednesday 10:30-11:45 am What are the origins of modern science and of the scientific method? Have the ways of knowing the world of different cultures and societies changed over time? How has scientific knowledge...

Peer review: Troubled from the start

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Pivotal moments in the history of academic refereeing have occurred at times when the public status of science was being renegotiated, explains HistSci Associate Professor Alex Csiszar in the journal Nature, 306–308, (21 April 2016).

SYNTHESIS Editorial Meeting

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Founded by Harvard History of Science Department undergraduates, the mission of SYNTHESIS is to provide a venue for students around the world to publish their history of science-related scholarship in a peer-reviewed journal. Synthesis publishes...

MSWG: Notes from the Field: Wythe Marschall, Alex Csiszar, and Colleen Lanier Christensen

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First meeting of the fall term for the Modern Sciences Working Group. A panel discussion featuring students and faculty discussing their recent research experiences. Please RSVP by filling out this form. Lunch will be served if you RSVP before Monday, Sep...

Program Requirements

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Ph.D. in History of Science Master of Arts (A.M.) in History of Science

Graduate Program

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The Department of the History of Science offers comprehensive graduate programs leading to the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in the History of Science. We are one of the world's leading institutions for training the next generation of...

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