Category: News
Amir Aczel 1950-2015
The Center is saddened to announce the death of our long-time friend and visiting researcher, Amir Aczel. You can find his obituary from the New York Times here: Amir Aczel, Author of Scientific Cliffhanger, dies at 65. In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made via Go Fund Me, to Amir’s last project to have the ancient Khmer stele with the world’s oldest recorded zero installed at the National Museum of Cambodia. More information on the project and Dr. Aczel’s research can be found here: The Zig-Zagging History Of The Number Zero.
There will be an event in Dr. Aczel’s memory at the Brookline Booksmith, Harvard Street, Brookline, on February 4th at 7pm.
He will be greatly missed.
Welcome Nahuel Sznajderhaus
The Center is pleased to welcome visiting graduate student Nahuel Sznajderhaus from the Philosophy of Science program at the University of Leeds, who is conducting research on the foundation of physics and interpretation of quantum mechanics. He will be participating as a speaker for our first event of the year "Quantum Mechanics and Modality" on October 9th.
Click here for more information on Nahuel's research.
Abner Shimony 1928-2015
Congratulations Lee McIntyre!
Congratulations to Center Researcher Lee McIntyre on the publication of his book Respecting Truth: Willful Ignorance in the Internet Age. Book signing with wine and hors d'oeuvres at Newtonville Books in Newton, Massachusetts, on Sunday, July 19th from 2-4 p.m.
Welcome Monica Solomon
The Center is pleased to welcome visiting graduate student Monica Solomon from the HPS Program at the University Notre Dame, who is conducting research on the development of the concept of force in Isaac Newton's work
Templeton grant awarded to CPHS faculty member
Center faculty member, Russell Powell, receives prestigious Templeton grant to explore the philosophical implications of convergent evolution. In addition to funding Professor Powell's research, the grant will help fund a session of the Colloquium this Fall on "Convergent Minds," which will explore the independent evolution of complex cognitive capacities in very different species.
Searching for the World’s First Zero
The Center's Visiting Researcher Amir Aczel rediscovers in Cambodia the long-lost artifact bearing the world's oldest known zero. Read more about this discovery and the history of the concept of zero in Aczel's article in the Huffington Post.
Boston Studies Volume Wins International Prize for Best Work in Philosophy of Science
Is Water H20? Evidence, Realism, and Pluralism, by Hasok Chang is the 2013 winner of the Fernando Gil International Prize in the Philosophy of Science which awards a work of particular excellence in the field. Read more about the volume here.
The Boston Studies in Philosophy and History of Science book series was founded here at the Center by Director Emeritus, Bob Cohen, initially to publish the proceedings of the Boston Colloquium, but has since grown to be one of the premier philosophy of science series in the world.
Boston Studies Volume Wins International Prize for Best Work in Philosophy of Science
Is Water H20? Evidence, Realism, and Pluralism, by Hasok Chang is the 2013 winner of the Fernando Gil International Prize in the Philosophy of Science which awards a work of particular excellence in the field. Read more about the volume here.
The Boston Studies in Philosophy and History of Science book series was founded here at the Center by Director Emeritus, Bob Cohen, initially to publish the proceedings of the Boston Colloquium, but has since grown to be one of the premier philosophy of science series in the world.
Searching for the World’s First Zero
The Center's Visiting Researcher Amir Aczel rediscovers in Cambodia the long-lost artifact bearing the world's oldest known zero. Read more about this discovery and the history of the concept of zero in Aczel's article in the Huffington Post.
