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>Dear Colleagues, here is the information for the Pavia-Como September
>Conferences.
> Sincerely yours
> enrico
>
>VOLTA 99
>Bicentenary of the Invention of the Battery
>Pavia-Como Conferences
>
>1. VOLTA AND THE HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY
>11-15 SEPTEMBER 1999
>
>2. SCIENCE AS CULTURE
>15-19 SEPTEMBER 1999
>
>CALL FOR PAPERS
>REGISTRATION FORM
>HOTEL RESERVATION FORM
>
>www.cilea.it/volta99
>The University of Pavia, together with the Centro Volta (Como), is
>organising a number of events to celebrate the bicentenary of the invention
>of the battery (1799-1999) by Alessandro Volta (Como 1745-1827).
>These include:
>
> A conference on the History of Electricity (11-15 September 1999): VOLTA
>AND THE HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY;
>
> A conference on the use of History and Philosophy of Science in Science
>Education (15-19 September 1999): SCIENCE AS CULTURE.
>
>Common deadlines for both Conferences:
> for abstracts and/or papers is June the 1st
> for registration form July the 1st
> for registration fee without surplus July the 15th
> for hotel reservation form July the 15th
>
>We would like to communicate that we shall not be able to accommodate more
>than 350 participants for each Conference.
>FIRST JOINT CONFERENCE
>4th European Physical Society Conference
> on History of Modern Physics
>&
>Conference of the Commission on the History
> of Modern Physics
>&
>Annual Conference of the Italian Society
>for the History of Science
>
> September 11-15, 1999, Como-Pavia
>
>VOLTA AND THE HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY
>
>Under the auspices of the Commission for the Bicentenary Celebrations of
>Volta's Battery (1799-1999), the Interdivisional History of Physics Group
>of the European Physical Society and the Commission on the History of
>Modern Physics of the Division of History of Science of the International
>Union for History and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS), the Italian Society
>for the History of Physics and Astronomy (SISFA) and the Italian Society
>for the History of Science, are holding a conference at the Como "A. Volta"
>Centre for Scientific Culture and at Pavia University. The conference
>follows earlier very successful European ones held in Como (1993), Berlin
>(1995) and Paris (1997).
>
>The local organising committee is run by the History of Physics Group of
>the Physics Department "A. Volta" at Pavia University. The Group has been
>working for a number of years on various topics of the history of modern
>physics, and in particular on the history of electricity. At present work
>is in progress on Volta's contributions to physics. On the occasion of the
>Conference a reconstruction of Volta's laboratory, with more than one
>hundred original instruments and their multimedia animations and
>simulations, will be presented to the public.
>
>An international advisory committee will assist with conference planning
>and programme content. The conference will be followed by and overlap with
>"Science as Culture, the joint 5th International History, Philosophy and
>Science Teaching Conference and the 8th European History and Physics
>Teaching Conference. A joint session of the two conferences will be held on
>September 15, 1999.
>
>Advisory Committee
>
>Fabio Bevilacqua (Dipartimento di Fisica "A.Volta", Universite di Pavia)
>Crgen Teichmann (Deutsches Museum, Munchen)
>Christine Blondel (Cite de la Science et de l'Industrie, La Villette,
Paris) >Dieter Hoffman (Max Planck Institut fur Wissenschaftsgeschichte,
Berlin) >Pasquale Tucci (Istituto di Fisica Generale e Applicata,
Universite di Milano) >Roger Stuewer (Minnesota University, Minneapolis)
>
>Local Committee
>
>* Fabio Bevilacqua * Enrico Antonio Giannetto * Giuliano Bellodi * Ernesto
>Lunati (Dipartimento di Fisica "A.Volta", Universite di Pavia)
>
> Conference papers
>
>All papers dealing with the history of electricity are welcome. Abstracts
>and/or papers for conference presentation and for inclusion in the Web
>Proceedings need to be submitted in their final form by the deadline of
>June 1st, 1999. A booklet of abstracts will be printed and given to all
>participants. Papers for Web Proceedings will be reviewed as they are
>received, thus the earlier they are submitted, the earlier acceptance
>decisions can be communicated: a selection of papers will be considered
>also for publication on the journal Science in Context.
>
>Submission: Abstracts should not exceed 150 words and/or papers should not
>exceed 5,000 words in length. Four copies, along with a disk version (Mac
>or Windows) and an attached file (word 6.0 or superior versions and 500 Kb
>as maximum dimension with photos or pictures included ) to an e-mail
>message to be sent throughout the Conference web site, need to be submitted
>by the above deadline. An "About the Author" statement should also be
>included, taking the form of: Present Position, Education, Major
>Publications and/or Research Interests and/or Teaching Responsibilities.
>
>Format and Style: Abstracts (approximately 150 words) and/or papers are to
>follow the format and style used in the journal Science in Context. Papers
>must comply exactly with style guidelines in order to be considered for web
>publication.
>
>Style Guidelines and instructions for Science in Context :
>1. Manuscripts should be produced on a letter-quality printer and
>double-spaced throughout, including quotations and notes. Footnotes should
>be numbered consecutively and typed separately.
>2. References in text and footnotes should use the author-date system.
>Example: "Various investigators (Lennard 1932-34; Debus 1977, 490-95) have
>reported that...". References should be listed in alphabetic order at the
>end of the text, typed in double- or even triple-space.
>a. References to books should include author's full name; date of
>publication, including the original date when a reprint is being cited;
>complete title of the book, underlined (italics); place of publication and
>publisher's name for books published after 1900. Example:
>Debus, A. G., 1977, The Chemical Philosophy, New York: Science History
>Publications.
>b. References to articles in periodicals should include author's name;
>year; title of article, in quotes; title of periodical, underlined; volume
>number, Arabic and underlined; number of issue if pagination requires it;
>page numbers of article. Example:
>Lennard, R. V., 1932-34, "English Agriculture under Charles II." Economic
>History Review 4: 23-45.
>3. Please mark clearly all unusual alphabets, special characters,
>mathematics and chemical formulae, and include all diacritical marks.
>4. A small number of figures may be used to illustrate an article. Line
>drawings should be directly reproducible; glossy prints should be furnished
>for all halftone illustrations.
>
>Registration: The registration fee will be 170 EURO if paid by July 15th
>(195 EURO thereafter), for students 85 EURO (97 EURO thereafter). For
>participants to both the Conferences the total registration fee will be 255
>EURO if paid by July 15th (280 EURO thereafter), for students 127 EURO (139
>EURO thereafter). Registration covers refreshments, web proceedings,
>abstract booklet, return transportation from Como to Pavia, and other
>incidentals. The conference programme will include cultural and social
>events, plus the opportunity to visit local historical, geographical and
>cultural sites. Notification of abstract and/or paper acceptance will be
>given. Registration Form should be completed and sent by July 1st.
>
>Conference sites: Pavia and Como are in Northern Italy, near Milan. They
>can be reached easily by train from Milan (Stazione Centrale or Cadorna).
>Express trains to Como take about 45 minutes (to Pavia take about 30
>minutes only from the Stazione Centrale), leaving every hour from both
>stations. Both Milan airports (Malpensa and Linate) are connected by coach
>to the Stazione Centrale and Malpensa also to Cadorna. From Linate it is
>also possible to reach the Stazione Centrale by bus+metro (San Babila) or
>by taxi.
>
>Information:
>For the details about submission, format and style of papers, for all
>scientific information on the two conferences:
><http://www.cilea.it/volta99>
>e-mail: volta99@pv.infn.it
>Conference address:
>Enrico Antonio Giannetto
>History of Physics Group
>Dipartimento di Fisica "A. Volta", Universite di Pavia,
>via A. Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
>tel. ++39-(0)382-507691
>fax ++39-(0)382-507694 , 507563
>
> SECOND JOINT CONFERENCE
>
> 5th International History, Philosophy and
>Science Teaching Conference
>&
>8th European Physical Society History and Physics
>Teaching Conference
>&
>Annual Meeting of the History of Physics Group of
>the Italian Association of Physics School Teachers
>
>September 15-19, 1999, Como-Pavia
>
>Science as Culture
>
>Under the auspices of the Commission for the Bicentenary Celebrations of
>Volta's Battery (1799-1999), the International History, Philosophy and
>Science Teaching Group, the Interdivisional History of Physics Group of the
>European Physical Society and the History of Physics Group of the Italian
>Association of Physics School Teachers are holding a conference at the
>Como "A. Volta" Centre for Scientific Culture and at Pavia University. The
>Conference follows earlier very successful ones held in Tallahassee (1989),
>Kingston (1992), Minneapolis (1995) and Calgary (1997). The European
>History and Physics Teaching conferences have been held every other year
>since the first at Pavia University in 1983 (M=FCnchen 1986, Paris 1988,
>Cambridge 1990, Madrid 1992, Szombathely 1994, Bratislava 1996).
>
>The conference will be held at the 'A. Volta' Centre for Scientific Culture
>in Como. Some sessions of the conference (September 18th) will take place
>at the University of Pavia. The conference will follow, and overlap with,
>the joint 4th European Physical Society Conference on History of Modern
>Physics, "Volta and the History of Electricity". A joint session of the two
>conferences will be held on September 15, 1999.
>
>Program Chair: The chairperson of the conference is Professor Fabio
>Bevilacqua of the Physics Department 'A. Volta', of Pavia University. With
>his colleagues of the History of Physics and Physics Education Groups he
>has been working since 1980 on ways of informing science teaching through
>use of the history and philosophy of science. They have created the
>multimedia Pavia Project Physics course which embodies history of science,
>and is framed on philosophical ideas about theory development and testing
>in science, and on considerations of how young people learn science.
>
>Program Co-Chair: The co-chair of the conference is Prof. Michael Matthews:
>he teaches in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales,
>Australia. He is editor of the journal "Science & Education", and author
>of a number of books and articles dealing with history, philosophy and
>science teaching.
>
>Advisory Committee
>
>Douglas Allchin (Biology, University of Texas - El Paso); Fabio Bevilacqua
>(Fisica, Universite di Pavia); Michael Matthews (Education, University of
>New South Wales); Antonio Moreno (Education, Universidad Complutense -
>Madrid); Matilde Vicentini (Fisica, Universite La Sapienza - Roma ); Arden
>Zylbersztajn (Physics, University of Santa Catrina)
>
> Local Committee
>
>Fabio Bevilacqua; Enrico Antonio Giannetto; Gianni Bonera; Ernesto
>Lunati (Fisica, Universite di Pavia)
>
>Some Expected Participants*:
>oAlan Chalmers (HPS, University of Sydney) oUmberto Eco (DAMS, Bologna
>University) oEvelyn Fox-Keller (History of Science, MIT - Boston) oPaolo
>Galluzzi (History of Science, Universit=E0 di Firenze) oJohn Heilbron
>(History of Science, Oxford University) oNoretta Koertge (HPS, Indiana
>University) oPeter Machamer (HPS, University of Pittsburg) oCarlo Maria
>Martini (Cardinal, Archibishop of Milano) oJ=FCrgen Renn (History of Science=
>,
>Berlin) oCarlo Rubbia (Physics, Pavia University) Edgar Jenkins (Education,
>Leeds University), Arden Zylbersztajn (Physics, University of Santa
>Catrina), Peter Slezak (HPS, University of New South Wales), Ian Winchester
>(Education, University of Calgary), Mansoor Niaz (Chemistry, Venezuela
>Universidad de Oriente), John Gilbert (Education, University of Reading),
>David Gr=FCnder (Philosophy, Florida State University), Myriam Krasilchik
>(Sao Paulo University), Richard Grandy (Philosophy, Rice University)
>
>* subject to confirmation
>
>Conference papers
>
>The International Group promotes the improvement of school and university
>science teaching by the history, philosophy, and sociology of science and
>of education. As well as pedagogical matters, the group examines
>theoretical issues that surround the teaching of science - for example
>multiculturalism, religion, constructivism, feminism, modernism and its
>critics, curriculum theory - and with the promotion of history, philosophy
>and sociology of science courses in teacher education programmes. Papers
>dealing with any of the above concerns of the International Group are
>welcome. All papers need to have a connection with theoretical or
>pedagogical issues in science teaching.
>
>Publications & Deadlines: The conference organisers will provide Web
>Proceedings and a book of abstracts to all attending the conference. The
>journal Science & Education will publish refereed conference papers.
>
>All papers need to be submitted to the organisers by June 1st, 1999. Papers
>will be reviewed as they are received, thus the earlier they are submitted,
>the earlier acceptance decisions can be communicated.
>
>Submission: Papers should not exceed 5,000 words in length. Four copies,
>along with a disc version (Mac or PC), and an attached file (word 6.0 or
>superior versions and 500 Kb as maximum dimension with photos or pictures
>included ) to an e-mail message to be sent throughout the Conference web
>site, need to be submitted by the above deadline. An 'About the Author'
>statement should also be included in hard copy and on disc file, taking the
>form of: Present Position, Education, Major Publications and/or Research
>Interests and/or Teaching Responsibilities. Please also include abstract
>(50-150 words on paper and in disc file).
>
>Format and Style: Papers are to follow the format and style used in the
>journal Science & Education. Pay particular attention to title (bold),
>author (capitals), address (italics), Abstract (50-150 words), headings
>(capitals, not underlined and not in bold), and bibliographic conventions.
>Papers must comply exactly with style guidelines in order to be considered
>for web publication.
>
>Style Guidelines and Checklist for Science & Education : Please note the
>following, and check them against your finished manuscript before sending
>four hard copies:
>MARGINS: 2.54cms top and bottom.
>FONT: Times-Roman 11pt, except for heading which is to be in 14pt. and
>bold, and quotations and endnotes which are to be 10pt.
>SPACING: single spacing is adequate.
>TITLE: 14pt, bold; upper and lower case words, not all capitals.
>AUTHOR'S NAME: in capitals, not bold, not underlined; two spaces under=
> title.
>AUTHOR'S ADDRESS: in italics, one space under name; include email address
>if you like to.
>ABSTRACT: each contribution should have an abstract of 80-150 words;
>reduced 10pt font; beginning with ABSTRACT:
>HEADINGS: these should be in capitals; two line spaces leading into, one
>line space after; upper and lower case for sub-headings, single line space
>either side.
>PARAGRAPHS: these should be left aligned, not centered; flush left after
>headings and sub-headings; indent subsequent paragraphs 0.5 inches or 1.27
>cms.
>QUOTATIONS: please block and indent longish (40 words or more) quotations;
>reduce font to 10pt; give citation (author, year, page number) at end of
>quote.
>SENTENCE SPACING: preference is for two spaces after the period, not one.
>CITATIONS: these should be in-text rather than as endnotes, except where a
>string of citations are given, then use an endnote to list them; put
>surname, year of publication and page reference in brackets after the
>citation or quotation.
>REFERENCES: these should be listed in the style below; use just initials of
>authors, not full first names; book and journal titles in italics, not bold
>and not underlined; each entry should have a hanging indent; list should
>start with capitalised REFERENCES, not 'bibliography'. Please check that
>all works cited are included in the Reference list.
>
>Arons, A.B.: 1959, 'Structure, Methods, and Objectives of the Required
>Freshman Calculus-Physics Course at Amherst College', American Journal of
>Physics 27(9), 658-666.
>Arons, A.B.: 1965, Development of Concepts of Physics, Addison-Wesley,
>Reading MA.
>Barnes, B. & Bloor, D.: 1982, 'Relativism, Rationalism and the Sociology of
>Knowledge'. In M. Hollis & S. Lukes (eds.), Rationality and Relativism,
>MIT Press, Cambridge, pp. 21-47.
>
>ENDNOTES: please use endnotes, not footnotes; with reduced 10 pt font;
>precede with ENDNOTES in capitals. =20
>ABOUT THE AUTHOR: please include on the disc (in a separate file) or,
>preferably send by email direct to the editor, an About the Author
>statement written in the third person. Usual form is: current position,
>education, important publications and/or research and/or educational
>involvements. =20
>DOUBLE CHECK: please use this list, along with the Science & Education
>format example, to check that your manuscript is in the proper form. This
>will save a lot of production time.
>
>Registration: The registration fee will be 170 EURO if paid by July 15th
>(195 EURO thereafter), for students 85 EURO (97 EURO thereafter). For
>participants to both the Conferences the total registration fee will be 255
>EURO if paid by July 15th (280 EURO thereafter), for students 127 EURO (139
>EURO thereafter). Registration covers refreshments, web proceedings,
>abstract booklet, return transportation from Como to Pavia, and other
>incidentals. The conference programme will include cultural and social
>events, plus the opportunity to visit local historical, geographical and
>cultural sites. As soon as possible we shall give notification of paper
>acceptance. Registration Form should be completed and sent by July 1st.
>
>Conference sites: Pavia and Como are in Northern Italy, near to Milan.
>They can be reached easily by train from Milan (Stazione Centrale or
>Cadorna). Express trains to Como take about 45 minutes (to Pavia take about
>30 minutes only from the Stazione Centrale), leaving every hour from both
>stations. Both Milan airports (Malpensa and Linate) are connected by coach
>to the Stazione Centrale and Malpensa also to Cadorna. From Linate it is
>also possible to reach the Stazione Centrale by bus+metro (San Babila) or
>by taxi.
>
>Information:
>For the details about submission, format and style of papers, for all
>scientific information on the two conferences:
><http://www.cilea.it/volta99>
>e-mail: volta99@pv.infn.it
>Conference address:=20
>Enrico Antonio Giannetto
>History of Physics Group
>Dipartimento di Fisica "A. Volta", Universit=E0 di Pavia,
>via A. Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy=20
>tel. ++39-(0)382-507691
>fax ++39-(0)382-507694 , 507563
>
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>( ) I shall participate in the 4th European Physical Society Conference on
>the History of Physics, September 11-15, 1999, Como-Pavia
>VOLTA AND THE HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY
>
>( ) I shall participate in the 5th International History, Philosophy and
>Science Teaching Conference and 8th European History and Physics Teaching
>Conference, September 15-19, 1999
>Pavia-Como
>SCIENCE AS CULTURE
>
>( ) I shall participate in both the History and the Education Conferences
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>TO CENTRO VOLTA NOT TO THE PAVIA ORGANISING GROUP. A DEPOSIT HAS TO BE
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