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From: "Society for Literature & Science"
Daily SLS Email Digest
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Date: 31 Jul 1996 11:01:17 -0700
From: ENGROSEN@ACS.EKU.EDU
Subject: Call for help-participation in an SLS web site
Hi Folks:
I would just like to mention that one of my graduate students is
transforming the web sites for the literature and science course taught
jointly last spring by Bruce Clarke and I, into an unofficial Society
for Literature and Science Home Page, with an ongoing database of urls
helpful for research, participation, and hopefully a membership
database
for economical communication.
For the first stage, we would like to solicit favorite www sites for
research in all areas of the large and unruly rubric Literature and
Science.
Please mail them to Emily Hendren at stuhendn@acs.eku.edu
or to Martin E. Rosenberg at engrosen@acs.eku.edu
Suggestions on web design are also welcome.
Thanks much for your help......
mer
Martin E. Rosenberg
English
Eastern Kentucky University
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Date: 31 Jul 1996 19:12:38 -0700
From: Andrew Russ
Subject: Re: Call for help-participation in an SLS web site
You can spend a long time on this, especially with a few search
engines at your disposal.
I found a couple cites that i linked to that were indexes or
collections of links. Here are the current URLs for three:
http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/hstm/hstm_ove.htm (possibly ends with
".html" instaed of ".htm") This is a monster list
of other sites.
http://cctr.umkc.edu/user/eorenick/sci-stud/index.html -- I think this
links to as many departments of science studies as they can.
http://www.ualberta.ca/~slis/guides/scitech/kmc.htm (definitely
".htm")
A departmental page that seemed to have generic information.
There is also a major set of links based at North Carolina State, but
i've lost track of it. They seem to be playing musical servers down
there.
Anyway, i link to the above three at my page:
http://www.phys.psu.edu/~endwar/#sts --front page, also links to
American Physical Society Forum on Science and Society. Plus i link
to a couple fragmentary reading lists i drew up.
http://www.phys.psu.edu/~endwar/socsci.html --links to the above.
andrew
P.S. ABout a year and a quarter ago i asked for sci & lit links for
my
web page. The compiled and edited responses i got followed, though
by now some sites have moved, and some were off topic (both the sites
and the responses. Such is the net).
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 15:36:48 -0500
From: aullf01@mchip00.med.nyu.edu (Felice Aull)
Subject: Web lit-sci sites
Regarding your inquiry re "World Wide Web sites out there on
science and
literature or science studies", perhaps you would be interested in
looking
at our on-line annotated bibliography of literature & medicine,
available
on World Wide Web (http://mchip00.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/medhum.html).
There
are annotations listed under the Keyword "science" which might
be of
interest. Not sure if this meets your needs.
Felice Aull, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
NYU School of Medicine
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 14:32:36 -0500
From: Dwight S Atkinson
Subject: Re: Lit/sci, SLS, and WWW
NC State maintains a WWW homepage for science and technology studies. I
have two URLs for them, only one of which has worked for me (don't
remember which):
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/ASAP/WWWVL-HSTM.html
http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/p/pwhmds/index.html
I too find the low level of activity on LITSCI puzzling. Not that I've
done anything about it. My interests are more on the SCI and less on
the
LIT side of things but would certainly monitor--and sometimes
contribute
to--active discussion.
Dwight Atkinson
English Department
Auburn University
Andrew's note: I've silently corrected the above URL's
Andrew's 1996 note: don't know the current NC State URL. The
Australian site has moved, as noted at the very beginning.
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 17:16:20 -0700
From: Deanna Dunn
Subject: Re: Web sites for science and literature, science studies,
etc?
A few months ago an interesting (free) newletter previewed a couple of
samples on the SLS. It is called INTERNET-ON-A-DISK. You can join by
contacting samizdat@tiac.net and simply asking to be added to the list.
It
focuses mostly on opening up access to the internet for small schools
and
has more of a literature flavor. In the process, however, it gives a
good
synopses of new & interesting addresses, some of which have
electronic
books on line.
As for the lack of discussion on this "cyber discussion" list,
maybe if
someone could explain exactly what the SLS is it would help. I know
what
the acronym stands for, but what does the society do? Where do they do
it?
And who is involved?
I am a scientist who has an avid interest in combining the passion and
discriptive power of literature with the fascination and discoveries of
science. I haven't seen much of anyone else out there with that same
interest on this list.
Comments?
Deanna Dunn
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 22:09:28 -0400
From: Elliot McGucken
Subject: Re: Web sites for science and literature, science studies,
etc?
Hello, a great WWW site for both science and literature is the
Beaconway
Press Home Page @, "http://sunsite.unc.edu/owl/home.html"
Also, a great monthly e-journal for cool literature is The Jolly Roger.
You can subscribe to it by sending the message, "subscribe
drakeraft your
name," to listserv@unc.edu. Have fun!
- --Elliot
Andrew's 1996 comment: This wasn't what i was looking for. It
looked to me like a site devoted to literature adhering to traditional
forms, e.g. sonnets.
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 08:57:00 EDT
From: rconrad@SEMINOLE.IAG.NET
Subject: NEW Environmental Web Site
I just found a new environmental web site with a large glossary and
free
conects to the CFR's. Dial http://www.gate.net/solutions.
Let me know what you think
rc
Andrew's 1996 comment: This message was posted approximately
weekly for a month. Turns out to be about chemistry and environmental
regulations. Again, not what i was looking for, though maybe of
interest
to someone.
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 10:23:23 -0400
From: Molly M Munro
Subject: Re: Web sites for science and literature, science studies,
etc?
I second Deanna's request for some basic background info about SLS.
I come at the subject from the direction opposite of Deanna's: I'm a
modern literature specialist with an avid interest in science,
espeically physics. I'm currently exploring the poetry of Thomas
Hardy, especially his interest in Einstein's theories.
Molly Munro
munro@unity.ncsu.edu
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 11:21:23 -0400
From: Barry Saunders
Subject: Re: Web sites for science and literature, science studies,
etc?
I'll leave SLS explications to other more official voices--but anyone
who
wants a start should check out the Hopkins journal Configurations.
From: "Mark A. Turian"
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 11:37:45 -0400 (EDT)
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24beta]
Andrew,
I contacted you some time ago regarding your experience at the SLS
conference and between the disciplines. I sent you an excerpt on the
Ometeca Insitiute, and you replied that the focus seemed a little too
specialized.
It would seem that, all of a sudden, lurkers on the list (well, I have
never posted either) are emerging and looking -- nay begging -- for an
exploration of common interests. I think it's time to sieze the day ...
What the list really needs now, besides a web site and maybe as part of
one, is a searchable file of member interest abstracts and specific
areas
of inquiry. These could be combined into an FAQ ... the Literature and
Science FAQ ... I'm trying to imagine it now (starting with an excerpt
from Gulliver's Travels!).
And, slightly off topic, have you checked out the Principia Cybernetica
pages? I think they would be a great model for organizing a new web
site.
Let me hop over to my PPP accound and get you some URL's.
Regards,
Mark Turian
Andrew's 1996 note: This was an interesting site. I may still
have a link for it, but i believe it is obsolete.
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 07:44:56 -0800
From: jal@PORTIA.CALTECH.EDU
Subject: Re: Web sites for science and literature, science studies,
etc?
I infer from the recent messages from Deanna Dunn and Molly Munro that
there are a number (well, two at least) of subscribers to litsci-l who
are
not SLS members. If you've been on the list for more than a couple of
months you should have gotten messages about the upcoming SLS meeting
in
Los Angeles this November, which would tell you at least something of
what
the society's about. If you would like more info on the meeting, let
me
know (I'm the program chairman) and I'll make sure you're on the
mailing
list for the meeting program, which should be ready for distribution in
a
few weeks. (Send requests directly to me at jal@portia.caltech.edu)
Also
you can get in touch with the society offices at sls@lcc.gatech.edu to
request some materials about the society in general.
For Deanna in particular: I think there are many in the society who want
to
combine the "passion and descriptive power of literature with the
fascination and discoveries of science" even if that hasn't shown
up so
much on the litsci-l discussions; not enough of them are scientists, and
I
hope you'll get involved. Let me also recommend my personal favorite
among
books that achieve that combination, if you're not already familiar
with
it: Richard Powers' _The Gold Bug Variations_ (1991).
Jay Labinger
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 11:44:17 -0400
From: Elliot McGucken
Subject: Re: Web sites for science and literature, science studies,
etc?
Hello guys! We at Beaconway Press are a group of scientists who love
literature. We're dismayed with how those with "linear minds"
are told
from the time that they are born that science is the most noble
pursuit.
Indeed it is a noble pursuit, and it offers descriptions that lead to
new
insights about physical reality which allow humans to mold nature to
serve enhance their existence. But there are certain orders-- orders
in
the soul, which are every bit as precise and highly ordered as the
mathematical equations which describe physical law, but the thing
is, these orders cannot be captured in a mathematical equation. Only
words will do, for there are no equations for laughter or tears.
Check out the WWW site of Beaconway Press @
"http://sunsite.unc.edu/owl/home.html"
Or sign aboard the e-journal launched each month, by sending the
message, "subscribe drakeraft your name," to
listserv@unc.edu.
All the best,
Elliot
From: "Mark A. Turian"
Date: Tue June 6 or Wed. June 7
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24beta]
Andrew,
Here is Principia Cybernetica's URL:
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/Default.html
Under "Main Subjects" check out "Cybernetics and Systems
Theory".
For an individual's home page, check out:
http://groucho.gsfc.nasa.gov/joslyn/joslyn.html
At the very least, SLS needs a bibliography to go with that FAQ. Have
you read Zajonc's "Catching the Light"?
And, to anticipate a question, I shall prepare a post for the list
concerning this material, unless you want to collaborate on one ...
Mark Turian
Andrew's 1996 comment: as i said, the Principia Cybernetica
link is probably obsolete. The other as i recall was the home
page of someone involved in that project. It may be worth checking to
find that site again. I may get to it when i get around to a more
serious
update of my own page.
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 15:53:54 -0500
From: JSHEPHER@LOYALISTC.ON.CA
Subject: Re: Web sites for science and literature, science
studies,
etc? -Reply
Hi,
You might be interested in this web site:
http://www.webscope.com/project_mind/project_mind.html
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 19:12:36 -0400
From: Jean Gallagher
Subject: lit and technology syllabi
Greetings to list members:
Would any of you know of sources, electronic or otherwise, that provide
sample syllabi for courses in literature, culture, science, and
or/technology? I would so appreciate any word on this.
Many thanks,
Jean Gallagher
Andrew's 1996 comment: I think this was the post that restarted
a project of collecting and compiling SLS syllabi and got it on the web.
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 1995 17:14:45 PDT
From: Bart Simon
Subject: Re: SSSS list "sci-tech-studies"
Sorry to add to the confusion, but the 4S (society for the social
study of science) list sci-tech-studies is now located in Kansas.
To subscribe send a message to listserv@kasey.umkc.edu and in the
body of the message type
subscribe sci-tech-studies firstname lastname
This list moved from UCSD in January
if you have any other questions about this list feel free to contact
me.
cheers,
Bart Simon
Listowner sci-tech-studies
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Bart Simon | e-mail: bssimon@helix.ucsd.edu
Science Studies Program | phone: (619) 534-8063
UC, San Diego | fax: (619) 534-3388
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 10:49:22 -0500
From: Felice Aull
Subject: syllabi, discussion group, related resources
For your possible interest, the on-line resources in Literature and
Medicine/Medical Humanities at NYU School of Medicine will soon include
course syllabi that have been contributed. We are currently developing
a
WWW directory for these courses and formating the syllabi. They should
be
on-line by early July. Topics at present range (alphabetically) from
Aging
and AIDS to Women and Medicine. If anyone wishes to submit in
electronic
form courses in literature and science, we will try to add them as we
continue to develop this aspect of the project.
The Web address for our resources is:
http://mchip00.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/medhum.html
Access with gopher client software is at:
gopher.med.nyu.edu
Select the Literature & Medicine (Medical Humanities) choice from
the menu.
You might be interested in the electronic discussion group we
administer,
which is
archived on the gopher/Web. To join, send a message to subscribe to:
lit-med -request@popmail.med.nyu.edu
To post messages for discussion, send to:
lit-med@popmail.med.nyu.edu
Any questions about these resources should be sent to me directly at:
aullf01@popmail.med.nyu.edu
Felice Aull, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
NYU School of Medicine
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 10:15:01 PST
From: Wayne Miller
Subject: Re: SLS Meeting Tentative Program
Hi,
The tentative program posted a few days ago by Jay A. Labinger is
now available on the World-Wide Web under the following URL:
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/projects/sls/program.html
It's currently not listed from any of the other pages on our web
server, so you will need to type in, or copy-and-paste this URL,
into your Web browser's "Location:", "Open Location"
or "Open URL"
window.
Wayne
