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> Whilst attending the HSS meeting in Austin, TX last week, I found out that there will be a new edition of the Dictionary of Scientific Biography. At present, the editorial board is still being formed but the current co-ordinator, Noretta Koertge, is currently taking suggestions as to (1) which of the old articles should remain or be revamped and (2) which scientists from the twentieth century (or even those not previously included) should be added (please see her message below). If any of you have any suggestions for her on this matter (especially in regard to chemistry), her email address: [log in to unmask] and the project's web address is: http://www.indiana.edu/~newdsb/ > > Yours, > Matthew. > > Dr Matthew D Eddy, University of Durham, Department of Philosophy, 50 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN, United Kingdom. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: The New DSB and the Scottish Enlightenment > Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:55:20 -0500 (EST) > From: Noretta Koertge <[log in to unmask]> > To: Dr M D Eddy <[log in to unmask]> > CC: [log in to unmask] > References: <[log in to unmask]> > > > Dear Dr Eddy, > > Thank you very much for your interest in the project. We DO want to update > articles. Here are the constraints we're operating under: we will do 8 new > volumes that must cover both recently deceased figures and convey new > insights on figures that were in the original 18 volumes. So far we have > no firm guidelines as to how to allot space. All we decided was that in > the typical case the new article would not rehearse the basic factual > material in the original but would concentrate on new historical > perspectives. In some cases, I can imagine that the result would be an > article that was virtually all new. > > At this point subject editors have not been assigned. What we're doing at > the moment is collecting suggestions such as the ones you sent in. These > will help us get a feel for what the community of historians and > philosophers of science think needs to be done. So the more suggestions > the better (as long as we don't raise false expectations). > > Sincerely yours, > Noretta Koertge >