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Dear Mersenne Colleagues, The August IHPST newsletter is now available on the web at: http://ihpst.net/newsletters/ Item #1 refers to the current journal issue that contains the original 1989 unpublished article of the late Walter Jung on 'Philosophy of Science and Education'. Jung's obituary appeared in the July newsletter. Items #5,6,7 have up-dated information about the October Asian, Latin American and Nordic regional conferences of the IHPST group. The 2013 International conference will be held at University of Pittsburgh, June 19-23. Preliminary details can be obtained from Michael Ford ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>). CONTENTS 1. Science & Education Journal, Volume 21 Number 8 2. Science & Education Journal, Report (a) Rationale and Purpose of the Journal (b) Journal on the Web (c) Manuscript Submissions (d) Copyediting Assistance Required for Manuscripts from Non-Anglo Authors (e) Article Downloads (f) Thematic Issues (g) Journal Reviewing 3. Journal Special Issue: History and Philosophy of Mathematics in Mathematics Education 4. Journal Special Issue: Mendel, Mendelism and Education: 150 years since the "Versuche" 5. First IHPST Asian Regional Conference, Seoul October 18-20, 2012 6. Second IHPST Latin American Regional Conference, Mendoza, 3-6 October 2012 7. Second IHPST Nordic Regional Meeting, Helsinki, 24 -26 October 2012 8. Fifth International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science, Athens November 1-3, 2012 9. Seventh Hellenic History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Conference, Athens, November 1-3, 2012 10. Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP) Fourth Biennial Conference, 26-29 June 2013, University of Toronto, Canada 11. 4th Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association, Helsinki, 28-31 August 2013 12. Book Reviews (i) Alvin Plantinga (2011), Where the Conflict Really Lies. Science, Religion and Naturalism, Oxford University Press [MAARTEN BOUDRY] (ii) P. K. Feyerabend (2011), The Tyranny of Science, Polity Press, [DARRELL P. ROWBOTTOM] (iii) James A. Shapiro (2011), Evolution. A View from the 21st century, FT Press Science, [ULRICH KUTSCHERA] (iv) Lorraine Daston and Elizabeth Lunbeck (eds.) (2011) Histories of Scientific Observation, University of Chicago Press [ELIZABETH NESWALD] 13. Coming Conferences 14. IHPST Council (2011-13) 15. IHPST Email List 16. Newsletter Items A/Professor Michael R. Matthews School of Education University of New South Wales Australia [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Editor Science & Education http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/science+education/journal/11191 President, Inter-Divisional Teaching Commission of DHST/DLMPS of IUHPS www.idtc-iuhps.org<http://www.idtc-iuhps.org>