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I am pleased to announce that Potomac Books recently published my book King of Poisons: A History of Arsenic.   The book deals with the history of arsenic broadly, with chapters on arsenic as a murder weapon, arsenic in fiction, arsenic in the workplace, arsenic in the environment and arsenic in medicine. You can find more information about the book, as well as ordering a copy at a discount, at http://www.potomacbooksinc.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=272695 . I should note that the book is available at an even better discount when ordered online via Amazon or Barnes and Noble. John Parascandola, Ph.D. Department of History University of Maryland College Park

De: http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/4072602/20130110/mort-josep-miquel-vidal-hernandez-pare-lenciclopedia-menorca.html Ahir es va morir a Maó sobtadament, d'un infart, Josep Miquel Vidal Hernàndez, als setanta-tres anys. Era físic i investigador, pare de l' enciclopèdia de Menorca i coordinador científic de l'Institut d'Estudis de Menorca. La categoria intel·lectual de Vidal Hernàndez fou reconeguda àmpliament, amb premis com el Ramon Llull (2006), i el Canigó (2012). Vidal Hernández es llicencià en ciències físiques per la Universitat de Barcelona el 1968, fou professor de física de l’estat sòlid a la mateixa universitat (1970-1974) i ha estat el director i alma mater de l’Enciclopèdia de Menorca des de 1977. Immediatament després de la creació de l’Institut Menorquí d’Estudis fou nombrat el seu secretari general primer i el coordinador científic posteriorment. Fou membre numerari de la Societat Catalana de Física, membre de la Secció de Ciències Físiq...

Dear Colleagues, The January IHPST newsletter is now available on the web at: http://ihpst.net/newsletters/ Item #3 contains up-dated information about the 2013 International IHPST conference which will be held at University of Pittsburgh, June 19-23.  Paper submissions need be made by March 1 st . Item #4 contains details about the IHPST Council elections for the 2013-15 term, which are soon to be held.  Nominations close February 15. CONTENTS 1.         Science & Education Journal, Volume 22 Number 1 Philosophical Considerations in the Teaching of Biology, Pt.I: Philosophy of Biology and Explanation in Biology 2.         Science & Education Journal, Report (a) Rationale and Purpose of the Journal (b) Journal on the Web         (c) Manuscript Submissions (d) Copyediting Assista...

Richard Noll.   American Madness: The Rise and Fall of Dementia Praecox.   Cambridge   Harvard University Press, 2011.   395 pp.   $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-674-04739-6. Reviewed by Janet Miron (Trent University) Published on H-Disability (January, 2013) Commissioned by Iain C. Hutchison Miron on Noll, _American Madness_ "As the precursor to schizophrenia, _dementia praecox_ has left an indelible mark on modern psychiatry," wrote Roy Porter a decade ago.[1] Nevertheless, in spite of its significance, the history of dementia praecox has been neglected in the American context. Richard Noll helps to fill this void with _American Madness: The Rise and Fall of Dementia Praecox_. In rich detail, he examines the reaction to, and metamorphosis of, Emil Kraepelin's theories in the United States, unraveling the factors that contributed to both the dramatic ascendancy of dementia praecox in the early 1900s and its demise and succession by schizophrenia sh...

Dear friends, I would like to inform you that our Research Group has recently advertised some short-term post-doctoral positions for the Summer 2013, as well as a one-year position for 2013-2014. Should you know about colleagues or students that might be interested in joining us at the Max Planck Institute for a while, working on the history and epistemology of geometry, please let them know and circulate the advertisement. Here it is: http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/news/jobs.html Thank you very much for your help. Vincenzo --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vincenzo De Risi Research Director Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Boltzmannstraße 22 14195 Berlin, Germany http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/staff/members/vderisi