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Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · 6d

How did #computers go from niche machines to everywhere, all at once? It turns out one of the oldest technologies, #books, was key.

Join our MUSTS colloquium by @patrickmccray.bsky.social on Wednesday 8 October in which we will explore how literature shaped the rise of computing.

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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 14d

For Dutch: www.walburgpers.nl/nl/book/9789...

For English: www.walburgpers.nl/nl/book/9789...

Credits to Floris Krelage for the photos of the event.

Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 14d

At the beginning of this month, my book 'ASML and Dutch Physics' was officially launched with a panel discussion on the perks and challenges of public-private collaboration in science.

The book is now available through the website of @amsterdamupress.bsky.social (see links below)

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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 27d

Same for research proposals I assume. Just saw the Marie Curie submissions: 17.000, substantially more than 10.000 last year (and 8.000 the year before). Wouldn't suprise me if loads of people just give it a go with an AI generated proposal.

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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · Sep 1

Afgelopen zomer overleed de natuurkundige Frans Saris. Voordat dit nieuws bekend was, mocht ik over zijn laatste boekje wat gedachten op papier zetten voor @nlboekengids.bsky.social . Sinds deze week vrij te lezen: www.nederlandseboekengids.com/20250831-hei...

Hein Brookhuis | Nostalgie naar dat ene Lab

‘Waarom ging ik graag terug naar het lab in Amsterdam?’ is de vraag die fysicus Frans W. Saris zichzelf stelde af in zijn laatste boek Als de koffie maar goed is. Ter gelegenheid van het 75e jarig bes...

www.nederlandseboekengids.com

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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thanks Ezra! Relating to your VLSI question: I wouldn't expect much technical details in the book - it is primarily about the mode of collaboration between ASML and academia.

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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · Aug 20

In Wageningen ging dat laatst nog mis: een heel team vertrouwt op werk van 1 promovendus. Zodra dat werk niet deugt, is dat ook een probleem voor de andere promovendi en begeleiders die daar als co-auteur op staan: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...

Hoe een Wageningse doctor ten val werd gebracht over zijn eigen proefschrift

Doctorstitel: Een man die in 2017 in Wageningen promoveerde kan zijn titel kwijtraken omdat hij gefraudeerd zou hebben. De hoogste bestuursrechter velt binnenkort het finale oordeel over de vraag of e...

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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · Aug 20

Heb dat gesprek ook ooit kort gehad met promotoren (niet-historici). Een element voor mij was toen ook: auteurschap betekent dat je elk aspect van het artikel tegenover buitenstaander kan/wil verdedigen. Dat wordt snel ingewikkeld als enkel de promovendus als enige alle ruwe 'data' heeft bekeken.

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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · Jul 22

The English edition is now also available to pre-order!
www.walburgpers.nl/nl/book/9789...

ASML and Dutch Physics

In 2014, the global market leader in advanced chipmaking machines ASML joined forces with NWO, AMOLF, the University of Amsterdam, and Vrije Universiteit to establish a new research institute in the N...

www.walburgpers.nl

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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · Jul 16

De technologie van ASML heeft inmiddels alle internationale kranten en journaals gehaald. Maar wat betekent de groei van het bedrijf voor de Nederlandse wetenschap?

Het antwoord daarop is te vinden in dit boek. Vanaf nu te bestellen, begin september beschikbaar!
www.walburgpers.nl/nl/book/9789...

ASML en de Nederlandse natuurkunde

ASML, marktleider in geavanceerde chipmachines, initieerde in 2014 samen met NWO, AMOLF, de Universiteit van Amsterdam en de Vrije Universiteit een nieuw onderzoeksinstituut: het Advanced Research Cen...

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David Edgerton @davidedgerton.bsky.social · Mar 12

I've written an op-ed on innovation and economic growth for Research Fortnight (open access) arguing we need radical innovation in innovation policy centred on evidence-based policy. Shouldn't need saying but ... www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

UKRI’s economic mission is built on a delusion - Research Professional News

If British innovation could drive British growth, it would have already happened, says David Edgerton

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · Feb 14

In the upcoming Fred Jevons Lecture, John Krige will explore the geopolitics of knowledge circulation, focusing on the US-China tech war and its global implications www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-lies-...

What lies beneath the 'Chip War'? Knowledge flows, technology & geopolitics

The Fred Jevons Lecture will explore the geopolitics of knowledge circulation, focusing on the US-China tech war and its global implications

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Eric Winsberg @ewinsberg.bsky.social · Dec 17

Katherine Dormandy and I are officially editing a special issue of *Synthese* on Gatekeeping in Science. The call for papers is attached. It should be a fun issue.

link.springer.com/collections/...

Gatekeeping in Science

Science, which we may understand broadly as the natural, social and human sciences, depends on gatekeeping to maintain its epistemic credentials. It must keep ...

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UCL Science and Technology Studies (STS) @stsucl.bsky.social · Dec 13

For the opportunity to present at this celebration and have Professors Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer respond to their work in conversation with Professor John Tresch, early career scholars are invited to send abstracts of max. 200 words. For more details go to: www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/news/202...

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · Dec 13

This History of Science workshop will be excellent. An invitation to early career scholars to get involved. @stsucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/news/202...

Call for Papers

Call for Papers: Leviathan and after – a celebration of the history of science, the field, and its future.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · Dec 10

A bit windswept by the stormy weather last friday, but the tour behind the scenes at ASML was certainly a highlight this year!

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Cyrus Mody @ccmmody.bsky.social · Nov 25

CfP: How Sciences End
Oxford, 11-13 July 2025
Deadline: 31 January 2025
Submit 250-word abstracts to [email protected]

[I'm broadcasting this on behalf of Joe Martin, Michelle Aroney & Alex Aylward, none of whom AFAIK are on this site yet]

CALL FOR PAPERS: How Sciences End
Dates: 11–13 July 2025
Location: University of Oxford, UK
Submission deadline: 31 January 2025
Conference Theme and Goals
Historians have studied extensively how sciences begin—but how do they end? This is a crucial
question for understanding how the labour of knowledge-making evolves. Previous attention to the
founding, disciplining, and professionalisation of individual sciences has provided robust
frameworks for thinking through the birth and growth of knowledge-making communities. Far less
attention has been directed toward how those same communities decay, dissipate, or evolve beyond
the contemporary boundaries of science. This conference seeks to cultivate case studies of the ends
of sciences, and thereby to motivate a new approach to thinking about the developmental
trajectories of scientific disciplines, communities, institutions, and the ordering of expert
knowledge. A further aim is to strengthen the community of scholars with a shared interest in
studying the ends of sciences.
Submission Process
Submissions should be sent to howsciencesend@gmail.com. Please title the email “SciEnds Abstract
Submission” and include the following information in the body:
- Full name as you would like it to appear on the programme
- Email address
- Affiliation, or how you would like to be identified on the programme
- Presentation title
- An abstract of no more than 250 words describing your proposed talk and how it fits the
conference theme and goals.
- An indication of whether you would like to be considered for travel support. (Limited funds
are available to defray travel costs, with priority given to early career and insecurely employed
scholars.)
The submission deadline is 31 January 2025. We plan to circulate a draft program by the end of
February 2025.
Programme Committee
Michelle Aroney (Oxford), Alex Aylward (Oxford), Joseph D. Martin (Durham)

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Andreas De Block @andreasdeblock.bsky.social · Dec 2

Research thrives on innovation and the diversity of ideas, yet our funding system often penalizes both. In our new study published in PNAS, we explore the hidden costs of competition in allocating scarce research funds. (1/10) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · Nov 24

Veel belangstelling voor de openingslezing voor het 111-jarige jubileum van Gewina op de dag van de wetenschap! Lezing door prof. Steven vanden Broecke

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Universiteitshistoricus VU @vuhistoricus.bsky.social · Nov 22

Vers van de pers: 'De rector: Academicus in bestuur, bestuurder in de academie'. Met twee voorgaande delen over de campus en de universiteitskrant, een drieluik over recente universiteitsgeschiedenis wat betreft ruimtelijkheid, (academische en pers-)vrijheid en bestuur. verloren.nl/Webshop/Deta...

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ROTO Research Group @roto-rub.bsky.social · Nov 20

📣Great opportunity for students in #HistSci & #PhilSci: Spring School on Forms of Knowledge and Values in Science and Society at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social next April! 🤓 Find all information here: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/huma...
Deadline for application: 13/12/24
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Screenshot from the website for Utrecht Summer Schools with a short discription of the Spring School on Forms of Knowledge and Values in Science and Society. The describing text is "This Spring School addresses differences between scientific and other forms of knowledge, the relation between science, pseudoscience, and non-science, and challenges of inter- and transdisciplinary knowledge production from philosophical and historical perspectives."

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Stan van Pelt @stanvanpelt.bsky.social · Nov 8

Namaakcongressen zijn de nieuwste manier waarop malafide bedrijven geld uit de zakken van (ook Nederlandse) wetenschappers willen kloppen. Ik bezocht er een in Boedapest en schreef een reportage voor verschillende universiteitsbladen. dub.uu.nl/nl/achtergro...

Malafide bedrijven willen met nepcongres geld uit zakken wetenschappers kloppen

Willekeurige onderwerpen, slechte presentaties – copycat-congressen zijn de nieuwste manier waarop malafide bedrijven geld uit de zakken van wetenschappers willen kloppen. We bezochten er een in Boeda...

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The Historical Journal @historicaljnl.bsky.social · Nov 5

📣From our latest issue, 'Global Social History: Class and Social Transformation in World History'

Stefanie Gänger (University of Heidelberg) on 'Non-Western Scholars, Bourgeois Virtues, and the International Scientific Community in the Age of Empire, 1870–1920'

🗃️ 19thc 20thc

👉 shorturl.at/umPpD

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Patrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · Oct 3

It's official...

www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

#HistSci #HistSTM

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Will Thomas @williamthomas.bsky.social · Jun 21

The Spring-Summer issue of the AIP History Newsletter is posted! The cover story, "Last Collider Standing" (by me), collates reflections on the cancellation of the Isabelle collider, the rise of the ill-fated Superconducting Super Collider, and the origins of RHIC... www.aip.org/sites/defaul...

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