Tag: history of science

• EGU Galileo Conference

  Excited to be at the EGU conference to present the prefinal version of a joint white paper on societal implications of astrobiology research in Europe at the EGU Galileo conference, during Friday’s session 9: Planetary research: Ethical, philosophical and societal issues. The conference entitled ‘Geoscience for understanding habitability in the solar system and beyond’ is held…

  Klara Anna Capova

  September 28, 2017

  astrobiology, conference reports, science policy, white paper

  astrobiology, history of science, origins, social science, white paper

• Klara’s Undergraduate Dissertation

  Albína Dratvová: Life and Work – In Search of the Lost Cosmos is now available to download (PDF, Czech version). My final year undergraduate project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor’s degree (Bc. of Liberal Arts and Humanities) to Charles Faculty of Humanities, University in Prague, 2005. The thesis ‘Albína Dratvová: Life and Work – In Search…

  Klara Anna Capova

  November 30, 2016

  publications, research

  history of science, philosophy of science, social studies of science, worldview

• 2nd Conference on History and Philosophy of Astrobiology

  Aim of the meeting is to deal with the transition of non-living to living matter, how chemical processes evolve into biological ones and the onset of biological evolution as well as the tree of life. Scientists and students from humanities and natural sciences will convene to discuss these questions that engaged mankind since centuries. The…

  Klara Anna Capova

  May 10, 2015

  conference reports, talks

  anthropology, astrobiology, cost action origins of life, history of science, nordic network of astrobiology, origins, philosophy of science

• Klara joined the Action!

  Life-ORIGINS (TD1308) is a Trans Domain European COST Action investigating the origins and evolution of life. Life-ORIGINS is dedicated to the scientific investigation of the origins and evolution of life on Earth and habitability of other planets. The objective of Working Group 5 (WG5) History and Philosophy of Sciences is to assess, from a philosophical…

  Klara Anna Capova

  March 30, 2015

  news

  anthropology, astrobiology, COST Action TD1308 Origins, European science, history of science, origins, philosophy of science

• NASA History Program Office’s Quarterly Newsletter: Second Quarter 2013

  The NASA History Program Office’s Quarterly Notes & News published in 2013, Volume 30, Number 2. The Sound of Space workshop report ‘The Sonic Dimension of Outer Space, 1940–1980’ including a note about my presentation is available from the News & Notes: the NASA History Program Office’s Quarterly Newsletter.

  Klara Anna Capova

  October 3, 2014

  reviews, talks

  anthropology of outerspace, history of science, nasa

• International Committee for the History of Technology reports on “Sounds of Space”

  Newsletter of the International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC) reports on the Sounds of Space workshop organized by William R. Macauley and the Emmy Noether Research Group “The Future in the Stars: European Astroculture and Extraterrestrial Life in the Twentieth Century.” The workshop gathered more than two dozen scholars at Freie Universität Berlin…

  Klara Anna Capova

  September 27, 2014

  conference reports, downloads, talks

  astroculture, European, history of science, social studies of science and technology, STS, technology