Unifying Nature Past and Present

Thursday, September 20

7:00- 9:00 Wine & Cheese Reception Capriccio's, University Centre Hotel

Friday, September 21

8:00  Coffee available
8:30  Welcome         Neil Sullivan, Professor of Physics and Dean of the
                                    College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

                                Fitzhugh Brundage, Professor of History and Chair
                                    of the Department of History

8:45 -9:45        John Brooke "Atoms in Chemistry: Divisible or Divisive?"
9:45-10:45       Silvan Schweber "Unification, Final Theory, ... and History"
10:45-11:00     Break
11:00-11:30     Ernst Peter Fischer Comment
11:30-12:00     Discussion

12:00 Lunch

1:30-2:30     Michael Crowe     "One World or Many? An Historical Perspecive on
                                                    the Quesion of Extraterrestrial Life"
2:30-3:30     Williem B. Drees "Our Universe - A Cosmos?"
3:30-3:45     Break
3:45-4:15     Helge Kragh Comment
4:15­4:45     Discussion

Saturday, September 22

8:30               Coffee available
9:00-10:00     Dietrich von Engelhardt "Evolution in Nature and Culture"
10:00-10:15   Break
10:15-11:15   Betty Smocovitis "From Huxley to Wilson: Functions of Unification
                            in Modern Biology
11:15-11:45   Thomas Söderqvist Comment
11:45-12:15   Discussion

12:15 Lunch

1:30-2:30     Frederick Gregory "Before medicine Killed (Holistic) Health"
2:30-3:30     Allen Neims "The Revival of Holistic health: Risks and Benefits"
3:30-3:45     Break
3:45-4:15     Anne Harrington Comment
4:15-4:45     Discussion

Sunday, September 23

8:30             Coffee available
9:00-9:30     Klaus Vondung Comment
9:30-10:00    Ludwig Pfeiffer Comment
10:00-10:30  Stephen McKnight Comment
10:30-11:00  Break
11:30-12:00  Concluding discussion

12:15 Lunch