10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
"Darwin and Rare Scientific Books"
Repeats
daily
until 11/05/09
Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library,
1133 John Freeman Blvd, Houston, Texas
Thursday, November 5, 2009, 10:00 am ? 4:00 pm
FREE
In recognition of the publication of the On the Origin of Species in November, 1859, the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center (HAM-TMC) Library is honoring the history of scientific publishing with exhibits, lectures and events open to the public.
Dr. John Lienhard, M.D. Anderson Professor of Technology and Culture Emeritus at the University of Houston, will speak on the history of the publication of scientific and medical texts. Well-known to Public Radio listeners as creator and host of Engines of Our Ingenuity, Dr. Lienhard will focus on the importance of books in the 19th century for disseminating scientific theories and ideas in Europe and the United States. He will also touch on the importance of the preservation of those books in the modern digital world. Dr. Lienhard?s talk will be at noon. Reservations are requested. Lunch will be provided for the first 25 reservations. Call 713.799.7141 to make your reservations.
Howard Rootenberg, owner of B&L Rootenberg Fine and Rare Books in Sherman Oaks, California, will be available to appraise scientific and medical texts. Mr. Rootenberg specializes in selling rare books and manuscripts in the fields of science, medicine, technology and natural history. He will be available from 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-3:30 p.m. to appraise personal copies of books in the life sciences, including medicine. To reserve an appraisal time, please call 713.799.7141. Individuals are welcome to bring their books during the times shown above, but they will not be assured an appraisal without a reservation. There will not be a cost for the appraisal. At 4:00 p.m. Mr. Rootenberg will give a lecture on how to find and collect rare books.
Shannon Basher, a Librarian in the Information Services Department of HAM-TMC Library, will review recent fiction that either features Charles Darwin or evolution. Among the books Ms. Basher will review are: The Darwin Conspiracy by John Darnton, Dead as a Dodo by Jane Langton and Evolution: A Novel by Stephen Baxter. Ms. Basher?s review will begin at 1:30 p.m.
Rewriting the Book of Nature: Charles Darwin and the Rise of Evolutionary Theory, an exhibit from the National Library of Medicine, will be on display from early October to the end of 2009 at the HAM-TMC Library. This exhibition is supplemented by books by Darwin and his predecessors, contemporaries, and successors. A locally curated exhibit on genetics and the origins of Neo-Darwinism will also be on display. A docent will lead a tour of the exhibits and of the McGovern Historical Collection at 3:00 p.m.
Sale of books from Library?s Special Collections that are duplicates or outside collection policy.
Tours of the John P. McGovern Historical Collection.
Sale of new history of science and history of medicine titles.
Schedule
- 9:30-11:30 am and 1:30-3:30 pm Book Appraisals by Howard Rootenberg
- 12:00 noon Dr. John Lienard's lecture
- 1:30 pm Shannon Basher's book reviews
- 4:00 pm Howard Rootenberg's lecture
- 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Book sales
- 3:00 pm Tour of McGovern Historical Collection
Sponsored by Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library and Darwin2009Houston.