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<b><i>"How did Computing Change Scientific Discovery?"</i></b></div>
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</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>Ronald E. Doel</b></span></div>
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Department of History, Florida State University</div>
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Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution (National Air and Space Museum)</div>
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Please feel free to forward/share this invitation with other groups/disciplines that might be interested in this talk/topic. All are welcome to attend. </div>
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NOTE: In-person attendance is requested in our 499 Dirac Science Library (DSL) Seminar Room. Zoom access is intended for external (non-departmental) participants only. </div>
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<b>https://fsu.zoom.us/j/94273595552 </b></div>
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Meeting # <b>942 7359 5552 </b></div>
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<b>Wednesday, Aug 26, 2026, Schedule: </b></div>
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* 3:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) </div>
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☕ Nespresso & Teatime - 417 DSL Commons </div>
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* <b>3:30 to 4:30 PM</b> Eastern Time (US and Canada) </div>
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🕟 <b>Colloquium - 499 DSL Seminar Room </b></div>
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<b>Abstract: </b></div>
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When astronomers at the Harvard College Observatory sought to understand observed regularities in Cepheid variable stars early in the twentieth century—crucial for creating a cosmological yardstick and resolving the question of whether “island universes” (now
galaxies) existed beyond the Milky Way—they turned to computers. “Computer” then referred not to devices but to people who solved equations: in Harvard’s case, a group of women, many trained at nearby Radcliffe, skilled in mathematics and physics. Not until
after World War II was the term “computer” applied to machinery, including the first electronic computer developed at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton by John von Neumann. This talk explores several key episodes in the history of scientific computing
in America and its applications to a range of scientific fields, highlighting intersections between industrial, governmental, and military patronage; the rapid expansion of the physical sciences in the early Cold War; and societal, political, and cultural
factors which shaped how this technological system was forged.</div>
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Additional colloquium details can be found here,</div>
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