BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:REQUEST PRODID:Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16010101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT ORGANIZER;CN=Michael McDonald:mailto:michael.mcdonald@fsu.edu DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE=en-US:"How did Computing Change Scientific Discovery?" \n\nRonald E. Doel\nDepartment of History\, Florida State University\nRese arch Associate\, Smithsonian Institution (National Air and Space Museum)\n \n\nPlease feel free to forward/share this invitation with other groups/di sciplines that might be interested in this talk/topic. All are welcome to attend.\n\nNOTE: In-person attendance is requested in our 499 Dirac Scienc e Library (DSL) Seminar Room. Zoom access is intended for external (non-de partmental) participants only.\n\n\nhttps://fsu.zoom.us/j/94273595552\nMee ting # 942 7359 5552\n\n\nWednesday\, Aug 26\, 2026\, Schedule:\n\n* 3:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)\n☕ Nespresso & Teatime - 417 DSL Commons\n\n* 3:30 to 4:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)\n🕟 Colloquiu m - 499 DSL Seminar Room\n\n\nAbstract:\nWhen astronomers at the Harvard C ollege Observatory sought to understand observed regularities in Cepheid v ariable stars early in the twentieth century—crucial for creating a cosm ological yardstick and resolving the question of whether “island univers es” (now galaxies) existed beyond the Milky Way—they turned to compute rs. “Computer” then referred not to devices but to people who solved e quations: 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 Princ eton by John von Neumann. This talk explores several key episodes in the h istory of scientific computing in America and its applications to a range of scientific fields\, highlighting intersections between industrial\, gov ernmental\, and military patronage\; the rapid expansion of the physical s ciences in the early Cold War\; and societal\, political\, and cultural fa ctors which shaped how this technological system was forged.\n\n\nAddition al colloquium details can be found here\,\nhttps://www.sc.fsu.edu/news-and -events/colloquium/colloquium-with-ronald-e-doel-2026-08-26\n\n🎦 Colloquium recordi ngs will be made available here\, https://www.sc.fsu.edu/colloquium\n\n UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E00800000000AE4BFC7D2433DD01000000000000000 010000000152FB5E0E5D3284F8617F98296E5315D SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-US:Scientific Computing Colloquium with Ronald E. Doel DTSTART;TZID=Eastern Standard Time:20260826T153000 DTEND;TZID=Eastern Standard Time:20260826T162500 CLASS:PUBLIC PRIORITY:5 DTSTAMP:20260825T150054Z TRANSP:OPAQUE STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:2 LOCATION;LANGUAGE=en-US:https://fsu.zoom.us/j/94273595552 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-APPT-SEQUENCE:2 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-OWNERAPPTID:2124987086 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:TENTATIVE X-MICROSOFT-CDO-INTENDEDSTATUS:BUSY X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-INSTTYPE:0 X-MICROSOFT-DONOTFORWARDMEETING:FALSE X-MICROSOFT-DISALLOW-COUNTER:FALSE X-MICROSOFT-REQUESTEDATTENDANCEMODE:DEFAULT X-MICROSOFT-ISRESPONSEREQUESTED:FALSE X-MICROSOFT-LOCATIONDISPLAYNAME:https://fsu.zoom.us/j/94273595552 X-MICROSOFT-LOCATIONSOURCE:None X-MICROSOFT-LOCATIONS:[{"DisplayName":"https://fsu.zoom.us/j/94273595552"\, "LocationAnnotation":""\,"LocationUri":""\,"LocationStreet":""\,"LocationC ity":""\,"LocationState":""\,"LocationCountry":""\,"LocationPostalCode":"" \,"LocationFullAddress":""}] BEGIN:VALARM DESCRIPTION:REMINDER TRIGGER;RELATED=START:-PT5M ACTION:DISPLAY END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR