Colloquium: The Use of Objects and Instruments in the History of Science

November 8 (Saturday), 2008, 2:00 p. m. - 5:00 p. m.
at the Komaba Museum, the University of Tokyo

Organized by the Japanese Society for the History of Science and Technology and the Komaba Museum, the University of Tokyo

1. "Introductory Remarks," Takuji OKAMOTO, the University of Tokyo
2. "Michael Faraday's Research in Electromagnetism", Ken'ichi NATSUME, Kanazawa Institute of Technology"
3. Development of the Scanning Tunneling Microscope at the MITI Electrotechnical Laboratory," Mari YAMAGUCHI, the University of Tokyo
4. "Academic Historians and Museum Curators: Finding Common Ground", Bernard S. Finn, Smithsonian National Museum of American History
5. Discussion.